Tag: Fr Paddy Byrne
Fr Paddy: Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans – which one are...
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going...
Fr Paddy: Portlaoise Midlands Hospital … An essential service
A recent public meeting regarding maintaining essential and lifesaving services, in Portlaiose General Hospital, was extremely well attended.
There was universal consensus, that Portlaoise Midlands...
Fr Paddy: Prayer – a sacred gift
In a growing secular world it seems much more Cool to do mindfulness as opposed to pray.
Last week the minister of education announced huge...
Fr Paddy: World Meeting of Families
In truth, all our families are much more like the Simpsons than the Waltons!!!!!!
Recently Kildare and Leighlin Diocese, launched our initiatives for next year's...
Fr Paddy: Back to School 2017
This coming week is a historic one here in Portlaoise Parish. Children will begin to experience the fantastic new school campus in Aghnaharna, where...
Fr Paddy: Charlie Gard… A precious life
Charlie Gard died after his life-support was withdrawn soon after he was moved to a hospice, denying his parents their "final wish" for him to spend...
It’s Saturday – so here are the week’s top stories
As ever on a Saturday we remember all of the week’s top stories with this handy guide.
NEWS
Sadness at the death of well-known Portlaoise...
Fr Paddy: Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes 2017
On Sunday July 16th, Kildare and Leighlin Diocese, will partake in it’s first Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Members from all 56 parishes, will come...
Fr Paddy: Gods wings…….Gives Hope
An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of God's wings. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest...
Fr Paddy: Gerard Manley Hopkins … an inspirational Christian life
2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the Hopkins Summer school, taking place in Newbridge College, from July 21-27. This is an occasion for many...
Fr Paddy: Mother Teresa… an icon of love
Mother Teresa was born, 1910, in Skopje, capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Little is known about her early life, but at a young...
Fr Paddy: President and Pope…… An olive branch
Last week, Donald Trump met Pope Francis, at the Vatican, on the third leg of his first overseas trip as US president, one year...
Fr Paddy: Open Hands….. Open Heart…..
Sometimes people you have never met face to face have an influence in your life that is hard to measure.
It might be a family...
Fr Paddy: The beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ
The date for the beatification ceremony of Blessed John Sullivan elect has been confirmed for Saturday May 13 in Gardiner Street Church at 11am.
This...
Fr Paddy: Butterflies and resurrection
As a butterfly soared overhead, one caterpillar said to the other, "You'll never get me up in one of those things."
Yet for every caterpillar...
Renowned harp player to perform in aid of PATH
A former member of Celtic Women will be in Portlaoise next month for a special concert in aid of Portlaoise Action to Homelessness.
Orla Fallon...
Fr Paddy: We should be so grateful for the blessings we...
Sometimes life can seem challenging and we usually get the well-known feeling of "the grass on the other side is always greener"!
We all feel...
REVEALED: The top 25 Laois Twitter accounts you simply have to...
A new website wouldn’t be complete without a ‘Top 25’ list.
Well here it is. We’ve picked out the 25 Laois people you simply have...
Fr Paddy: Lent – a time to be uplifted by brighter...
Ash Wednesday - which is this Wednesday, March 1, marks the beginning of Lent. Traditionally, Lent brings with it a time of cutting back,...