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by admin | Jul 11, 2013 | Africa, Overseas Volunteering, Solidarity, Volunteering
Kevin Murphy is an electrician from Scotland. He arrived in the Holy Family Centre at the beginning of July. In addition to teaching the older teenagers about basic construction skills Kevin will introduce the kids to the wonder of Celtic FC! He’ll also be...
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by admin | Jul 4, 2013 | Openness, Pilgrimage, Solidarity, Spirituality
How to describe our first few days on the Camino de Santiago. Well it rained. Then it rained some more and then for good measure it kept on raining. Being from Ireland there’s very little I haven’t seen when it comes to precipitation, but I saw every type...
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by admin | May 25, 2013 | Africa, America, Festivals, Ireland, Our Values, Overseas Volunteering, Pilgrimage, Solidarity, UK, Volunteering, World Youth Day
Yesterday was all about engagement. It’s more than just a buzz word. It’s about looking at how we as a Church in general and as vocations directors in particular outreach to young people. Sixty vocations directors from a wide variety of religious...
by admin | Apr 21, 2013 | Openness, Prophetic, Solidarity, Uncategorized
What does it mean to be called by God? Many people who consider that they may have a vocation to the priesthood or religious life often feel that they are not good enough. They haven’t had the dramatic moment of conversion or call like Matthew, Peter or Paul...
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by admin | Mar 21, 2013 | Africa, Ireland, Overseas Volunteering, Prophetic, Solidarity, UK, Volunteering
‘The Africa Bug’ Last weekend saw the first gathering of our lay missionary volunteers in Sacred Heart Community, Western Road. It was an opportunity for the four people who are preparing to journey to South Africa for three months to meet up and get to...
by admin | Feb 15, 2013 | Africa, America, Ireland, Openness, Our Values, Prophetic, Solidarity, Spirituality, UK, What we do
Last week I was at a talk in Dublin on the work of the VSO and the future of overseas volunteering after 2015. All in all an interesting morning with good contributions from representative of the UN, the European Parliment and academia. They also invited Fr. Fachtna...
