The Bishop of Ferns has made the following clerical changes, effective on the weekend 13th / 14th February 2021: Fr. John O’ Reilly’s request to retire as Parish Priest of Piercestown on health grounds has been accepted.Fr. Aodhan Marken (ADM Wexford) to be PP Piercestown.Fr. Billy Swan (CC St. Aidan’s Cathedral) to be ADM Wexford.Fr. […]

St. Agnes of Rome

St Margaret of Hungary. Terry Mc Namee

Hundreds of thousands of words will be spoken and written about after the publication of the Mother and Babies Report this week. There is one central point to all this which needs to be made clearly known. It is this: no one person or groups of persons has the authority to deny to another the […]

St Anthony The Abbot (251 – 356) St Anthony is the originator of the monastic life. He was born in Egypt: when his parents died, he listened to the words of the Gospel and gave all his belongings to the poor. He went out into the wilderness to begin a life of penitence, living in […]

January 15th.St Ita, Virgin. Ita was born in County Waterford of noble and Christian parents. Early on she set her mind on serving Christ in religious life. She founded a monastery in Killeedy, County Limerick, which attracted a variety of young people. She was given the title ‘foster-mother of the saints of Ireland’. She died […]

Not everything is locked down. https://fb.watch/2-8gVviR0d/ Terry Mc Namee

Our Universe came into existence 13 billion years ago. Ireland commenced its journey to become an island by breaking away from a larger land mass 430 million years ago.Human persons are on this planet at least 4 million years (see Ardi). Ireland’s separation as an island was complete around 13 thousand years ago and human […]

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Reflections on the gift of our Baptism.