Father Kevin – Saint Joseph's Catholic Church

Caring for the sick and dying: the respect owed to life

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Father Kevin assisted dying, assisted suicide, day for life, euthanasia, prolife

“Consider that the medical establishment, established to protect life, will be further drawn into the contrary position of ending it.”

Parish and local

Daily Masses to carry on as usual

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Father Kevin daily masses

From tomorrow morning, I have restored the daily Masses, for I am walking with more ease now. Daily Masses are

Catholicism and Church teaching Holy Scripture and the Bible

Reading through the Letter to the Hebrews

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Father Kevin apostasy, authority of christ, hebrew high priesthood, hebrews, letter of saint paul to the hebrews, letter of st paul to the hebrews, letter to the hebrews, letters of saint paul, perseverance, scripture

“…the authority of Son of God… is an authority that cannot be rejected for it has replaced the authority of the Hebrew priesthood, abrogating it and restoring a more ancient system…”

Catholicism and Church teaching the Saints

Saint Anthony of Lisbon (his memorial today)

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Father Kevin franciscans, ofm, order of friars minor, saint anthony of lisbon, saint anthony of padua, saint francis of assisi, st anthony of padua

“While most Catholics call Anthony the patron Saint of lost articles (possibly because of his photographic memory), they do not always know that he was a formidable intellect…”

Parish and local

One of our parishioners going to seminary

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Father Kevin priesthood, seminarists, seminary

As some of you may know already, one of our parishioners, Mr. M. Furey, has been appointed by the Bishop

Catholicism and Church teaching Holy Scripture and the Bible

Reading the Acts of the Apostles

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Father Kevin acts of the apostles, apostles, bible in a year, early history, ecclesiastical history, gentiles in the church, saint barnabas, saint paul

“…the constant theme of the Acts of the Apostles, which is the theme of the Gospels: that the time of the Messiah had arrived and so the gates of Israel had been thrown open at last, and the promises of old had been made available to the Gentiles. The Apostles had to learn this, then they had to legislate for the Gentile Christians.”

Catholicism and Church teaching the Saints

Feast day of Saint Kevin of Glendalough (June the 3rd)

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Father Kevin glendalough, irish saints, kilnamanagh, saint kevin

“…the story of his being so very still in prayer as to allow a bird to nest in one of his hands and even lay an egg in the nest.”

News

The PM marries

June 2, 2021June 13, 2021 Father Kevin catholic marriage, fr gary dench, mr boris johnson, prime minister, westminster cathedral

“We certainly wish Mr. and Mrs. Johnson well and we shall continue to pray for them and for Mr. Johnson’s government of our country.”

Catholic books Catholicism and Church teaching

The Wanderer – a medieval poem

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Father Kevin anglo-saxon, anglo-saxons, catholicism, grief, lord of the rings, medievalism, old english, poetry, psychology, the wanderer, tolkien

“…the best thing about all of Tolkien’s work, as the video says, is not the vivid worlds and interesting characters that he created, but rather the depth of human experience that he injected into them…”

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