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A selection of homilies by Bishop Joseph Toal and priests of the diocese.
Diaconate Ordination in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
- By Bishop Joseph Toal
- Published 13/08/2010
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Homily for the diaconate ordination of David Connor
Mass of Chrism 2010
- By Website Editor
- Published 05/04/2010
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Bishop Joseph's homily for the Mass of Chrism, 24 March 2010
Homily for National Pilgrimage to Carfin
- By Website Editor
- Published 26/10/2009
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Before becoming Bishop of Argyll and the Isles I spent the previous nine years in the Royal Scots College in Salamanca in Spain, and in its cloister there is a painting of St John Ogilvie, which also hung for many years in the previous college location in Valladolid.
Homily for 160th anniversary of St. Mary’s, Arisaig
- By Website Editor
- Published 26/10/2009
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In preparation for tonight’s anniversary Mass I looked out the account of the opening of St. Mary’s Arisaig on 19th August 1849 in the Scottish Catholic Directory.....
Homily for profession of Sr. Maria Edith
- By Website Editor
- Published 26/10/2009
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first few weeks after I became Bishop a number of people spoke to me about the
vocation of being a hermit, one of them being our sister Anne, who as well as
telling me of her life in Germany as a hermit and of her desire to follow a
similar path here in Scotland, presented me with her own rule and explained in
detail what the vocation of a hermit entails....
Mass in honour of Venerable Margaret Sinclair
- By Website Editor
- Published 27/09/2009
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The last verses in today’s gospel express teachings of
Jesus which were very close to the heart and life of the Venerable Margaret
Sinclair. She had a strong sense of accepting the cross of Christ in her life,
and of following in the Lord’s footsteps in carrying this cross in whatever way
it presented itself to her.
Homily for Centenary Mass of Blessed Mary MacKillop
- By Website Editor
- Published 20/08/2009
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".....What does this holy lady, whom we are so proud to claim as
our own, say to us today as Catholics here in Lochaber and the Highlands of
Scotland? By living our faith well and by allowing the Word, the presence, the
goodness of Christ in all its richness to find a home in us, we can proclaim
the values of the Gospel by the example of our lives and by doing all that we
can to bring his love and goodness to other people in our own situation,
following our vocation, using the talents and opportunities God gives us each
day to be witnesses to the Lord Jesus."