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World Youth Day 2016 – The Road to Krakow
The MSC small group with Beth and Ellie, our amazing leaders. There really are no words to describe World Youth Day. It's an incredible event for the seventeen of the MSC pilgrims, coming from Galway, Cork, Dublin and London. We joined up with the Archdiocese of...
Jumping Around at the Brightlights Festival
You can see that they are sceptical. The arms are folded and the legs are crossed. No one can do militant disinterest like two hundred and fifty teenagers in a marquee on Friday morning. They are having none of this Jesus carry on. It’s a little surprising an hour...
Festival of Mercy in the Big City
It's June, so that means it's time for the Spirit in the City Festival in the centre of London. It's based in the parish of Notre Dame de France, home of the wonderful Marist Fathers and their passionate team of laity. Over four days of music, cinema, outreach, and...
Walking the Camino in the Wet
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...
Surfs Up!
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...
Samuel Groups in Cork and Dublin
"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 really sure. Things are so busy and I've got so much...
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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.