Christmas

Today is the last day of school at Marymount where I serve as chaplain. It was great celebrating Mass for the school at 9 a.m. this morning in Eglise St Jacques. The joy and excitment were palpable. Hope all have a safe and happy Christmas.               A.T.

Christmas 2013

19th December 1970 was ordained a priest at St Patrick's Teacher Training College, Dublin. That is 43 years ago. What a changed world and church now. Am gearing up for Christmas.        A.T

Happy Christmas 2013

Got the Christmas cards away at the weekend. A great relief to have done. If you don't get a card from me please accept this word of greeting. Will also send a few greetings by email and in person. Great Carol Service at St Joseph's, Paris, yesterday. School Mass tomorrow in Marymount School.
A.T.

Nelson Mandela, R.I.P.

The World has lost a great human being. May he now rest in peace.
John the Baptist was a voice crying in the wilderness. So was Nelson Mandela.
Neither could be silenced. My best tribute to Nelson Mandela is to keep on the
long walk to justice and peace where I am able. Voices of true prophets do not
fall silent. They go on echoing down the centuries. John the Baptist was beheaded.
His message of the need to repent is still being heard. God bless all the people of South
Africa at this time of loss and may their and our hope never die.                     AT

Christmas 2013

Putting together a few thoughts for preaching this weekend. It is moving so close to Christmas and at such a rate! Not one Christmas card have I yet sent but I'll start soon. Reading at present  Pope's Exhortation called 'Evangelii Gaudium' in which he sets out his hopes and dreams. It is a good, if long, read. Delighted to have had a few jogs recently. Paris is good Place for jogging - a lot of level streets. Back to sermon writing!                       A.T.

Web site

Good news is that www.stjoeparis website is up and running again.
Many thanks to Bruno Valdes for his great word. I'll be back again soon.
AT

Back

Since end of September the Parish website has been out of action due to being "hacked" into. Now it is almost fully operational again - the link to this blog is yet to be put back on the site. I have missed being in contact with my 2 followers and the occasional viewer! Will update events as soon as the link is restored. Thank you for reading this and hope to be back again soon.                A.T.