by Gerard Bennett | Nov 7, 2022 | Prayers
Lord, you know us so well. You know how exhausting life can be, with so many stresses and strains, pulling us this way and that. We thank you for the peace that comes from participating in your Eucharist as we join you in offering ourselves to the Father and receiving...
by Gerard Bennett | Nov 1, 2022 | Latest, Reflections from Fr Kieran
This week is dominated by two consecutive feast days, All Saints and All Souls, which give a deeper meaning to what the secular culture calls “Halloween!” Ghosts and Goblins are no doubt fun for our children and fireworks bring excitement to adolescents (young and...
by Gerard Bennett | Oct 28, 2022 | From the pen of John O'Brien OFM, Reflections from Fr Kieran
Sometimes the weekly reflection looks forward to coming events, but this one looks back to the aftermath of the planned closure of the friary in Athlone, which came as a shock to many, including the friars of the Province. Writing last week, I mentioned the...
by Gerard Bennett | Oct 26, 2022 | Latest, Safeguarding
Here in Multyfarnham, we greatly value the very many people who support our work and especially, the presence of those who visit, whether to attend Mass, avail of the sacrament of reconciliation (confession), to pray, to walk through our beautiful grounds, or for such...
by Gerard Bennett | Oct 18, 2022 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
Today (Tuesday, October 18) is the feast of St Luke, the evangelist. Tradition holds he was a doctor, who accompanied St Paul on his second missionary journey and supported him while under house arrest in Rome, right up to his martyrdom. In the first reading at Mass...
