A few words from Fr Joe…………………………

by | Sep 23, 2022 | News

Opening of the academic year Masses and Services are a wonderful gathering of the whole school community. For many reasons, an energy pulsates through the environment when so many students gather with their teachers in the church. The daily and Sunday congregations...

A few words from Fr Joe………………..

by | Sep 9, 2022 | News

I was at Mass one day during the week at Holy Cross Monastery near Rostrevor, Co. Down. The Abbot was the presider and preacher. About 10 people made up the congregation and there were another 6 monks present. All in all, a small gathering. Mass lasted almost 50...

True discipleship

by | Sep 2, 2022 | News

Our readings this week lead us to contemplate Christ’s self-sacrificing love. We are asked to follow him, the Wisdom of God incarnate. The First Reading states bluntly that we have enough difficulty grasping the world around us, so how can we understand the mind of...

A few words from Fr Joe………….

by | Sep 2, 2022 | News

30 years ago I hugged Barbara and said goodbye. It was the last day of our 3 years as post grad students in Rome and the whole group went for a mass, a meal and with back slaps and hugs we promised to keep in touch, wished each other well and left for home. Barbara...