Seminary in Panama

As I write this post I am just after getting up out of bed on my last night here to spray insecticide in my room to try to do something abou...

I have been busy over the last few days with students, both seminarians and in the Lay Institute, doing exams. I am really pleased that all ...

I am now beginning my final week here - the week that is always the most difficult. Some courses have finished up already and I will begin e...

As you may be aware, over the last number of years a second Panama Canal was built. This was to cope with the fact that modern ships such as...

The day before yesterday Bishop Urias Ashley came to live in the seminary. Bishop Urias has just reached the age of retirement (75) but I...

I have already commented here on the importance of having a bin filled with water in the shower at all times, to be ready for the day when t...

It becomes pretty clear here, quite quickly, that many of the people here have only a vague idea of where Ireland might be, geographically. ...