Catholic Schools Week
We had Mass in the Cathedral on Tuesday Evening (Feast of St Brigid) to celebrate Catholic Schools Week in our diocese. Schools from all over the diocese were represented and…
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,…
Naming the Cabinet
He called the twevle and appointed them: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the Less and his brother Jude, Simon and (the traitor) Judas. That’s the way…
SO WRONG
(Thought from this week’s parish bulletin – Kilmovee) We celebrated Mass during the week for Michaela Harte (McAreavey). It was a morning Mass and those of us gathered, remembered her…
Suggestions!
It’s January 10th – the New Year will and truly begun. I had a call today about this blog and some questions about how it started. A few weeks ago,…
Happy New Year
It’s New Year’s Eve and seems appropriate to wish you all a very Happy, Peaceful and Blessed New Year. Resolutions? We’ll not get bogged down in those. Let’s just keep…
Three Christmas Video Clips
Hello! Thought I’d post three video clips – one I received today. It’s a very UP TO THE (TECHNICAL) MINUTE take on the Christmas Story. I looked at some of…
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…
Snow is falling ….
Okay, enough with the snow!! It’s back today and with a vengeance. Really heavy falls all day and looks like no end in sight. Spent most of the day in…
Third Sunday of Advent
This weekend, in the parish, we continued the “DO THIS IN MEMORY PROGRAMME” with the children preparing for First Holy Communion. It is a lovely programme of involvement and invitation…