Canon Foley's Writings

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Canon Foley’s Writings

The Community Sermon: Matthew 18 by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Mar 3, 2014

To view this Reflection in PDF format click here. A Year with Saint Matthew 2014/2017/2020/2023/2026 Reflections on the Lectionary For the Ordinary Sundays of Year A Reflection...

The Parable Sermon: Matthew 13.1-53 By Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Feb 26, 2014

To view this Reflection in PDF click here. A Year with Saint Matthew 2014/2017/2020/2023/2026 Reflection 5 The Parable Sermon Matthew 13.1-53 Is the kingdom of heaven inside out...

The Mission Sermon by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Feb 15, 2014

To view this Reflection in PDF format click here. A YEAR WITH SAINT MATTHEW (2014 / 2017 / 2020 / 2023 / 2026) Reflections on the Gospel of Saint Matthew Reflection 4: The...

The Sermon on the Mount by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Feb 8, 2014

To view this reflection as a PDF document click here. A YEAR WITH SAINT MATTHEW Year A: 2014 / 2017 / 2020 / 2023 / 2026) Reflections on the Gospel of Saint Matthew Reflection 3:...

The Year Ahead by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Feb 2, 2014

To view this reflection as a PDF document click here. A YEAR WITH SAINT MATTHEW (Year A: 2014 / 2017 / 2020 / 2023 / 2026) Reflections on the Gospel of Saint Matthew Reflection...

The mystery hidden from all ages by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Jan 23, 2014

To view this reflection as a PDF document click here. A YEAR WITH SAINT MATTHEW Year A: 2014 / 2017 / 2020 / 2023 / 2026) Reflections on the Gospel of Saint Matthew Reflection 1:...

Christmas Fayre

by Michael Kane | Dec 5, 2013

St. Augustine’s Church Hall This Sunday 8 December 2013 after 10am and 12noon Masses Attractions include: Santa’s Grotto, Christmas Craft Stalls, Tombola & Raffles, Face...

Bethlehem University 40th Anniversary

by Michael Kane | Oct 8, 2013

Bethlehem University, Palestine: Greetings to Canon Foley, Father Kane, Sister Eileen and the parishioners of St Augustine’s I write to you today because forty years ago this...

The Sign of Jonah in Three Acts

by Michael Kane | Sep 11, 2013

Stage I: Jonah At Home In the absence of any tangible archaeological evidence relating to Jonah, son of Amittai, I have been grasping at straws and, in desperation, publish the...

CAVEAT EMPTOR

by Michael Kane | Sep 10, 2013

-.-. .- ...- . .- - . -- .--. - --- .-. or Be careful to watch your back by Canon Jim Foley There can be few buildings in Rome that do not boast a plaque on their walls to...

IOLANTHE DRAMATIS PERSONAE

by Michael Kane | Jul 28, 2013

SCOTS COLLEGE ROME CARNIVAL 1951 SUNSET IN ARCADIA by Canon Jim Foley The Programme for Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, staged at the Scots College Rome in 1951, fell into my...

A Glimpse of Rome

by Michael Kane | Jul 13, 2013

Between the Years of 1948 and 1955 during the Pontificate of Pius XII. by Canon Jim Foley ‘Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the...

The whale swallowed Jonah. Can we swallow the whale?

by Michael Kane | Jun 28, 2013

by Canon Jim Foley To the Memory of Canon Eugene Mathews 1922-2010. Preface The inspiration behind this particular post, if I may describe it in such pretentious terms, can be...

Mark the Innocent Bystander by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Apr 22, 2013

Mark 14.51f By Canon Jim Foley Among those who had been following along there was a young man with nothing on but a linen cloth. They tried to seize him; but he slipped out of...

My Birmingham Dribbler by Canon Jim Foley

by Canon Foley | Apr 18, 2013

By Canon Jim Foley Having put on display my Penny Red (1864) and my Presentation Box of Queen Victoria’s chocolates (1900), I feel obliged to add to my collection of objets d’art...

Wishing you a happy New Year from Canon Jim Foley and Queen Victoria

by Michael Kane | Mar 18, 2013

South Africa 1900 Victoria Reg. R9 No4 349850 by Canon Jim Foley I boasted in an earlier Post that I was the proud owner of a Penny Red postage stamp dated 1864. My Penny Red,...

The Seamless Garment by Canon Jim Foley

by Canon Foley | Mar 14, 2013

John 19, 23-26 A Meditation for Good Friday by Canon Jim Foley When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each...

‘There was silence in heaven for half an hour’ by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Mar 1, 2013

Revelation 8.1 A reflection for Lent by Canon Jim Foley Surely the above quotation from The Book of Revelation can lay claim to be among the most endearing in the entire Bible....

A Clandestine Hierarchy by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Feb 20, 2013

(‘Knowledge puffs up’ 1 Corinthians 8.1) by Canon Jim Foley There exists in the Catholic Church something I can only describe as a kind of clandestine hierarchy. With this clumsy...

LA GUIDA by Trilussa commented by Canon Jim Foley

by Michael Kane | Feb 4, 2013

Inconclusive observations on a poem by Trilussa (1870-1950) by Canon Jim Foley When I first came across this elusive little poem I imagined that it must be the poet’s attempt to...