The day the Leaving Cert results were published, Friday, August 21, was, we hope, a happy and memorable day for all students. At the end of a long straight road of five or six years in secondary school, they’re now starting off down a new one. Don’t all of us middle-aged adults feel again the…
Two ordinations, in July 2016 and June 2017, to which I, with my wife, was very kindly invited, put hitherto wholly unknown places in the suburbs of Cork on the map for me: St Joseph’s Church, Little Island, and Holy Cross Church, Mahon. Memorable, out-of-the-ordinary weekends both ceremonies were. Then, vowing to return some day…
Cemetery Masses are being held all over Ireland during these summer months. Yes, we remember our deceased relatives and friends in November with its feast of All Souls, but the long days and good weather of summer allow us to hear Mass in a unique way in the open air and to pray, almost in…
I attended a double book launch in Renehan Hall, Maynooth College, on April 18. The authors were Dr Mette Lebech of the Faculty of Philosophy, Maynooth University, and Dr Robert McNamara of the Faculty of Philosophy, St Patrick’s Pontifical University. When the official proceedings were over, we dispersed to mix and mingle. Having happily paid…