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Lenten Conversion Journey

Lenten Conversion Journey

Fr Tim Mulroy recalls a difficult conversation with a Columban in the USA which provided some insightful Lenten lessons. During the months leading up to his eighty-seventh birthday, on several occasions, Fr Paul White had gone from the hospital to a rehabilitation...

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Fr Bernard’s Valentine

Fr Bernard’s Valentine

St Valentine’s Day will see millions of love letters dispatched around the world. Fr Tim Mulroy recounts the heart-warming tale of one priest’s love letters. “I won’t be buying green bananas again!” was Fr Bernard’s greeting as I approached his hospital bed. He had...

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A Christmas Surprise

A Christmas Surprise

Last Christmas Fr Frank Hoare took a break from life in the Fijian capital, Suva, to return to a rural parish where he had worked previously. But his attempt at Santa Claus did not get the reaction he expected. Maybe it was because I wasn’t wearing the required red...

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Ag Guí ar Son na Marbh

Ag Guí ar Son na Marbh

Fr Sean Coyle/Seán Mac Cumhaill writes about finding his great-uncle Lawrence Dowd's grave in Flanders 84 years after he was killed in the Great War. He highlights the nightly ceremony at the Menin Gate to remember the more than 50,000 men, 5,000 of them Irish, who...

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