Posted in Saint Charles on 28 September, 2006 | No Comments »
Before I go to the Chapter, I remember that I have not yet posted the photographs I took on 3 September at the 150th anniversary celebrations for the Passionists in Ireland. So here they are!
The Mass was at 11.00 a.m., so I went out at about 9.00 to take some pictures before people arrived. Here [...]
Posted in on 27 September, 2006 | No Comments »
…to Mother Regina C.P. of the Passionist Contemplative Nuns, who celebrated today her Golden Jubilee of Profession. I was to preach at the Mass in Belmont Abbey, but have been in bed since Saturday with some kind of bug or other (and with a wireless internet connection for blogging purposes), so I had to phone [...]
Posted in on 26 September, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A prayer, please, for my classmates Fathers Patrick Duffy, Hugh McAvoy (R.I.P.), Thomas Scanlon, Martin Coffey, Patrick Sheridan, John Friel and myself on this twenty-ninth anniversary of our religious profession.
Posted in on 26 September, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I leave for Rome on Friday to take part in the General Chapter of the Passionists. In a moment of weakness, my brothers in Saint Patrick’s Province elected me as the province delegate. Our Provincial, Father Martin, is an ex-officio member of the Chapter. Other members of our province who will be members of the [...]
Posted in on 19 September, 2006 | No Comments »
I have just read in the Vatican Information Service bulletin of the death of Bishop Jose Mauro Pereira Bastos C.P., Bishop of Guaxupe, Brazil. He and three other people were killed in a car accident last Thursday, 14 September, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Bishop Mauro and I studied together at [...]
Posted in on 17 September, 2006 | No Comments »
Today at the Angelus, the Pope said:
Dear Brothers and Sisters, the Pastoral Visit which I recently made to Bavaria was a deep spiritual experience, bringing together personal memories linked to places well known to me and pastoral initiatives towards an effective proclamation of the Gospel for today. I thank God for the interior joy which [...]
Posted in on 15 September, 2006 | No Comments »
Thomas took some photographs of the Pietà in our church. It is Italian marble and was shipped here from Rome around 1900. The hand of Jesus is worn smooth by over a hundred years of prayerful touches.
Posted in on 15 September, 2006 | No Comments »
Today, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, is the last day of our Novena. Our Lady of Sorrows is the principal patron of the Passionist Congregation (-as far as I remember, this post was held by Saint Michael the Archangel until the 1970s). Frankie has posted my sermon for today; today’s Gospel is read [...]
Posted in on 15 September, 2006 | No Comments »
Photograph: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Yesterday the Pope was at Freising where he addressed priests and deacons in the Cathedral where he himself had been ordained. In the crowd I saw Fathers Gregor, Hubert and Stefan from the Passionist community at Pasing, Munich. In the photograph above, the Holy Father is kneeling before the relics of Saint [...]
Posted in on 14 September, 2006 | 4 Comments »
The eighth day of the Novena is also the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This evening, Father Anthony preached on the Cross and told a story from a book by G.K.Chesterton. Frankie will be posting the audio of Father Anthony’s sermon tomorrow. After today’s Masses, we had the Blessing with the Relic [...]
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