The Irish Times reports:
The death has taken place of Msgr Tom Stack, former parish priest at Milltown in Dublin, regular contributor to The Irish Times and frequent guest on radio and television programmes. He died peacefully at Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross on Sunday.
Comghairdeas to one of our founders, Brendan Hoban, on his National Media Award for his weekly column in the Western People newspaper – the longest-running columnist in a regional newspaper…
We express our sympathies to Gerry O Connor, member of the ACP leadership team, and to his family on the death of his father Tom O’Connor.
Two Healing Circles arranged.
EAST:Date: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Time: 2.00pm
Venue: St James Parish Centre, James’s Street, Dublin 8.
WEST: Date: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Time: 2.00pm
Venue: Cúram Family Centre, Clare Street, Claremorris, Co Mayo.
Root & Branchers have journeyed together for a year, discerning our way forward to our inclusive, Lay-led Synod in September. Now we invite you to our last two events before…
Chris McDonnell, writing recently in the Catholic Times, said of the U.S. mid term elections, “What of the future? How will the Democracy of Immigrants that forms the United States rebuild trust and civility, what is required of each and every citizen?”
We wonder when we hear a President speak of ‘beautiful barbed wire’ being strung out along a border.
Chris also adds “Just as there is this fracture in our public life, for not only the US but other Western Democracies are also under threat, so too within our Christian community are fault lines and tensions apparent.”
From the Irish Times: Article by Rev Dr Eugene Duffy, vicar for pastoral renewal and development in Achonry diocese. His book The Restructuring of Irish Dioceses will be launched in…
I have early memories of Tom giving us retreats while in St. Flannan’s College, Ennis. I remember telling him this when years later I met him and he was taken aback but such was the communicator he was.
I have great memories from the early 1980s of Tom Stack visiting Dan Breen (RIP) (Senior Curate/ six of us stationed in the one house) at the Presbytery in Mourne Road, Drimnagh and being invited into their rapturous company where there was lots of in-depth discussion, sharing of insights and so much fun and laughter. I felt there was a great providence meeting men like them.
I have a further round/ wave of memories from the 1990s of Tom Stack visiting John Ryan PP. RIP, Knocklong, Co. Limerick. John kept an open kitchen where people gathered around the table and so Tom had a full audience and he always rose to the occasion. I particularly remembering him doing jigs and singing a few Limerick songs. Glad he got to see Limerick win another All Ireland. Tom loved to party and celebrate life. Both John & Tom had a great repertoire of stories. I feel blessed and uplifted to have known such broad minded free spirited priests. They are stars that burn brightly for me.