Reflections on Kajiado: Jen, Stephen and Kizzy McWhirter This was the fourth visit to Kenya for Stephen and I, and Kizzy’s second time to be there. We feel very much when we go now that we are going to visit family and friends and the sights and sounds of life...
My first thoughts relate to the fact that a group of 8 can undertake a trip of this nature and never once did I hear a word spoken in anger or a disagreement concerning any of the tasks individuals involved. Secondly my stand out memory is of the colour, vibrancy,...
Trip to Kenya Where does one begin to describe 2 weeks in this country of opposites, surprises, colours and smiling faces? The journey to Dublin airport was full of anticipation and excitement, as I sat beside 3-year-old Kizzy in the back seat of the McWhirter car. Not quite the same...
The Sheep and the Goats In Aughaval Group on the one hand we’ve got sheep. And on the other hand, we’ve got goats. The domesticated, butter-wouldn’t-melt goats provide some of our beautiful Carrowholly cheese. But the real goats live around Mulranny, now spelled Mallaranny, An Mhala Raithní. They’ve retaken the...
The Annual Service of Remembrance for those who gave their lives in clonfict in the cause of peace and justice was held in Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Tuam on Sunday 12th November. Members of the Irish United Nations Veterans Association were present and displayed the UN Peace Keepers Flag with the...
TKA Annual National Schools Service took place in Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Tuam on Friday 10th November. Pupils and teachers from every school in the diocese were present and it was excellent to see the Cathedral nearly bursting at the seams with enthusiastic young folk. The Service of the Word was...
The trauma of vandalism done to a sacred space, which in the hearts of plain people is more than mere bricks and mortar, is a hard thing to bear. The parishioners, neighbours and friends of Holy Trinity Errislannan, so badly damaged in recent weeks, are still coming to terms with...
On Friday 3rd November the clergy of TKA with their spouses gathered for lunch in the Castlecourt Hotel to bid a proper and personal Farewell to Alan and Anne Synnott, onetime of Skreen Parish, as they begin their ministry in the Diocese of Armagh. The Dean of TKA, Very Revd...
Following the attack on the Holy Trinity Church in Errislannan, Clifden in Co Galway, Archbishop Michael Neary issued the following statement: “The attack on the church in Errislannan is an act of persecution against all Christians. “Over the last 12 months there has been high profile media coverage of the...
