by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Pilgrimage
It wasn’t looking good. Anytime I checked the weather app it said rain. When I checked back a few minutes later, hoping against hope, it was only getting worse. The threat of thunder and lightning is certainly not the ideal circumstances for a 114km walk along the...
by admin | May 4, 2016 | Ireland
There are moments in your life when you’re certain you’ve made a terrible mistake. You don’t need anyone to tell you. You just know. I had one of those experiences earlier this year on a Saturday morning when I looked out the window of the Missionaries of the Sacred...
by admin | Nov 19, 2015 | Ireland, Prophetic
“It was fantastic” “The group was really supportive and easy going” “I loved being able to look at the big questions in life with others who were thinking about the same things” Okay. So, what’s next? I’m not...
by admin | Oct 18, 2015 | Festivals, Openness, Our Different Ministries, Overseas Volunteering, Pilgrimage, Prophetic, Solidarity, Spirituality, Volunteering
In 2015 we have been called in a special way to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. It’s an opportunity to give thanks for the men and women who have worked so selflessly to serve the people of God at home and abroad. It has led the priests and brothers of the...
by admin | Oct 5, 2015 | Festivals, Ireland, Openness, Prophetic
During the Rio World Youth Day celebrations two years ago Pope Francis called for a new culture of evangelisation in our Church. He said that the greatest evangelisers of young people were other young people. He called them to go out, be courageous, spread the Good...