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A Virtual Discernment Evening for men (18 years +) exploring Diocesan Priesthood
A number of Dioceses (in the Cashel Province) including Cork and Ross are hosting: A Virtual Discernment Evening for men (18 years +) exploring Diocesan Priesthood on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 on Zoom from 7-30pm to 9pm. The registration email is info@vocations.ie
Lenten Services 2021
As we begin our Lenten season and journey this year, we do so after already a long year of limitations and lockdowns. It feels like we have already given up so much. It has been hard. Yet these coming weeks can be a precious time to open our hearts to the Lord who...
As Easy as Baking a Cake – Fr Alan Neville MSC
The biggest dilemma at the start of the month was figuring how to fit the words ‘Celebrating Religious Life’ across a cake. It was for the second of February, the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, when the Church acknowledges in a special the contribution of...
Congratulations to Miguel Ibarra MSC on his First Profession
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Miguel Ibarra MSC and his fellow novices, Erik Bryan de Mattos MSC and Witalo Souza de Jesus MSC on their First Profession on Tuesday night. Miguel is a member of our MSC Region in Venezuela and has just completed his...
Mock Exams and Real Life in South Sudan- Fr Alan.
Life is filled with key moments that help shape us into the person we are today. Many are unique to our story and depend on our different circumstances, but some are shared and have become part of our culture. I would argue that in Ireland one of the biggest, most...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Typhoon victims in the Philippines
In the middle of November 2020, the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Vamco (known locally as Typhoon Ulysses), which left in its wake loss of life, severe flooding and damage amounting to millions of euro. Typhoon Vamco was the most powerful typhoon to hit the country...
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Fr Alan’s missionary work in South Sudan
In November 2020, during the covid pandemic, Fr Alan left the MSC Missions in Cork to aid the missionaries in South Sudan, since then he has documented his vocation….
Did you know…
A donation of €10.00 helps to feed a family of four for two weeks in the Philippines.
A donation of €20.00 helps to send a child to school in Guatemala.
A donation of €50.00 helps to provide clean water for a family in Venezuela.