Kieran J. O'Mahony OSA, is an Irish Augustinian friar and biblical scholar, who serves as the academic coordinator for the

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. He serves as a priest in Donnybrook Parish. O'Mahony served as the Catholic Ecumenical canon in

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from 2012 until 2017.

Life

O'Mahony attended St Augustine's College, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, for his secondary studies, and went on to join the

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. He studied at the

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in Rome earning a

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and the

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. He then studied at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth where he earned an H.Dip. in Education. He also studied scripture at the

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in Rome. He gained PhD in

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from

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. From 1990 to 2011 he lectured in scripture at the

Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy The Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy was a Jesuit-run institution of higher education and research, located in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland. From November 1989, when it was granted designated status under the National Council ...

. O'Mahony has published a number of books on theology and has spoken at religious conferences and summer schools. O'Mahony runs the Tarsus.ie site on which many scripture resources, homilies, lectures and other scripture content is published. O'Mahony along with Jessie Rogers and Sean Goan, and supported by

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, ''The Tarsus Scripture School'' runs online programme for exploring the scriptures.Teaching the endless interest of the Bible
by Ruadhán Jones,

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, January 13, 2022.

Publications

* ''Hearers of the Word Praying and Exploring the Readings for Easter and Pentecost Year B'', Messenger Publications (2021), * ''Hearers of the Word: Praying and Exploring the Readings for Advent and Christmas, Year B'', Messenger Publications (2020), * ''Hearers of the Word: Praying and Exploring the Readings for Advent and Christmas Year A'', Messenger Publications, (2019)

References

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