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You are warmly invited to participate in our Justice/ Friends of Nano Conference 2024. The theme this year is “Hope in hard times … open to non-violent resistance …”.  Date:  Saturday 12th October 2024 Location:  Mount St. Anne’s Retreat & Conference Centre, Killenard, Portarlington, Co. Laois. Time: 10.30 am to 4.00 pm To find out further information and to book ...

Happy International Day for Biological Diversity! Today (22 May 2024), we honour the profound interconnectedness of all life. We are a part of the plan of God for all Creation by virtue of our very existence.  Created out of Love, for Love. “Mary is mother of a love that is beautiful. She taught us, who were united with her, to ...

In 2015 Pope Francis wrote the Encyclical letter, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. He wrote that he wanted not only to clarify Catholic Social Teaching on the environment but advance it. Looking to reality, he linked the suffering of marginalised people with the disruption of the life-support systems of Earth: the twin cry of poor people and ...

The Garden of Oneness in the middle of rural Zambia, was founded by Presentation Sister, Teresita “Terry” Abraham. In our spirituality as Presentation sisters, there is a belief in the sacredness of the earth and universe “…  a spirituality of communion, with God, with one another, and with all of creation. We feel at the heart of every piece of ...

The following is a brief extract from a reflection written by Fr. Yannick Essengue, SJ called ‘Hear Creation’s Cry’ as part of the Laudato Si’ Movement’s monthly prayer guide for May 2024.  You can read the full reflection at this link HERE Also included below are some beautiful and inspiring questions for reflection. All these days, we walk with the ...

This month of May, let us unite to ask Mary to ‘hear Creation’s Song’ and to intercede for the sufferings of the Earth and the poor. Prayer to Mary The Angel of the Lord announced that you would love And creation was overjoyed And smiled in the walnut trees and danced in the flowers. And you, Mary, simple woman, woman ...

It’s International Women’s Day 2024, and as the many messages and posts relating to this day arrive from friends and colleagues, and through social media, let’s stop to make some space to ask ourselves: What does this mean?  What thoughts and inspirations does this day invoke? What does this day call you to do? To give thanks for those precious ...

“ … true social justice is impossible if the human person is not the centre of concern.  God asks us believers to be God’s people, not ‘God’s elite.’” (Pope Francis – Dec 2020). Today is not a comfortable day! There is  no options to ‘opt out’! Today,  is UN World Day of Social Justice (20th February 2024).  As Presentation people ...

The Catholic Church celebrates the World Day for Consecrated Life every year on February 2nd, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas, or the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The day of prayer was established by Pope John Paul II in 1997. Pope Francis said the mission of consecrated men and women ...

At the end of the last year, almost buried in the momentum of preparation for Christmas, Pope Francis sent his greetings, and a very powerful message to the young people present at the 46th European Meeting organised by the Taizé Community [28 December 2023 – 1st January 2024] on the theme “Walking together”.  Here are a few of the many ...