Newly-ordained Limerick priest celebrates first mass

Archdiocese Of Malta Congratulates 3 Newly Ordained Priest

The Archdiocese of Malta has congratulated Fr Johann Bugeja SDB, Fr Matthew Sammut, and Fr Shawn Wong on their ordination as new priests. The ordination took place on Sunday morning at the Co-Cathedral of St John in Valletta.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Archdiocese of Malta (@archdioceseofmalta) During the Mass, a verse from the First Reading, taken from the Prophet Isaiah, was proclaimed: “They will be called oaks of rig…

Newly-ordained Limerick priest celebrates first mass

SPEAKING in front of his new congregation, and celebrating his first Mass, newly-ordained priest Fr Tim Collins said he feels a “real sense of renewal in the Catholic faith” since the election of Pope Leo XIV. Fr Collins celebrated his first Mass since his ordination on May 11, telling a packed congregation in his native Croagh parish that “I cannot help but feel right now a real sense of renewal and it has so much to do with timing”. “Pope Fran…