BY FR PADDY BYRNE
THIS week, the community of Kildavin, Co. Carlow and well beyond, felt a great sense of sadness and loss, because of John Roberts, sudden death, after a brief illness.
BY FR PADDY BYRNE
MOUNT LEINSTER continues to have some snow on its peaks. Wisdom and the experience of locals suggest that this means continued cold weather.
THIS week, Irish bishops meet Pope Benedict to reflect and share the terrible truth that is the details revealed in the Murphy and Ryan reports.
BY FR PADDY BYRNE
THURSDAY 11 February is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and is also World Day of Prayer for the Sick.
THE story is told about a teacher, giving a math’s lesson in her classroom.
BY FR PADDY BYRNE
FOR over 20 years, thousands of Irish people continue to make pilgrimage to a tiny village in a mountainous and remote part of Bosnia in search of something that, when discovered, is truly wonderful.
THIS has been a devastating week for the people of Haiti.
BY FR PADDY BYRNE
THIS extreme cold spell has brought with it a great burden of hardship – and indeed isolation – to so many in our community.
BY FR PADDY BYRNE
These days, we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord.
BY FR PADDY BYRNE
CHRISTMAS brings with it a multitude of emotions to all our hearts.