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Feast of St Columban

Frank O'Loughlin 20 November 2020 2 Comments
St Columban (543-615) Columban is the most outstanding and well known of the very numerous Irish missionaries who left Ireland to be missionaries in Europe.  They called this exile from…
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Feast of St Clement of Rome

Frank O'Loughlin 13 November 2020 1 Comment
The feast day of St Clement is 23 November, the same day as the saint that we shall look at in next week’s newsletter, St Columban. Clement appears third on…
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Our communion with All Saints and All Souls

Brendan Reed 30 October 2020 No Comments
At the beginning of November, we Catholics always celebrate the related feasts of All Saints (1 November) and All Souls (2 November). In many countries with an explicitly Catholic background…
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Dialogue with Halloween

Brendan Reed 30 October 2020 No Comments
So should we celebrate Halloween?  What is your family tradition?  It is getting harder to avoid it as it is becoming more popular and commercialised.  Our children and grandchildren seem…
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Deacon Jude reflects on Saint Jude

Our Lady of Pentecost 23 October 2020 1 Comment
Saints generally have their own feast days in our liturgical calendar.  Some of the saints, however, have a shared feast-day due to their unique relationship.  One example is the feast-day…
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Who can be a saint?

Brendan Reed 16 October 2020 No Comments
The saints are not perfect; they are holy. There is a big difference. Human beings can’t be perfect. But they can be good.  None of the great saints are perfect. …
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St Francis and the God of Creation

Brendan Reed 2 October 2020 No Comments
The fourth of October is the feast of St Francis of Assisi. We don’t celebrate it this year because it falls on a Sunday. Francis stands out as one who…
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All Creatures Great and Small

Brendan Reed 2 October 2020 2 Comments
St Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and the environment.  Francis expressed his devotion to God through his love for all of God’s creation. Pets bring so much into our…
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Matthew the Gospel Writer

Frank O'Loughlin 18 September 2020 1 Comment
The feast of St Matthew is celebrated on 21 September. We know that Matthew was a tax collector (Matthew 9:9).  Tax collectors or publicans, as they were called, (not to…
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