‘For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow...’

Three days ago it was our parish priest Fr. Kevin’s 50^th birthday. He became aware that some of the parishioners were arranging a hush-hush party for him in the Parish Room and – a little embarrassed - agreed to attend, but requested that there be no gifts.

The expression ‘blind bit of notice’ describes well what followed. On Saturday evening the tables were laden with a huge variety of food, there were streamers and balloons galore, the wine flowed - and he was presented with a very generous gift, the result of stealthy collections organised by a ‘well known lady of the parish.’

This morning, when our little team of counters arrived at the presbytery to count and bank the weekend’s collections, the dining room table that we normally use was somewhat occupied...

 

So, it's Happy Birthday to Fr. Kevin.