Notebook We won the county final. The rural parish where I’ve been based since 2022 took on the big urban city clubs in the biggest county in Ireland — and we won. It was some achievement for a tiny parish like ours. Some may wonder who is this “we”. I haven’t been known previously for…
One of the good-natured grumbles I hear from priests about Pope Francis is the quip that it wasn’t the Argentine Pontiff who invented being nice to people. What do they mean when they say this? Well, the fact is that the overwhelming majority of priests – almost to a man, I would say – are…
Episode 3 of The Irish Catholic Podcast sees John Quinn speaking to Paddy Monaghan, from Johnstown Parish in Dublin, which has undertaken a Hospitality Ministry over the past few years, culminating in a regular Men’s Breakfast on Saturday mornings, held in the Parish Centre. This episode looks at practical ways Irish Catholic parishes can engage…
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