The following is a brief extract from a reflection written by Fr. Yannick Essengue, SJ called ‘Hear Creation’s Cry’ as...
It’s International Women’s Day 2024, and as the many messages and posts relating to this day arrive from friends and...
The fact that this year Ash Wednesday falls on St. Valentine’s Day is a simple reminder, if one were needed,...
Circumstances of a chance ‘chink of ‘insight’ from a moment’s encounter planted this seed of prayer: ‘trust in the slow...
We are at the cusp of cross-over into Spring Days, and ever growing Light, that from the Creator’s hands brings...
Mary in her humility, knows she receives everything from God. She is therefore, free from herself, completely oriented toward God...
It can seem at this of year that we are waiting, always waiting …waiting in queues, waiting for holidays, waiting...
Thanksgiving is on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Thanksgiving has been celebrated independently by colonies and states for more than 200...
The International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared...
St. Brigid of Ireland, Brigid also spelled Brigit or Bridget, also called Brigid of Kildare or Bride (Irish Bríd) was...
The early annals of the Presentation Congregation record that the Feast of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple was...
I was at a recent funeral of a friend of mine who was an avid fan of the poetry of...
The title, Our Lady of Sorrows, given to Mary the Mother of God, focuses on her intense suffering and grief...
The Angel of the Lord announced that you would love And creation was overjoyed And smiled in the walnut trees...
Pope Francis has spoken many times about the value and gift of inter-generational relationships and on the meaning and value...
With his emphasis on integral ecology, Francis links care for God’s creation to our economic, political, social and religious priorities....
Today, we reach day eight, the final day of prayer in our ‘Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’. Praying together...
At the conclusion of the Angelus on December 8, 2021, Pope Francis concluded the Jubilee Year dedicated to Saint Joseph....
“In Advent, we proclaim and celebrate our hope and our trust that our God is faithful: that the Lord will...
Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Reflection Today on the Feast of the Presentation of Mary in...
The Vatican released a message from Pope Francis on Wednesday, 8th September as the Church celebrates the Nativity of the...
The publication of the encyclical letter “Laudato Si’: On Care For Our Common Home” by Pope Francis, on 24th May...
May 1st is the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker. The Apostolic Letter Patris Corde (8 December 2020) was...
So we have started our virtual walk with a beautiful send off from Nano Nagle’s Birthplace, Ballygriffin. Thank you to...
