Offaly priest is one of Ireland s imported clergy
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27 Jan 2021
Fr Antony Sajeesh. Originally from Kerala province in south-west India, Fr Antony arrived in the Killaloe Diocese in September 2018 );
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Fr Antony Sajeesh was two years into his ministry as a priest in Kerala, India when he learned that the Diocese of Killaloe in Ireland wanted more priests.
Bishop Fintan Monahan, the Bishop of Killaloe, had established relationships with Bishops in Kerala, a state in southwestern India, where vocations are stronger than in Ireland.
Responding wisely to the crisis in vocations in Ireland, the Bishop had started placing priests from the Indian state in parishes throughout his diocese.
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Students organise live crib for charity on Clare farm
A farm in the west of the country is taking on a yuletide twist this Christmas by playing host to a “live crib”, played by enterprising secondary school students in a festive fundraiser.
Organised by the transition year class from St. Michael’s Community College Kilmihil, the crib has been dubbed “An Beithilín Beo”, and has been established on a working farm in Kilmihil.
A number of farm animals have been drafted in as “star” attractions, with a sheep, a cow, two donkeys and a pony in the crib along with the students who are playing the part of Mary, Joseph and the three wise men.