HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FATHER OLIVER MAHER.............

Today, across the miles in Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Ireland; Reverend Father Oliver Maher is celebrating a milestone personal solemnity.  I won't state his actual age, but suffice it to say he has entered the decade of life I am already well into !  Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Birthday Oliver, ny beloved classmate, friend, brother.  Eight weeks and one day from today Father Oliver will mark his Silver Jubilee as a Peiest of Jesus Christ in the Diocese of Ossory.  I look forward to being there to celebrate these two milestone occasions with you and send you my love, prayers, fraternal gratitude, and best of wishes in this very special season of attainment in your life and priestly ministry.  May the Risen Jesus continue to Bless and Sustain the Faithful and Loyal Friend, and Dedicated and Effective Priest YOU are Oliver Desmond Maher.  God Loves You and so I, and oh so many People who Know and have you in Their Lives.  Slante, as I raise a glass of the 'Relative' to You.............tdp