‘You must do what the word tells you’

by | Aug 27, 2021 | News

Our readings this week encourage us to pay attention to the ways in which the word of God truly influences how we live our lives.  Although we all too often fail to live up to the example set for us, we are none the less assured of an abundance of gifts, because of...

A few words from Fr Joe….

by | Aug 27, 2021 | News

This weekend we remember Fr Tony at his second anniversary. His fruitful ministry, courage and strength, pastoral vision and compassion for others will always be in our minds and hearts. This time last year we planted a tree, placed a bench and memorial and connected...

Christ, the Bread of Life

by | Jul 30, 2021 | News

This is the first of several Sunday Gospels where we contemplate Jesus’s teaching on the bread of life. It follows last week’s account of the feeding of the five thousand. The First Reading tells us of the hungry, grumbling Israelites in the desert and the gift of...

A few words from Fr. Joe…

by | Jul 30, 2021 | News

Last Sunday Pope Francis gave us the first ‘Day of Prayer for Grandparents and Elderly people’. As I had been away for the previous week I didn’t have time to read up on it before preparing the newsletter. So, my apologies that it wasn’t promoted in advance. I did...

A few words from Fr Joe………………

by | Jul 23, 2021 | News

I’m just back from a week’s holiday relaxed and refreshed, what a difference the weather makes. I was with my sister and a priest friend in Derry, a city so perfectly perched on the Foyle with Donegal on one flank and the beautiful North Coast on the other. Derry...