by Michael Kane | Jun 3, 2015 | By Canon Jim Foley, Special Features
More than meets the eye 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 Michael Kane | Apr 19, 2015 | By Canon Jim Foley, Special Features
Redmond Prendiville 1900-1969 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...
by Michael Kane | Feb 18, 2015 | By Canon Jim Foley, Special Features
The Little Red Book 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...
by Michael Kane | Feb 7, 2015 | By Canon Jim Foley, Special Features
‘Ah me! How calm and deep’ (O quanta, qualia) ‘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...
by Michael Kane | Feb 3, 2015 | Fr. Michael Kane, News, Special Features
Candlemas 2015 at St. Augustine’s Candlemas 2015 at St. Augustine’s Last Monday 2nd February marked the final “peak” arising from the liturgical cycle of Advent/Christmas/Epiphany. The name given to the Presentation of the Child Jesus is Candlemas, and it...
by Michael Kane | Jan 2, 2015 | By Canon Jim Foley, Special Features
Sortes Virgilianae or The Short Straw 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...
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