Fr Tony

Fr Tony

by | Aug 20, 2020 | News

The Dublin priest, campaigner and latterly author Fr Tony Coote died on Wednesday, aged 55, but in immeasurable ways his goodness lives on. It lives on through the €700,000 he raised by turning his final illness into achievement. That is already being used for...
Fr Tony: Bearer of Hope

Fr Tony: Bearer of Hope

by | Aug 5, 2020 | News

We were blessed to have had Fr Tony as our ‘parish priest’ and friend for 10 years. Ours was his first parish appointment and Tony brought an energy and freshness which was joyous, occasionally chaotic and always liberating. Children and parents alike, making their...

‘Imagine a sower going out to sow …’

by | Jul 10, 2020 | News

The readings this week are linked by images of nature, water, rain, growing crops and harvest. In the First Reading, the prophet Isaiah compares the word of God to the rain falling on the world, which ensures a good crop and thus feeds the people. Continuing this...

Come to me, and I will give you rest

by | Jul 3, 2020 | News

There is a very welcome thread of joy and encouragement woven throughout the readings for this Sunday. The First Reading is a foretelling of the joyous Kingdom over which Jesus will reign, and a prophecy of his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem before his death and...

A few words from Fr Joe as we prepare to come back to Mass

by | Jun 25, 2020 | News

The liturgy of the Church is full of ways to express thanks, gratitude, joy, blessings and appreciation to God for all the gifts that we receive in this life, one word is sometimes used to capture all of this exuberance, that word is Alleluia! At Eastertime, we say it...