Maynooth Union
As I mentioned we spent two days in Maynooth this week. We were attending what is called the “Maynooth Union Day” and yesterday we had concelebrated Mass in the College…
Religion
Steps retraced
It’s 3.30am and I can’t sleep. Never good at counting sheep, I’ve decided to virtually scribble a few lines here. Earlier this evening I arrived in Maynooth and joined some…
Ordained
Congratulations to Paul Kivlehan who was ordained a Deacon earlier today in Maynooth. Paul will be ordained a priest of Achonry Diocese in 2013, please God. We wish him every…
Unlocked doors and voices found ….
The Feast of Pentecost sees the throwing open of locked doors. The Apostles, fearful of the consequences of speaking their faith and praying their prayers in public and unsure of…
On Grafton Street …..
I was in Dublin yesterday. I had a few hours to kill and parked the car in Trinity Street Car Park. A quick text to a friend led to a…
Ascension
It’s interesting to watch planes and helicopters in the sky – more so, perhaps, planes since they go more beyond our line of vision than helicopters. Being close to Knock…
The Fields of Athenry
Greetings from Esker!! I’ve been here the past few days with some priests from the diocese of Killaloe. I’d been asked to lead their annual Priests’ Retreat and that started…
Vocations Sunday
This weekend we celebrate Vocations Sunday and, in word and prayer, seek to encourage people to consider the possibility of a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. On Holy…
Old Friends ….
Some of my classmates from Maynooth met together this week in Athlone. We’ve managed to meet every year since leaving the Seminary and that’s a bit of an achievement 🙂…
No one thing
On Sunday we had the gospel passage that included the meeting between Jesus and Thomas. A week earlier there had been another visit by Jesus to the locked room of…