Kick Off for the Eucharistic Congress

Kick Off for the Eucharistic Congress

It was a day of football and faith. While the result from Poland wasn’t great it was a wonderful day in Dublin. We had over 12,000 pilgrims from Ireland, England, Korea, Peru, Canada, South Africa, in fact from all the corners of the world for the opening of the...
What are you so happy about?

What are you so happy about?

Not so long ago I wrote a blog on the New Atheist bus campaign which extolled the virtues of not worrying about God and getting on being happy in life. It presumed not only the absence of God, but that in the meantime all believers were a pretty glum, worrisome group....
Flash Mobs, Bacon and Religious Community

Flash Mobs, Bacon and Religious Community

‘Flash mobs,’ said Fr. Jim, our resident artist and proud Kerryman. Thus started another lunchtime conversation in the community of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. We tend to follow a stream of consciousness approach to mealtime discussions, which is...