Question: What did Jesus spend most of his time doing during his three years of public ministry? Answer: preaching the Word and healing. Over the next few weeks we have chances to share in the Church’s ongoing ministry of the Word and the Signs.

Next weekend we welcome Fr Pat Collins to our 3 Churches.
On Saturday 10th he is a main speaker at our diocesan “Proclaim” meeting at St David’s College, that we have been advertising (for details see inside the newsletter).
Before that, on Friday evening he will lead a Healing Service in St Brigid’s Church at 7.00pm at which all are welcome. Then on Sunday evening he will speak on ‘Listening to the Voice of God’ at our regular “Sunday Praise” gathering in St Brigid’s at 7.30pm, at which, again, all are very welcome. Following this the Healing Cafe opens for business at St Brigid’s hall on Fridays 16th and 23rd October 7-8pm. (also see details inside).
Fr Pat Collins is one of the most gifted and experienced speakers that I have heard. He was born in Dublin in 1945. He joined the Vincentians and was ordained in 1971. He taught in Northern Ireland where he got involved in the Charismatic Renewal and the Ecumenical Movement. Next he trained as a counsellor and spiritual director, and spent several years preaching in parishes around Ireland. To date he has spoken in 26 countries in four continents.
In the early 90’s he joined the staff in All Hallows College, Dublin, gaining an M.A. in spirituality and also taught the subject. In 1991, he had his first two books published, and in recent years has published many more books, written hundreds of articles, recorded many tapes and CDs/DVDs, and participated in numerous radio and T.V. programmes in various countries. More recently he gained a degree in the New Evangelisation in Detroit, graduating in 2008. Since then he has been trying to devote as much time as possible to the New Evangelization. Find out more at www.patcollinscm.webs.com