Category Archives: Liturgy

Weird & Wonderful Weekend

It’s been another packed weekend at the Teach! Of course, for a little over a month now, “packed weekend” has meant “we have lots of fun things to do with friends,” not so much “retreats and workshops and rehearsals” like … Continue reading

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A Weekend of Good Craic (and bad puns)

Well, the weekend has been packed with fun things and spending time with lots of friends! Last Thursday I went to our friend Stasia’s house for an impromptu session with her trad group – one of my favorite things to … Continue reading

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Dancing, Deacons, and Dublin

In the last week, we’ve been able to enjoy many aspects of Irish culture (and I don’t just mean listening to Nick practice the whistle). Nicole didn’t mention that she and her brother Adam came to Irish dance class with … Continue reading

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Ministry of Presence

Last week, I went with Sr. Alma to lead teacher in-services on Meditation with Children at two different primary schools in Co. Wexford. During these in-services, we explain what Christian Meditation is (in both the John Main and Thomas Keating … Continue reading

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Happy Easter from Teach Bhríde!

Happy Easter! We’ve celebrated with beautiful liturgies this Triduum and Easter. We’ll be back on the blogosphere in a week! God bless! The Easter altar decor at Clonard today

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All Saints of Ireland

In keeping with the trend of naming posts after feast days, I’d like to wish you all a happy All Saints of Ireland day! The readings I read in my Magnificat app this morning were quite different from those I … Continue reading

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Mysteries A-Plenty

Nicole and I took on a task bigger than we’d speculated when we decided to take on a Joyful Mysteries of the rosary Service for the 3rd class students of Kennedy Park Primary School. We’d imagined every child as having … Continue reading

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Struggles with Smartboards and Syntax

Days in Ireland have tended to be days of extremes. First it’s lashing rain followed by a period of sunshine and daffodils. Then we have a day of two rosary service practices, choir rehearsals, recordings of radio shows, and the … Continue reading

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We’re here!

We’re here! “But wait,” you’re thinking, “haven’t you been there for a while now?” You’re right: we’ve been living and working and becoming part of the Clonard Parish community for about 7 weeks. We’ve been sent off in liturgical style … Continue reading

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A bee landed in my hair

Emily is in a sugar coma from all the Nutella she ate, so I’ll pick up where she left off. Last Friday we took the Wexford bus up to Dublin to provide music for our first ACE (Alliance for Catholic … Continue reading

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