30th August 2016: With us are Michael and Gabi Dalferth from Germany who travelled around Ireland from Rosslare to Glencolomcille, making sure to take in Ennis and the fleadh, and then back through Lucan for a short visit. These are two of these friends I regularly mention,
27th August 2016: This is the evevation of our dear friend Fr John Ryan, to become Bishop of Mzuzu Diocese. A member of the Kiltegan order, Fr John has spent almost forty years in Malawi and is head of the Mathematics Department, in the University of Mzuzu,
7th August 2016: How can anyone learn in a class of 89, and then how could you possibly come first. This is Grace Chipofia, who managed to do both. She is 15 and just finished Form 3, in Chipavi CDSS. She has 1 brothers and 3 sisters and lives
5th August 2016: This is Angellah Mwale. She is 15 and just finished Form 2, in Ekwendeni Secondary School. She has 3 sisters and lives about about 100 minutes walk to school. She is living with both parents, who both have Aids illness. So she is the
3rd August 2016 People regularly ask us how do we manage to fund all we do in Malawi and my answer is how much time do you have, because our funding comes form an amazing array of supporters all over the world, who make such an
31st July 2015: The St John of God worldwide ministry is based on hospitality, so when Br Michael visited we tried to do a little version of our own. On his left is Jacquie Ryan a recent volunteer to our projects in Malawi - not her first
28th July 2015: This evening Bronagh and her dad Jim called to Lucan to greet Br Michael Newman, Prior of the SJOG House where we stay when we are in Malawi. He is visiting for a few days. On March 17th last Br Michael watched over the
27th June 2015: Paddy Dineen came to Malawi in 2009 with a group of parents and students from Blackrock, College Dublin. He sent me this wonderful poem, some time ago.
20th June 2015: Our local lions most generously gave Wells for Zoë an award for its humanitarian work and a cheque for 1000 Euro to help us out. The award is a little humbling considering all the amazing work being done in service to the community. The cheque
13th March 2015: Today Mary and myself visited De La Salle Boys School in Ballyfermot, Dublin to talk about our work in Malawi at the invitation of one of the teachers, Niamh O'Brien, who has done three volunteering spells, with us, in Malawi. Niamh herself is a
28th August 2014: This is Renny Mulholland, with Mary in Lucan. He drove from mid Wales, crossed on the ferry to Rosslare and then drove up from Wexford. This Land Rover coincidentally brought him on a five month trip, through Europe, then from North to South through Africa,
20th May 2014: Some time ago we went to St Marks Community School in Tallaght at the request of one of their teachers, Michael McGarry, to speak to two class groups about our work in Malawi. As usual they were amazing. The welcome was delightful and their