Good Priests, what have they done for you.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Fr Mulvey in Strabane built the Chapel, Community centre and Melmount Community Care.

[ardmhachaabu]

The man who performed the ceremony of marriage for my wife and I, he is a good priest.

I happened to be at his ordination in St Peters many years before I got married, at a time when I thought I had a vocation to the priesthood.  He is now in a different parish from the one I got married in and I haven't seen him in a while but I miss him.  Mass in that parish just isn't the same any more without him as he had been there for a long time and knew everyone

[midLouth]

On a direct basis not a whole lot, parish wise the late Monsignor Shields was involved in an extension for a local school and the building of the parish centre.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

At the early age of thirty-eight, my mother said, Go west!
Get up, says she, And get a job! Says I, I'll do my best
I pulled on my wellingtons to march to Kiltimagh
But I took a wrong turn in Charlestown and I ended up in Knock
Once this quiet crossroads was a place of gentle prayer
Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year
You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed
If you had a guilty conscience you could get it off your chest
Then came the priest from Partry, Father Horan was his name
Ever since he's been appointed Knock has never been the same
Begod, says Jim, 'Tis eighty years since Mary was adout
'Tis time for another miracle, and he blew the candle out
From Fatima to Bethlehem and from Lourdes to Kiltimagh
I've never seen a miracle like the airport up in Knock
And to establish terra firma he drew up a ten year plan
And he started running bingo around nineteen sixty-one
He built a fabulous basilica upon the Holy Ground
And once he had a focal point he started to expand
Chip shops and bed and breakfasts sprung up overnight
Once a place for quiet retreat, now it's a holy sight
All sorts of fancy restaurants for every race and creed
Where black and white and yellow pilgrims could get a mighty feed
We had the Blessed Virgin here, Father Horan did declare
And Foster and Allen, they appeared just over there
Now do you mean to tell me, says he in total shock
That I am not entitled to an auld airport here in Knock
The TDs were lobbied and harrassed with talk of promised votes
And people who'd been loyal for years spoke of changing coats
Excommunication was threatened upon the flock
Who said it was abortive building airports up in Knock
Now everyone is happy and the miracle it's complete
Father Horan's got his auld runway - and it's eighteen thousand feet
All sorts of planes could land there, of that there's little doubt
It'll be handy now for George Bush to knock Gadafi out
From Fatima to Bethlehem and from Lourdes to Kiltimagh
I've never seen a miracle like the airport up in Knock
Now poor old Father Jim is gone to the airport in the sky
And down on Barr na Cuiga he keeps a friendly eye
On Ryanair and Aer Lingus as they fly to and fro
We'll never see his likes again on the planes of sweet Mayo
Did NATO donate the dough, my boys, did NATO donate the dough
Did NATO donate the dough, my boys, did NATO donate the dough
From Fatima to Bethlehem and from Lourdes to Kiltimagh
I've never seen a miracle like the airport up in Knock

[Doogie Browser]

Fr Mulvey in Strabane built the Chapel, Community centre and Melmount Community Care.

He was also fearless in speaking out against RUC harrasment in the 80's GDA when others in the same town were not so vocal, the present incumbent there is also a good man, Fr Doc - well respected by everyone who knows him.

[longrunsthefox]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying there aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers.... 

[johnneycool]

Fr Mulvey in Strabane built the Chapel, Community centre and Melmount Community Care.

All with his own money?

He certainly was a good priest.

[Doogie Browser]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying therr aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers.... 

You seem to think you are the moral arbiter of this board, if it is pathetic please ignore.

[pintsofguinness]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying therr aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers.... 

You seem to think you are the moral arbiter of this board, if it is pathetic please ignore.

Shouldnt you be on the brady thread defending cardinal Daly?

[Doogie Browser]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying therr aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers.... 

You seem to think you are the moral arbiter of this board, if it is pathetic please ignore.

Shouldnt you be on the brady thread defending cardinal Daly?

A cursory glance through that thread and you will see I said he has to go.
What exactly was your point?  That question can probably apply to 95% of your posts on here though in fairness.

[Doogie Browser]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying therr aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers.... 

You seem to think you are the moral arbiter of this board, if it is pathetic please ignore.

Shouldnt you be on the brady thread defending cardinal Daly?

It was Cardinal Brady too by the way, Daly died last year.

[supersarsfields]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying there aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers....

Not pathetic at all. Just showing that the CC and priests aren't all bad. Are people not allowed to show another side to the priests other than the one currently under scrunity? There should be balance to any argument. No one is going to be saying that these things are going to make up for what has happened within the CC. But it can show that not everything the CC has done was evil.

[pintsofguinness]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying there aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers....

Not pathetic at all. Just showing that the CC and priests aren't all bad. Are people not allowed to show another side to the priests other than the one currently under scrunity? There should be balance to any argument. No one is going to be saying that these things are going to make up for what has happened within the CC. But it can show that not everything the CC has done was evil.

Who's saying all priests are bad?

[supersarsfields]

Not sure pints. But sure this thread is just pointing out that there are some priests that have done hugh amounts of good. Should this not be highlighted when the CC is getting ripped to shreds (Rightly so IMO)?

[longrunsthefox]

Pathetic thread because the church is under the coshe for child abuse and cover ups. I don't think anyone is saying therr aren't good priests. I know quite  a few and good teachers, electricians, solicitors, shop keepers.... 

You seem to think you are the moral arbiter of this board, if it is pathetic please ignore.

Look at the trouble ignoring has caused up to now