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The Presentation Congregation has a rich, deep-rooted history n Carlow and the wider diocese. Sisters arrived in Carlow town in...
On the 24th June 2026, Presentation Sisters from the North East Province joined together in person and online for a...

Sunday, 8 February, is the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese nun, who as a child had the traumatic...

As we mark 250 years since Venerable Nano Nagle first lit her lantern (1775 – 2025) and began her mission...

Catching Fire

We believe as members of the Presentation family that we have been gifted in different ways, with sharing the precious...

Mary present with us

Presentation Day on 21st November 2025 carries an even deeper meaning this year, as we prepare to launch in December...

World Mission Sunday is the Holy Father’s annual appeal for spiritual and financial support so that the life-giving work of...

“I have loved you.” The apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” begins with this simple declaration of love from the Book of...

Hildegard of Bingen OSB, was a German Benedictine abbess, a person of wide knowledge and learning, active as a writer,...

This year’s Season of Creation has as its theme “Peace with Creation”, inspired by the passage from Isaiah (32:14-18); “My...

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour… He has brought down the mighty from...

May Peace Abound

“For love of my brethren and friends, I say: Peace upon you!” (Ps 122:8). The first atomic bomb was dropped...

Go and mend the the nets.” Jesus called his first apostles while they were mending their fishing nets (cf. Mt...

The Pope’s prayer intention for July 2025 is on discernment. The Pope’s prayer for discernment invites the Holy Spirit to...

Our hearts need to catch fire

Devotion to the Sacred Heart was popular in Nano’s day (18th Century Ireland). It was central to her spirituality. “Nano...

Water our hydration, habitat and health

Water is life; it is our hydration, habitat, and health. Our faith traditions teach us to revere this resource, to...

A prophetic call to an integral ecology

On 24 May we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the encyclical Laudato Si’, the text with which Pope Francis called...

The Now of God

Sunday 11th May 2025 marks the 62nd anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Join us with your...

On old age

The late Pope Francis wrote the preface for this book in Italian by Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop Emeritus of Milan,...

Nano Nagle Prophet of Love

Nano Nagle was a prophet of love. Her dying words were: “Love one another as you have hitherto done”. Nano...

Called to the fullness of joy

Just recently, on 7th April 2025, the McGrath Institute for Church Life generously shared a presentation by the Erik Varden,...

“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole...

Do not be afraid

This particular Urbi et Orbi prayer (2020) and blessing by Pope Francis were a beacon of hope, a reminder that...

to care for those discarded

St. Joseph teaches us to see and care for the those people overlooked by the world. Jesus went in search...

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