Michael McDonnell
By Michael McDonnell • Posted February 26, 2021
Perhaps someone reading this is wondering what a survivor of those abused by the clergy, religious, nuns or lay people within the Catholic church, does for Lent? The answer to that remains unclear.
I can tell you that I hear from many survivors of abuse that the public statements I have made about my own personal journey have helped them in their own. For a guy like me who has experienced failure, fault and a rock bottom, receiving these messages re-enforces my belief in God and his plan for me.
As an adolescent, an altar boy or lector as a young man, I was captivated by the Lenten season. The reverence of Ash Wednesday, stations of the cross, reconciliation and Holy Week brought great joy to me despite carrying horrific experiences. During those beautiful moments, I asked God to take my pain, my memory and shame from me, I couldn’t carry them.
The Chairman of St Brigid’s GAA Club in Kiltoom says the massive response to their fundraising appeal for refurbishment since last year has exceeded all expectations. Michael McDonnell has been commenting on the support for the club in the wake of official approval this week from Croke Park to allow a major upgrade of the […]
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11:29 AM February 1, 2021
An artist s impression of the giant Weerts warehousing facility which is due to take shape over the next few months
- Credit: Jaynic
Building work on what is thought to be Suffolk s largest single warehouse is due to start this month.
Construction work on the 870,000sq ft building - off the A14 at Suffolk Park in Bury St Edmunds - is being carried out by Buckinghamshire-based TSL Ltd on behalf of developers Jaynic and is expected to take 24 weeks.
The warehouse - which will be set on a 42-acre site at the business park - is being built for Belgian logistics company the Weerts Group.
Climbing Australia s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, is easy
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Photo: Leigh Henningham
There s a fine line between being merely unprepared and being incredibly stupid. And that line is arguably crossed when you get up at 6am to climb the highest mountain on a continent with only the sketchiest of idea of what that might entail.
Mercifully, Mount Kosciuszko is not quite in the Everest league. And frankly, it s nowhere near the Elbrus or Kilimanjaro league either. But a common thread amongst those who haven t climbed it is that no-one seems to know just how hard getting to the top is. Can you pretty much drive up then amble along a boardwalk? Or does it take a proper multi-day thigh-burning, scrambling hike?