by Michael McG | Feb 7, 2024 | Voice Column, Bishop Terry
Liturgically, the Feast of the Presentation (February 2) is the end or completion of the Christmas Cycle or Season.We move from the expectation of the coming of the Messiah, through the Incarnation, the Feast of the Holy Family to the visit of the three Wise Men at...
by Michael McG | Jan 9, 2024 | Voice Column
Happy New Year! We pray and hope that 2024 will be blest and peaceful for all. Whenever we move into a new phase or life, a new project, a new year, we are, to a certain extent, entering the unknown. However, one thing we do know 2024 is that by this time next...
by Michael McG | Dec 12, 2023 | Voice Column
Laudate Deum – Praise God These are the opening words of the Apostolic Exhortation (Letter of Encouragement) from Pope Francis. He wrote this letter to all people of goodwill on October 4, the feast of St Francis of Assisi. It is a follow up to his groundbreaking...
by Michael McG | Nov 13, 2023 | Voice Column
On the weekend of November 18/19 we celebrate the Seventh Annual World Day of the Poor and the theme this year is taken from the Book of Tobit. Pope Francis sends us all a message for that day. Here follows an extract from that message, but the whole message can be...
by Michael McG | Sep 6, 2023 | Voice Column
One of the most important parts of our Mass is the reading of the word of God. Therefore, to read well, and to proclaim well is an excellent way of serving the Christian community. It is almost like giving our voice to God so that he can speak to his people through...
by Michael McG | Jul 31, 2023 | Voice Column
As the month of August begins, a group of around 30 young adults will be travelling to Lisbon to join World Youth Day. The journey begins on July 31 and they will return on August 7. Together with hundreds of thousands – probably millions – of young people...
