THE DEAF FROG. Once upon a time there was a bunch of small frogs who arranged a running competition.  The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.  A big crowd had

The picture above shows Fr. Michael in South Africa with two Mercy Sisters who came to acknowledge the support the parish offered them from our Monthly Parish Charity in August (€1,4000) while he was on

FINDING GOD. One day a little boy decided to go and look for God.  He set off after breakfast and headed for the nearby park.  He was a small boy, with short legs, and by

The pilgrims paused on the ancient stones in the mountain gap. Behind them stretched the roadway they had travelled. Ahead, mist hid the track. Unspoken the question hovered:   Why go on? Is life not short

Am I a Christian? Ask my neighbour. Through the means of our parish Web site and Web Camera Fr. Michael’s former parish in South Africa is able to keep tabs on him and also on

Having come back from Africa after many years out of Cork I find myself coming upon people I haven’t met for 40, 50 years. Since then, every cell in our bodies has changed, many times