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RIP Sr Helena O’Connell OLA
Sr Helena O'Connell was called home to God on Saturday 19 November. Sr Helena is deeply regretted by her sisters Kitty, Alice, Tess and Sr. Bernadette O.L.A., her nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews, her...
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the Sixth World Day of the Poor
13 November 2022, Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time For your sakes Christ became poor (cf. 2 Cor 8:9) 1. “Jesus Christ… for your sakes became poor” (cf. 2 Cor 8:9). With these words, the Apostle Paul addresses the first Christians of Corinth...
“An Abandoned Child is Our Fault”
PRESS RELEASE “An abandoned child is our fault,” says Francis in The Pope Video for November In The Pope Video for November, Francis makes a powerful appeal regarding the extreme conditions in which millions of children live throughout the...
Making Sense of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
David Lohan, author of At Freedom's CrossroadsMarking EU Anti-Trafficking Day 2022, an event titled “Making Sense of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery”, was held at St Peters, North Main Street, Cork, on Monday, 17th October. An awareness raising event, speakers...
EVENT: Making Sense of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
HUMAN TRAFFICKING EVENT: “Making Sense of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery”, Monday, 17th October 2022 at St Peters, North Main Street, Cork T12 RF8D. To mark EU Anti-Trafficking Day 2022, author David Lohan will host a public event, titled “Making Sense of...
The Letter
October 4th, saw the premiere of The Letter, Laudato Si' Movement's film, in which top leaders traveled to Rome to speak with Pope Francis about Laudato Si' and present how the climate crisis impacts their own lives and that of their communities. For the first time, a...
Sr Eithna Synnott – Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Sr Eithna Synnott has been a regular pilgrim to Lourdes over the years since she returned from mission in Africa. She attended in her role as Medical Doctor, supporting Pilgrims on their journey from Ireland to France and during their stay in Lourdes. Last week she...
Mission Month – October 2022
In October, we celebrate World Mission Month, a month dedicated to the life-giving work of missionaries around the world. Pope Francis’ message for World Mission Day 2022 reflects on the theme: “You shall be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8). He reminds us that, “as...
World Day of Migrants and Refugees
The Church has been celebrating the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) since 1914. It is always an occasion to express concern for different vulnerable people on the move; to pray for them as they face many challenges, and to increase awareness about the...
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