Bangor to Bobbio

Since we are travellers and pilgrims in the world, let us ever ponder on the end of the road, that is of our life, for the end of our roadway is our home (St Columban, 8th sermon).

05 January 2010

Precedent for resignation of a whole hierarchy

›

Father Vincent Twomey SVD, in a letter to The Irish Times on 2 December, called for the resignation of the five bishops still in office who...

1 comment:

03 January 2010

In defence of Bishop Drennan of Galway

›

Bishop Martin Drennan of Galway I received the email below from Robert Fuller of Galway who read my post of 29 December, 'Catholic Ch...

2 comments:

02 January 2010

Caravaggio painting of the Nativity 'burned by Mafia in the 1980s'

›

Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence, Caravaggio, 1609 Zenit carries a story by Elizabeth Lev , datelined 24 December: In Italy, whe...

31 December 2009

Happy New Year!

›

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Adoration of the Shepherds, Caravaggio, (1609) And the shepherds went with haste, and found Mary and J...

2 comments:

More on St Mels' Cathedral, burned on Christmas Day

›

St Mel's Cathedral, Longford, Ireland, Christmas morning The blog of Saint Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association carries a repor...

1 comment:

29 December 2009

Catholic Church in Ireland 'burning down'

›

The photo of St Mel’s Cathedral, Longford, Ireland, which burned in the early hours of Christmas Day , is an apt image of the Catholic Chur...

24 December 2009

Happy Christmas!

›

Adoration of the Shepherds, Caravaggio, 1609 And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the...

1 comment:

‹

›

Home

View web version

About Me

Fr Seán Coyle: St Columban's, Dalgan Park, Navan, County Meath, Ireland; A Catholic priest, a member of the Missionary Society of St Columban, from Dublin, Ireland, in the Philippines most of the time since 1971 but transferred back to Ireland in June 2017. This is a purely personal blog, not representing the Columbans. My hope is that whatever appears here will in some way bring readers closer to Our Lord Jesus Christ and his Gospel as proclaimed by the Cathoiic Church.

View my complete profile