A return to old values

An old priest’s view

I was accosted the other day by a severe-looking lady in a tweed suit. Father, she said, where do you stand on gay marriage? It is an excellent idea, I […]

Many years ago, when I was a young seminarian, I warned my confrères about the dangers of creeping modernity and now we see where it has all led. It has been quite […]

I do not know why the proprietor if this “web site” permits me access to his pages.  Perhaps it is because privately he is aware that his own blasphemous attacks […]

I do not understand all this talk about Magdalene laundries. As  a young priest, part of my duties involved visiting the Good Shepherd laundry, and it is not by accident […]

Men of my generation will remember with fondness our schooldays, but most especially the morning prayers that started our young scholarly day with a strong dose of God’s grace.  (If […]

Did we ever think we would see the day when a soccer match is more important to our First Citizen than the salvation of his eternal soul?  It would not […]

It was with considerable amusement that I and my fellow priests watched a news item the other evening on the subject of women priests. There were many young “trendy” and […]

A parishioner suggested to me the other day that I should take advantage of the recent technological advances on the “internet” by setting up a “Priest-Cam”. I think this is […]