Bro. Jim Hayes

Lovely to be able to share my personal testimony with a group of nearly 30 lycéens (6th formers) in Brest this evening, and to help with the music for the mass that began our time together. A big thanks to Sr. Clémence and her fellow Sisters of St John for inviting me!

Trump & others - especially Europeans or people of European descent living in former European colonies in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania ... would do well to read some history before ranting about immigration and 'open borders'.
In many cases, talk of 'civilisation' masked genocide.

Trump's spiteful dig at Biden is infantile.
Furthermore, the horrendous, over-the-top, gaudy display of portraits destroys the aesthetic of that White House walkway. As bad as the fake gold bling in the Oval Office, or ridiculous oversized flagpoles, or the wanton destruction of the Rose Garden.

“That backfired bigly”: Kimmel’s return is a defeat for Project 2025 Resistance through humor and public outrage still carries weight

“This show is not important,” Kimmel told his audience upon his return Tuesday. “What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”

On écoute le premier enregistrement en studio de la jeune pianiste Arielle Beck, une intégrale des concertos pour violon de Jean-Marie Leclair par Stéphanie-Marie Degand et le disque Piazzolla de l'accordéoniste Théo Ould. En Pistes ! ➡️ https://l.francemusique.fr/vry

Good advice for us all!

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Fox News’ host Brian Kilmeade says ‘just kill ‘em’ about mentally ill homeless people Comments met with outrage online and calls for him to resign

This is vile, despicable, evil.
According to Google, Kilmeade is yet another prominent U.S. 'Catholic' whose words & deeds leave me shaking my head in disbelief! Someone should inform Kilmeade that promoting mass murder is gravely sinful. #5thCommandment

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.

were followed by a bite to eat with my fellow musicians. They are such a lovely bunch. I feel privileged to call them friends and colleagues and I hope to be able to share my faith and make music with them again in the future.

YouTube video by Antydot SOUFFLE SUR NOTRE PAYS - ANTYDOT feat. CIELTIK COLLECTIF

… fiddle, mandolin = me! etc…). Here’s a link to one of the hymns that we will be performing which was written in a Breton Celtic style + will be performed by us as such tomorrow. youtu.be/UaLCimQvz8g?... Today’s final rehearsals and partial sound check (to be finished at 7:45am tomorrow morning!)..

This will be followed by an evening youth event led by a professional Christian band. Given that we are in Finistère, Brittany, it is appropriate that our house band is made up of musicians well-versed in Celtic music + who play the appropriate instruments (Breton bagpipes, Irish low whistle…

As well as being a lead member of the house worship band, inc. for the mass celebrated by the Bishop in the afternoon, I am responsible for (and compèring) a one hour concert given in the early evening by music and theatre groups from around the diocese who have volunteered to share their talents...

It’s not often you get the chance to play in a giant arena to over 4000 people! After months of preparation, tomorrow we finally have our day-long diocesan Pentecost celebration during which the fruits of our diocesan synod journey will be shared via a combination of liturgy, music and theatre…

Bree A. Dail (@breeadail) on Threads How should people discern through the noise of media manipulation?In a 2012 interview with @CatholicNewsSvc, Pope Leo XIV (then Robert Cardinal Prevost) addresses the how some in the media manipulate ...

Pope Leo XIV back in 2012. What he says is ever more relevant today.

www.threads.com/@breeadail/p...

"... The light quietly shines forth, even though we are in darkness;... a new beginning, however impossible it might seem, can take us by surprise, for Christ has triumphed over death."

(Pope Francis' Easter Vigil homily read by Card. Giovanni Battista Re 19 April 2025)

RIP Pope Francis.

"When the thought of death lies heavy on our hearts, when we see the dark shadows of evil advancing in our world, when we feel the wounds of selfishness or violence festering in our flesh and in our society, let us not lose heart, but return to the message of this night. ..

My Soul in Stillness Waits - Marty Haugen

On this #Easter Saturday, "For you, O Lord, my soul in stillness waits. Truly my hope is in you." (Marty Haugen) youtu.be/X5d6Ngf-nDM... via @YouTube

'Stripping the altar' on Maundy Thursday is an act representing the humiliation and stripping of Jesus of his garments before his crucifixion. It involves removing ornaments, linens and candles from the altar, leaving it bare inviting us to come to the cross with humility. Simples!

Arvo Part - Passio (Hilliard Ensemble)

Time for my annual listen to the beautifully meditative and moving Passio (St. John's Passion) by Arvo Pärt. #GoodFriday
youtu.be/BRrJ2MXwmRQ...

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

This brilliant lady @carolecadwalla.bsky.social is speaking truth to power once again and she needs to be listened to. 👏👏👏youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE...

UK, 2025: a country where police break into a place of worship and arrest those inside who are having a meeting and might be planning a non-violent action.

The right to peaceful protest is an essential part of a healthy democracy. Governments who crack down on it are governments to be very wary of.

New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden Nature - The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.

Alexander Fleming 2.0

www.nature.com/artic...

Are you familiar with "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"? It was inspired by a tune Vaughan Williams discovered when working on the English Hymnal by English Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis.

Listen to it played by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3nx...

"Create In Me" from Rend Collective (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)

"Create in me a clean, clean heart
Create in me a work of art
Create in me a miracle
Something real and something beautiful.
You're not finished with me yet..."
(Create In Me by @rendcollective) #Lent2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4BHq6DYKs

"A world that feels nothing but hatred towards its adversaries is a world without hope and without a future, doomed to endless war, divisions and vendettas (2-23-25)." #PopeFrancis #PrayForAmerica