by admin | May 21, 2012 | Africa, Ireland, Our Values, Overseas Volunteering, Prophetic, Solidarity, UK, Volunteering
“If you don’t have it, don’t spend it.” As far as common sense goes it doesn’t get any more self evident than that. But are there certain things that are absolutely essential, things that we cannot abandon, without sacrificing values that...
by admin | May 10, 2012 | work in the community, World Youth Day
You’d be hard pressed to find a country which has been traditionally more Catholic than Spain. It’s been at the centre of the story of the Church for hundreds of years, but in recent times it has faced many of the same challenges we have in Ireland and...
by admin | May 4, 2012 | Africa, America, Ireland, UK
There’s an App apparently for everything. There is no aspect of our lives, no matter how obscure, how bizarre that doesn’t have an associated smart phone feature that can make our lives more hassle free. Today I found out that these handy features now...
by admin | May 2, 2012 | Pilgrimage, Prophetic
Last Sunday, as part of our celebration of World Day of Prayer for Vocations, about sixty people gathered for an Emmaus walk outside of Muckross Abbey. It was to be a day of reflective prayer, where we walked in two or threes, thinking about the story of those...
by admin | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
“God encounters us ever anew, in the men and women who reflect His presence, in His Word, in the Sacraments and in the Eucharist”. Pope Benedict XVI This coming Sunday is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. It’s an annual event where the universal...
