CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 31, 20192 minChrist MovesProcession Nearly a decade ago, we celebrated the Year of the Priest. As a Diocese, we decided that there would be three special masses,...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 28, 20192 minLook Both Ways Before You CrossGreen Cross Code When the children of St Dominic’s come across to the Church for Mass, a service, or a visit, I am full of admiration for...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 25, 20192 minA Man’s a Man For A’ ThatRobert and Paul Both saw the light on the 25th January. Robert in more conventional fashion because he was born on this day in 1759;...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 21, 20192 minHappy MondayMonday, Monday, so good to me… Who remembers the Mamas and the Papas? I don’t, because I’m too young! Well, I was around, but I was a...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 18, 20193 minWoodstock 2019Days of Peace and Music Woodstock is still looked on as an iconic event that captured the spirit of a generation. A rock concert-come-...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 15, 20192 minGOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!“And we’ll really shake them up when we win the World Cup…” My memories of Scotland’s 1978 World Cup campaign are…well…the same as...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 11, 20194 minDeeper Beginnings IIIHands up I admit it In this installment, I’m coming clean: I believe in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I believe that scripture is...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 11, 20193 minDeeper Beginnings IISomeone famous can star Let’s just go for it. With the imaginative title of Deeper Beginnings, I, II & III (Brad Pitt can star as me in...
CANON TOM SHIELDSJan 10, 20193 minDeeper Beginnings IResolutions Perhaps you’ve given up on New Year’s resolutions. The exact figure of those who keep them will probably never be known, but...