Uncle Michael unashamedly wishes to communicate with nephews and nieces as well as a few good friends who see Science as the basis of many things. Faith in God is of little interest, or, simply for oldies like Nanna, Uncle Michael and Aunty Anne.
t Canice’s opened 125 years ago next May with a Haydn Mass; with many dignitaries; with much aplomb. We are a poor church in comparison to those heady early days of the new colony. Hopefully, this past Sunday could well be a foretaste of what we might expect in May 2014 as part of …
n occasion, during my trip to Jerusalem last week, I came across a number of ‘singing priests’ in fine voice, leading their groups of pilgrims in song at the various holy sites. St Augustine says “He who sings prays twice”, and I can tell you that witnessing these special moments, influenced me to stop, and …
n one west side street uptown in Manhattan we have a ‘church’ pronouncing in neon lights ‘Sin will find you out’. With pronouncements such as this, I could be cowering in fear of ‘fire and brimstone’; so counter-productive in my opinion. On another west side street, a little further downtown at St Francis …
ather Peter McGrath, a very human, Irish, Passionist priest of 49 years presided over the ‘Celebration of the Life’ of Sean Sullivan at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in Randwick today. Father Peter knows first hand of the battles we all can have with addictions. He confesses of the start of his recovery …