October 2nd 2024, the Feast of the Guardian Angels marked the opening of the Second Plenary Session of the Synod:...
We reach the final day of the octave of prayer for Christian Unity (18 to 25 January 2023). The Week...
The Season of Creation begins on September 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and ends...
Laudato Si’ Week 2022, from May 22-29 (the 7th anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical on creation care) offers the...
From the 14th—17th April 2022, this programme will consist of participation in creative liturgies around the death and resurrection of...
Pope Francis will mark the World Day for Consecrated Life on Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 (the Feast of the Presentation...
On World Mission Day, which we celebrate each year on the penultimate Sunday of October (this year on 24th October...
Mount St. Anne’s Retreat and Conference Centre (Killenard, Portarlington, Co. Laois) is located in the heart of the Irish midlands....
In the old Europe we inherited from the Bronze Age, this great feast of the Solstice was celebrated with multitudinous...
“ … the journey of the Universe unfolded in the birthing of Nano Nagle (1718) in Ballygriffin, Cork (Ireland)”. Remembering...
When Pope Francis announced the Year of St. Joseph on the 8th December, he also gave us a new prayer....
Pope Francis signed his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, on Saturday 3 October 2020 during a visit to Assisi. The phrase...
Poetry Day Ireland takes place on Thursday 30 April 2020 and the theme this year is ‘There will be time’....
I love the concept of a litany as a poetic form of ‘call and response’. Also the fact that it...
Having read many pieces written in the past weeks about what is needed to maintain one’s sanity and balance in...
“As Church now, more than ever, we are committed to offering prayer, solidarity and compassion in our society. Social...
Tuesday, February 11 2020 is World Day of the Sick an observation started by Pope John Paul II as a...
Word of God Sunday is on Sunday 26th January 2020, falling close to the Day of Dialogue between Jews and...
It is less than one week until the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2020 begins (WPCU). This is a...
Presentation Day is happily approaching (the 21st November each year). An important date for Presentation people everywhere. Not just a...
As the National Ploughing Championships begin in Ballintrane, Fenagh, Co. Carlow in these days we are reminded of the vitality...
On August 15, we celebrate the Assumption of Mary. Although the Assumption of Mary is not recorded in Scripture, the...
Happy Feast of Mary Magdalene! In the rhythm of the Christian year, this is the day when we especially remember...
[…] contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God, it brings us,...
