The OLA Blog
Stories, reflections, and updates from our mission and community life. Here we share reflections, insights and experiences, believing that the simple act of sharing can inspire, connect, and open hearts.
Hope in the Promise – Advent Week 1
The Light That Grows Advent is a season of waiting — not passive, but expectant. It is the quiet stretch before the dawn, the hush before the song, the stillness where God whispers promises into our hearts. Each week, we light a candle and name a truth that carries us...
Sr Mary Barron OLA Appeals for Irish Government Support Following Abduction at St Mary’s Schools, Papiri
The abduction of pupils, students and staff from St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri continues to cast a long shadow over the entire community. The school, operated by the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles on behalf of the Catholic Diocese of...
Abduction at St Mary’s Schools, Papiri – A Call to Prayer and Solidarity
The Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles share with deep sorrow the news of the mass abduction that took place at St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria, in the early hours of 21 November 2025. St Mary’s is under the direction and...
Why the G20 Matters in a Time of Global Uncertainty
The 2025 G20 Summit opens in Johannesburg tomorrow at a time when the world feels unsettled in ways that touch every household and every community. Polarisation is shaping how nations relate to one another. Conflicts are shifting long-held alliances. Many families are...
Celebrating a Legacy of Service: Launch of That Their Good Deeds May Not Be Forgotten
That Their Good Deeds May Not Be Forgotten, launched recently in Macroom, is a remarkable gathering of stories from Clondrohid, Kilnamartyra and Macroom, three parishes whose sons and daughters went on to serve across the world in 42 different Religious congregations....
Congratulations to Sr Josephine Aboagye on Her Graduation
We joyfully congratulate Sr Josephine Aboagye, OLA, on her recent graduation from Maynooth University, where she was awarded a Diploma in Youth Ministry and Spirituality. Sr Josephine is from Côte d’Ivoire, born to Ghanaian parents, and has served in mission across...
When Mission Comes Home
When we think of mission work, we often picture airplane tickets and passport stamps; Sisters packing for far shores, building schools in remote villages, learning languages far from the place they were born. This work continues, and it matters. But something else is...
Dignity and Justice: Ending Poverty Together
“The Lord hears the cry of the poor.” (Psalm 34:6) On 17 October, we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This is more than a symbolic date: it calls us to confront not only the lack of resources but the deeper injustices faced by those living in...
In Rome for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life
Sr Mary Usifoh OLA and Sr Mary T. Barron OLA, pictured in Rome for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life.Sisters Mary Usifoh and Mary T. Barron are in Rome this week with consecrated women and men from around the world. The days are set aside for prayer, silence, and shared...
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