A card received a heart warmed!
On Friday last (February 18th) I had the privelege of baptizing a young girl in Monasteraden. She’s seven and will, in a few weeks time celebrate her First Confession and…
Religion
Ballot Boxes and Number One
Everywhere we look, every time we speak, every radio show we tune into or every TV news bulletin we watch brings the theme of ELECTION TWENTY ELEVEN to the surface.…
Whatever happened to Matt Talbot?
I was speaking to someone yesterday and the Beatification of Pope John Paul II was mentioned. The person wasn’t overly excited about it and, truth told, neither am I. Now,…
How many sTopping days left ’til Christmas?
Advent has set light to four candles. A circle of preparation that sought to lead us one week at a time to the celebration of Christmas. It was a call…
Sr Maureen McDonnell, R.I.P.
Earlier today (Sunday October 3rd) Sr Maureen McDonnell died. She was my father’s first cousin and truly lovely person. May she rest in peace. Sr Maureen had been based in…
So what did you think of Medjugorje?
Sorry, lost the run of things a bit and wasn’t able to keep regular posts while away last week. There was an internet cafe near where we were staying and…
Feast of The Assumption
Just celebrated Mass here in Rockville Centre on the Feast of The Assumption. Put a few words together for the homily and to bring a bit of mix to the…
Boston re-visited!
Hello from Boston! The annual ramble to New York is taking place. Once again I am in Rockville Centre and enjoying the time very much. On Wednesday I took the…
A fine speaker ….
THURSDAY THOUGHT …… I was in Maynooth on Thursday last for a meeting and later in the day I attended a talk given by Archbishop Timothy Dolan – the Archbishop…