Tag: Fr Paddy Byrne

Our world screams out for poetry even if it can’t cope with it. Faith can only exist in a world of poetry. God is always...

Bishop Denis Nulty has announced a number of appointments and retirements of priests in the Kildare and Leighlin Diocese. Locally, Fr Paddy Byrne is to...

During the past ten days, five lives have been lost to suicide in Laois. Wonderful lives, abruptly ended, leaving behind families overwhelmed with grief...

The global pandemic has had a shattering effect on humanity. This deadly virus, has made no exceptions, its ugly presence has wounded Princes, Prime Ministers,...

Laois priest Fr Paddy Byrne has hit out over Pope Francis' decision to do a U-turn on previous plans to allow married men in...

Gardai have arrested and charged a man following criminal damage at a Laois church on Sunday. The candelabra in Abbeyleix church was completely smashed up...

This is sickening. A church in Laois was the victim of senseless vandalism overnight. The candelabra in Abbeyleix church has been completely smashed up. Taking to Twitter...

Abbeyleix Parish Priest Fr Paddy Byrne has launched a blistering attack against plans to stage an event commemorating the RIC. Taking to Facebook this afternoon,...

This Sunday, October 13 2019 will be canonized on October 13 2019, in Rome. Pope Francis decreed that Newman and four other blesseds will be...

This week is the celebration of St Francis of Assissi who is the patron saint of animals and they've come up with a novel...

Christianity is the only religion which worships the scapegoat, the one who is hated, excluded, spat upon, blamed for everything, ridiculed, shamed, and made...

July 19 marked the third anniversary of the launch of Rebuilding Ireland, the government’s plan to address the housing and homeless crisis. Any honest assessment...

Our world screams out for poetry even if it can’t cope with it. Faith can only exist in a world of poetry.  God is...

Recently I was greatly inspired by the kind gesture of a neighbour calling with a bag of fresh vegetables from their garden. There is something...

This week marks the beginning of our summer holidays for all primary school children. Let’s pray that they will all enjoy a happy and...

A very clever dog! A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet dog along for company. One...

We can wait no longer - Martin Luther King’s Letter to White Church Leaders. In 1960, Martin Luther King was imprisoned after leading a civil...

Recent European and local elections highlighted that our environment and climate change is a fundamental concern among most citizens. Young people lead this awareness in...

Popular Portlaoise priest Fr Paddy Byrne is set to leave for a new role as parish priest in Abbeyleix, also taking in Shanahoe and...

You don’t just wake up one morning, light streaming in from the window, birds fluttering about, and jump from your bed with exuberance declaring,...

As we move through the month of May thousands of students prepare for exams. Exam-time brings with it many mixed emotions and feelings. Soon it...

Mary Queen of the May. May is marked with 'Alleluias' as we celebrate the Resurrection and live into the Easter joy we proclaim. May is also...

How can anyone argue against Divine Mercy Sunday? Divine Mercy is hope wrapped up in a loving God, ever ready to embrace us and forgive...

“He is not here, he is risen”, is the signal message which the women receive as they make their way to anoint this dead...

The story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 1–3, 11–32) has an extraordinary amount of wisdom and good advice packed into it. Indeed, the more...

Sure I love the dear silver that shines in your hair. Does anyone recognise that song? An old, old Irish favourite, Mother Machree. I remember...

According to the English Catholic priest-cardinal John Henry Newman, “Growth is the only evidence of life.” Life is then most apparent in the springtime with...

Lent is an old English word meaning 'lengthen'. Lent is observed in spring, when the days begin to get longer. Lent is a good time...

The Trócaire Lenten Campaign for 2019 focuses on land-rights. The four-sided “Trócaire Box” has stories to tell. One about families forced from their homes, another...

“Where is your brother?” This is the question that God asks each one of us in our hearts regarding our brother who is sick,...