Valley of peace and hope
I was awakened by the loud “meow” of a cat in the near vicinity of my room. In my semi-wakefulness, I thought I was back...
The gathering place
The Irish parliament (Dail) members were gathering for an important legislative session. As they all filed in to take their seats, there was a...
The new recruits
“There is a season for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens” (Eccl. 3).
It was the time for police recruitment in...
Water Road
It was Saturday morning and I was enjoying my extra hour of rest since Saturday Mass is celebrated at 7 a.m. rather than at...
Lei Hali’a O Kalaupapa
I was a little tardy getting into the Paddy Wagon because I had been trying to choose which of two shirts to wear to the...
The daring duo
The young man approached the manager of Duffy’s Circus and asked for a job as a lion tamer. So the manager took him to...
The daring duo
The young man approached the manager of Duffy’s Circus and asked for a job as a lion tamer. So, the manager took him to...
Stranded
Flight 583 from Honolulu to Kalaupapa was rather bumpy but we made it safely across the treacherous waters of the Ka’iwi (Molokai) Channel. The...
Professed and counting
It has been said, though not written, that on Feb. 8, 1944 Patrick and Mary (Fallon) Killilea found me at the end of a...
Room in the inn
“She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room in the inn.”
These familiar lines ring in...
