My abiding memory of my first Advent in Maynooth was being awakened at 6am to the sound of (as I thought) an angelic choir giving a heavenly rendition of "Jerusalem". I genuinely believed I had died,
RIP Ronan .. I have such happy memories of you in Maynooth 1983-86 .. you were always a breath of fresh air in a sometimes stuffy place .. this piece will always remind me of you.
I stood amongst the stars, as a child with Guardian of great age
With face like a Buddha or a babe
No hair, eyes gentle shone, two pools of delight tenderness bright
No word was uttered; he stood near
Optimism is the best policy. Trump is waning away to nothing and Biden is voicing sane and intelligent policies. Pope Francis has a splendid front page editorial in today's New York Times (Internation
Seamus, Thanks for meeting our WAC team. You are a team builder. You are full of the joys of life. You are an eternal optimist. Thank God for that. If only we had more team builders in our church.
Yes !
“Living with present uncertainty, this is our time of discernment, may we use it well. One positive outcome might be achieving a rebalance between the feasts Christmas and Easter, feasts
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Advent Memory: Maynooth, Jerusalem and Ronan Drury
November 30 2020My abiding memory of my first Advent in Maynooth was being awakened at 6am to the sound of (as I thought) an angelic choir giving a heavenly rendition of "Jerusalem". I genuinely believed I had died,
Advent Memory: Maynooth, Jerusalem and Ronan Drury
November 30 2020RIP Ronan .. I have such happy memories of you in Maynooth 1983-86 .. you were always a breath of fresh air in a sometimes stuffy place .. this piece will always remind me of you.
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Chris McDonnell shares his ‘Catholic Times’ Advent Reflection
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