"as for me,
my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has
come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the
end; .. I have kept the faith; " 2 Tim 4: 6,7
Sincere thanks
to all of you who have prayerfully supported Joe in his illness over
the last 21 months.
One of Joe's last requests was to be remembered in prayer after his
death particularly during Holy Mass.
I have worked with the Irish School of Evangelisation
in the area of Unbound: Freedom in Christ Ministry in the
Archdiocese of Armagh. I have found all involved to be dedicated to
the call of New Evangelisation in our Church. All members of this
school have given generously of their time, resources, knowledge and
personal charisms to further the reign of God in the lives of the
laity and the clergy not only in our diocese but in many countries
throughout the world. We are grateful to them for their ministry and
their dedication and we hope to continue to nurture the seeds they
have sown.
I pray God's blessing on their work and I have no
hesitation in recommending their work to others and I wish them
God's blessing on their future ministry. should you want to speak to
me about this great school please contact me at the above address or
numbers.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
Irish School of Evangelization for their tremendous efforts to
bring the message of Unbound to Northern Ireland. ISOE began
preparations to organize and provide prayer teams for the Unbound
Conference in Armagh over ten months ago, and their diligence and
perseverance in prayer and training was evident in the success of
the conference this fall. They provided over a dozen highly
trained prayer teams for personal ministry. The teams were
compassionate, knowledgeable, and effective. Many who came for
prayer reported receiving great freedom, insight, and love. The
planning and coordination of the conference was excellent, and the
people in attendance expressed enthusiasm and appreciation for
everyone involved in the event.
I wish to personally thank everyone at the Irish
School of Evangelization for their hard work and dedication to
setting the captives free. My personal gratitude especially for
all of those who prayed for others as well as interceded. Also
thanks to everyone who prayed specifically for this conference -
it was a time of grace and special blessing and I know that is in
part because of the power of prayer. Special thanks to Joseph
O'Callaghan and Fr. Gerry Campbell for their leadership. The
worship team was also a tremendous blessing.
I am grateful for your partnership in the good news
of Jesus Christ, and I remember you all in my prayers.
To evangelize, then, we must be open to the action of
the
Spirit of God, without fear of what He asks us or
where He leads us. Let us entrust ourselves to Him!
He enables us to live and bear witness to our faith,
and enlighten the hearts of those we meet
"Look
to the future with
commitment to a New
Evangelisation, one that is new in its fervour, new in its
methods, and new in its expression" ( Pope
John Paul II Haiti 1983)
The
'Irish School of
Evangelisation' (ISOE) started in 1994. Its
mission is to promote and facilitate initiatives of the 'New
Evangelisation' in Ireland and abroad.
We give thanks to the Lord for
Sr Veronica Newport, who passed into eternal life
on 29th January 2018 in her 98th year. Sr Veronica
was very supportive of our work and served
on the ISOE Council for a number of years.
South Sudan, Diocese of Torit
Diocesan Clergy Retreat
2010
Excerpt from Letter of
Appreciation from the Vicar General - Diocese of Torit
"On behalf of His Lordship, Akio Johnson Mutek,
Bishop of the Diocese of Torit, in my own capacity as Vicar General, and
in the name of all the priests who participated in the spiritual exercises
you directed together with your colleague, Teresa Kehoe, from the 6th
to the 10th of December 2010 at the St. Joseph Center in Ikotos,
I write to express our profound and heartfelt thanks.
We very much appreciated your emphasis
on the Eucharist as the source and summit of our priestly and Christian
lives, the essential role of the Holy Spirit in our spiritual lives and in
the mission of the Church, the centrality and importance of the Scriptures
and the necessity for personal prayer. I know I speak for all those who
participated in saying that it was a graced moment of spiritual renewal
for us, and an experience that opened new horizons and perspectives for
our priestly ministry."