Philip McMahon, who is soon to be ordained a priest, was delighted to meet the newly elected Pope Leo in Rome.
In an historic first for the friars in Ireland and Britian, one of their number reached his100th birthday in May.
We are part of the world-wide Franciscan Order present in 120 countries with some 13,000 friars. The wider Irish Province includes the Custody (Region) of the Good Shepherd in Zimbabwe and the Custody of the Immaculate Conception in Great Britain.
