Fr. Iggy Unrepentant

Some of you may remember the fuss last Easter when an Augustinian priest in Drogheda 'concelebrated Mass' with the local Anglican clergyman. A friend in that part of the world has just sent me a snippet from last week's Drogheda Independent describing the award of a civic honour to Fr. 'Iggy' O'Donovan for 'bringing religion back to the centre stage'.
In relation to the infamous Easter 'Mass', "when asked if he would do it all again, he answered a clear 'yes, but not in the same way
'I don't think people were quite ready for it. But having said that, Drogheda is a great place to try things out. When you look at Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams this week, my gesture looks very small indeed. It shows what can be done.
'It has been a very tough year and we have had to back off on what we were trying to do. But not trying is definitely failing.'"
So it was all just a 'gesture'. How sad!