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		<title>A Shared History, Told at Home</title>
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		<title>A Small Corner of a Widening War</title>
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		<title>Three Trees in Abuja</title>
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		<title>Diamond Jubilee Celebrations</title>
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		<title>A Word from Pope Leo XIV and What It Met in Us</title>
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		<title>RIP Sr Katherine Donovan OLA</title>
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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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		<title>Sr Mary T. Barron appointed Consultor to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our Congregational Leader, Sr Mary T. Barron, has been appointed as a Consultor to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. This new role, announced last week by Pope Leo XIV, crowns decades of missionary, congregational, and international leadership, and reflects the esteem in which she is held at the heart of the Church. Sr Mary’s appointment [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Papiri Abduction: Reports of 100 Children Released</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; It is being widely reported that a number of the children abducted from St Mary’s School in Papiri may have been released, and we welcome this development with deep relief and hope. Any movement toward the safe return of these children is a grace, and we hold this possibility with gratitude. Information from several [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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