First Anniversary of Canon Foley

First Anniversary of Canon Foley

 

Holy Mass will be offered tomorrow evening at 7.00pm to mark the first anniversary of the death of Canon Foley. The late Canon was parish priest at St. Augustine’s for thirty years and is a priest held in high esteem by generations of people here in Coatbridge. Please make every effort to attend and ensure there is a full Church at this Mass would to show that the late Canon is still very much in our thoughts and prayers.

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'They came as a boon and a blessing to men, the Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley pen'

    It is no secret that there has been a marked decline in handwriting since the Reformation. Think of those magnificent medieval manuscripts which are now the cherished possessions of museums; many of them with beautiful miniature illustrations married to the text,...
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‘They came as a boon and a blessing to men, the Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley Pen’

By Canon Jim Foley  It is no secret that there has been a marked decline in handwriting since the Reformation. Think of those magnificent medieval manuscripts which are now the cherished possessions of museums; many of them with beautiful miniature illustrations...
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‘The Crow and the Fox’ A salutary fable by La Fontaine (1621-1695)

By Canon Jim Foley There can’t be many of us left. If there are, I would be happy to hear from them before it’s too late. I am referring to those of us who had the good fortune to take our first steps in rudimentary French, under the guidance of Miss Kathleen McAnulty...
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Bannen’s Land: An appreciation of Ian Bannen ‘Scotland’s Favourite Actor’ (1928-1999)

By Canon Jim Foley There is a parcel of land in the Monkland’s District of Lanarkshire, known as Bannen’s Land. The short explanation is that the Bannen family were the proprietors of the land. In time, however, the name would come to have a much wider constituency....
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Peter F. Anson Artist and Scholar 1889-1975

An anecdote remembered by Canon Jim Foley  Although I did not have the good fortune to meet Peter Anson, I feel I know him quite well. I first heard of him as a character in an anecdote shared with me by William Clapperton, who was Rector of the Scots College in Rome...
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More than meets the eye

Part I   By Canon Jim Foley On the occasion of my Diamond Jubilee of Ordination I was asked to suggest an image and a text for a souvenir prayer card to mark the occasion. The image I chose is the Madonna and Child by Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) and the text is a...
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Redmond Prendiville 1900-1969

Archbishop of Perth Australia 1933 - 1968 A Memory by Canon Jim Foley In an earlier blog, entitled ‘A Glimpse of Rome’, I made a passing reference to the Spartan life led by students for the priesthood in the Roman colleges in the wake of World War II, with an...
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The Little Red Book

  A moment of grace on the way to Compostela By Canon Jim Foley Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, could not have known that his Little Red Book, evidently the most studied book in the world during the late sixties, had been anticipated in my...
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‘Ah me! How calm and deep’ (O quanta, qualia)

A neglected masterpiece By Peter Abelard 1079-1142 Commented by Canon Jim Foley To view this essay in as a PDF document click here. I was introduced to this hymn in its English translation when I was a student in Rome and long before I discovered the beauty of the...
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Sortes Virgilianae or The Short Straw

By Canon Jim Foley Some time ago I chanced upon a group of my parishioners outside the local Post Office. They seemed to be engaged in a very heated discussion. One of them detached herself from the others to ask me what was the number of ‘Sweet Heart of Jesus’ in the...
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