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Is She Worth Dying For?
Fathers of Saint Joseph – Meeting Notes Date: Saturday, 2nd August 2025 Location: St Joseph’s SMA Church, Blackrock, Cork Photo by Marcelo Bastos, 25th May 2025 Summer Meeting Format For the summer months, our group is gathering at St Joseph’s SMA Church instead of our usual location at St Mary’s Dominican Church. The format is slightly different: at SMA, we begin with Mass and follow it with our group discussion. Although unintended, at least for me, the Scripture readings
Marcelo Bastos
Aug 4, 20253 min read


Interior Strength, Family Mission: Reflections from the Third Saturday of July 25 Gathering
Fathers of Saint Joseph – Meeting Notes Date: Saturday, 19th July Location: St Joseph’s SMA Church, Blackrock, Cork “The Sermon on the Mount” by Carl Heinrich Bloch – Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons We gathered on the third Saturday of the month, as usual, after the 7:15am Mass. This time, five of us met in the church’s kitchen for our reflection and conversation. It was a joy to welcome back one of the fathers who had been away for several weeks due to recovery from a
Marcelo Bastos
Jul 24, 20253 min read


Mercy Received, Mercy Given: A Father's Call to Forgive
Fathers of Saint Joseph – Meeting Reflection Saturday, 5th July 2025 As we gathered in SMA Parish, Blackrock Road, Cork, after the Mass, enjoying coffee and scones generously provided by a fellow father of the group, we shared a time of fellowship and reflection rooted in Scripture and fatherhood. This week, we continued our journey through the book LEAD: The Four Marks of Fatherly Greatness with a reflection on Reading 170: The Two Conditions of Mercy , from Pillar IV – Dis
Marcelo Bastos
Jul 10, 20252 min read
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