God of love, listen to our prayer for Mothers’ Day. We celebrate all mothers and grandmothers on this day. We remember the great mothers of salvation history: Sarah, mother of Isaac; Rebecca, mother of Jacob; Ruth, mother of King David; Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, and especially Mary, Mother of Jesus whom we call…
Summer is on the way and bright days are ahead. But our world is in danger not only from violence and climate change but because of the loss of many species. We are learning to cherish and appreciate our world. We need to preserve our green spaces, control our use of chemicals and keep our…
St. Patrick’s Day is the day when millions of people, even those without a drop of Irish blood become honorary Irish for the day. The day itself has become traditionally associated with parades and the wearing of the green. Globally the 17th March is penciled in as a day for everyone to celebrate the impact…
Jesus with His newly chosen apostles have just come down from the mountain. He is quickly surrounded by a large crowd who are interested in his teaching. The crowds want to know from Jesus, how they can live, how they can love, how they can be happy.
Because the people feel rejected, they think…
On Tuesday next, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The reason for this is that on the 11th February, 1858 Our Lady appeared to Saint Bernadette for the first time.
The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is famous for a number of other reasons: On this date since 1993 we celebrate…
One hundred and seventy-nine years ago the world was plagued by the cholera epidemic. In his poem In Memoriam, Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote “Ring out old shapes of foul disease”. Could he ever have guessed that his words would ring true again for the time of Covid. The human spirit is strong and now again,…
The Rosbercon–Mullinarrigle-Tullogher Christmas Draw to help meet our financial commitments and to continue to maintain the Buildings of the Parish was a great success and Fr Dan and the Parish Finance Committee thank you sincerely for your generosity to the Parish. The Draw took place on Sunday last, 15th December and realised €6,830.00.
Fr…
The Oak Ward, Waterford University Hospital have chosen a painting of a robin by the late Nora Breen of Tinnakilly, Rosbercon, for their Christmas Cards. A pack of 12 cards cost €10 and all proceeds from the sale of the cards will be donated to Oak Ward of Waterford Hospital. The late Nora Breen spent…
Christmas is a special family time. The story of the Donner Party is a story of survival of family members where others perished.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, the Oregon Trail crossed North America from East to West. In 1846, a party of 81 people, mostly German in origin, crossed the continent with…
