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		<title>RIP Sr Katherine Donovan OLA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the afternoon of Friday, the 30th January 2026, OLA Sisters, the Staff, Katherine’s cousins, relatives, friends and neighbours gathered to thanks for the life of Sr. Katherine Donovan, remembering her with love and to commend her soul into God’s eternal care. Sr. Gabrielle Farrell, a member of the district leadership team welcome all and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 20th January 2026, OLA Sisters, joined by Mary’s brother Michael and her sister Alice, her nephews and nieces, relatives and friends, and the Infirmary Staff gathered in Ardfoyle Chapel to thank God, for the life of Sr. Mary Barron, to bid farewell and to entrust her to God as she goes to her [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Joy in the Promise 📖 Scripture: Luke 1:46–55 (The Magnificat) “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior…” &#160; 🌟 Reflection Joy is not just a feeling — it’s a response to God’s faithfulness. Mary’s song bursts forth from a heart that trusts deeply in God’s promises. Even in uncertainty, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Peace in the Waiting &#8211; Advent Week 2</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peace in the Waiting 📖 Scripture: Romans 15:4–13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” &#160; 🍃 Reflection Peace is not the absence of conflict — it’s the presence of Christ. In this second [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hope in the Promise &#8211; Advent Week 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 through the darkness: 🕯 Hope [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Missionaries Call for Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since its beginnings in 1964 during the Second Vatican Council, SEDOS (Service of Documentation and Study on Global Mission) has been a forum for thoughtful exchange on mission in the Church. Among its founding members was Fr Hein Mondé, then Superior General of the Society of African Missions (SMA), who played a key role in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RIP Sr Clare Fitzgerald OLA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Monday 17th February 2025, OLA Sisters, relatives and friends, gathered in Ardfoyle Chapel to thank God, pray with and to bid farewell to Sr. Clare Fitzgerald a remarkable woman who lived a joyful, vibrant and fruitful Missionary life. The chief celebrant was Fr. Ger O Shaughnessy, a Columban Father related to Sr. Clare through [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From Krakow to Bugisi: My Dental Adventure in Tanzania</title>
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		<title>RIP Sr Majella McCarron OLA</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Sister Majella McCarron passed peacefully to her heavenly reward on Saturday, 30th March 2024, at Marymount Hospice, Cork. She leaves behind a legacy of environmental activism and human rights advocacy. Her unwavering dedication to justice saw her fighting for the rights of the Ogoni people in Nigeria, against the environmental degradation caused by oil [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Congratulations to Our Jubilarians, March 2024</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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