The Text below is taken from a letter from Pope Francis.
Click HERE to read the letter directly on the Vatican website.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The month of May is approaching, a time when the People of God express with particular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this month to
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Obits for: Joan Carrie;Micky Murphy;Tom Dunne; Olive Reynolds.
Railway Memories from Kevin McGeough R.I.P.
Notes on Fr Frank Woods RIP
Day by Day; the Corona Lock-Down by Brendan Cowley aged 11.
The Fox By Eoghan MacGiolla Coda
Local History/Movies/Book Reviews
Canada by Nadine Weldon
Ghost Story Morgan Landy
and more. Thanks to
Today at 12 noon Ireland was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for protection from the coronavirus pandemic.
Excerpt below taken from https://www.irishcatholic.com/covid-19-primate-to-consecrate-irish-people-to-our-lady/
The Primate of All-Ireland has invited bishops, clergy and the faithful to join him in praying the 12noon Angelus on Wednesday March 25 – Feastday of the Annunciation.
The act of consecration will begin with the
The pope will join the initiative promoted by the Italian bishops to pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary at 9pm on Thursday March 19th on the feast of St. Joseph. All are encouraged to pray the rosary at 9 pm local time to take part in a chain of prayer throughout the world as each timezone joins in at
Prayer to St. Vincent Ferrer for protection against sickness and contagious diseases.
O glorious Apostle and worker of miracles, St Vincent Ferrer, new angel of the Apocalypse and our kind protector, receive our humble prayers and obtain for us a copious shower of divine favors. By that love with which thy heart was inflamed, obtain for us from the Father
Lockdown
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But
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Cover Photo by Deirdre Flood. Taken at Cappogue Bridge.
Articles by:
Donal Kinsella Life in The Grove.
Bru Bellew On the buses.
Birch trees Eoghan McGiolla Coda
Barmeath Archives Jean Young
Life in the parish in 1938 Parish Diary.
Milestones in Life Conor Dunne with the usual Movie
9 day Novena St Florian (Patron Saint of Fire and Firefighters):
You know, beloved St Florian, from the sacrifice of your own life for the sake of your faith, that the fireman’s lot on earth is not always a pleasant one, but your sense of duty that so pleased God, your courageous strength that so overwhelmed the devil and your