Fr. Billy Swan
Fr. Billy Swan
Priest of Diocese of Ferns, Ireland
Fr. Billy Swan is a priest of the Diocese of Ferns, Ireland. He holds a degree in chemistry and worked for a number of years for a pharmaceutical company before entering seminary. Ordained in 1998, he served for four years as an associate pastor before further studies in Rome where he was awarded a Licentiate and Doctorate in Systematic Theology from the Gregorian University. He served for four years as the Director of Seminary Formation at the Pontifical Irish College, Rome. He is currently based at St Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
He has a deep interest in the relationship between faith and science, the New Evangelization, early Irish Christianity and priestly formation.
Fr. Billy Swan Latest Blog Posts
St. Thomas Aquinas and Our Dialogue with Modern Science
by Fr. Billy Swan . January 28, 2021 .
Solidarity Lessons for a Challenging Era
by Fr. Billy Swan . January 21, 2021 .
“The Social Dilemma” and the Gift of Our Baptism
by Fr. Billy Swan . January 8, 2021 .
St. John of the Cross and the Divine Alchemy
by Fr. Billy Swan . December 14, 2020 .
Buzz Aldrin and the Laws of Spiritual Physics
by Fr. Billy Swan . November 30, 2020 .
The “Clash of Freedoms” Demands the Columban Principle
by Fr. Billy Swan . November 23, 2020 .
St. John Paul II and the Magna Anima
by Fr. Billy Swan . October 22, 2020 .
Stealth Evangelization Through Music and Beauty
by Fr. Billy Swan . October 14, 2020 .
A Chapter That Changed My Life: “Let’s Pretend” in “Mere Christianity”
by Fr. Billy Swan . August 31, 2020 .
Jesus, Photosynthesis, and Redemption
by Fr. Billy Swan . August 5, 2020 .
