I was comforted by a priest close to death
I had sustained a very serious injury and I was admitted to the hospital to undergo major surgery. As can be imagined, I was somewhat nervous about the whole thing, especially the pending operation.
In the bed alongside mine was a kind Kiltegan priest, Fr Seán MacSuibhne. We had a good long chat in Irish. I will not forget the palpable goodness that shone through that young priest. He told me about himself and his work; it was clear that he truly loved his vocation. He told me he was in charge of a group of seminarians attending the Pontifical University in Maynooth.
![<p>'Despite the fact that the Irish Science Teachers’ Association, the ASTI and the Irish Universities Association representatives on the NCCA Biology, Chemistry, and Physics have publicly dissociated from the flawed model [in the senior cycle curriculum plan], all of these concerns have been ignored by the Department of Education.' </p>](/cms_media/module_img/9742/4871127_9_augmentedSearch_PA-49006269_1_.jpg "<p>'Despite the fact that the Irish Science Teachers’ Association, the ASTI and the Irish Universities Association representatives on the NCCA Biology, Chemistry, and Physics have publicly dissociated from the flawed model [in the senior cycle curriculum plan], all of these concerns have been ignored by the Department of Education.' </p>")
