Details of the Celebration of the Triduum in Preparation for the Feast of our brother St. Padre Pio at the National Shrine, Church St. Friary, Dublin. Sunday the 21st of September 7pm: Mass and Blessing with the Relics of Padre Pio: celebrant Br. Richard Hendrick OFM Cap. Monday the 22nd of September 7:30pm: Mass…
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Archive: September 2015
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Ordination to the Sacred Diaconate of Brother Martin Bennett
Today we celebrated the Ordination to the Sacred Diaconate of our brother Martin Bennett Ofm Cap by our brother franciscan and bishop Fiachra O’Ceallaigh. We wish him every blessing in his future ministry of service of the people of God and at the Altar Please keep Br. Martin in your prayers. Here are some images…
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Prayer Space
Do not fear the Desert or the Dark: A decaf moment
Do not fear the desert. Do not fear the darkness. Just keep praying and loving… Only in the desert places of our lives will prayer and love become one… and when they finally do then the darkness is filled with light and the WAY is discovered… The desert and the darkness often become the tools…
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Three candidates begin Postulancy!
On the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, on September 12th, we had the great joy of receiving three young men into the Postulancy program for the Provinces of the Capuchins in Ireland and Great Britain. Postulancy which formally begins with the giving of the Tau, (Franciscan Cross,) lasts a year and marks…
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Br. Paul O’Donovan RIP
Today we celebrate the funeral of our brother, Paul O’Donovan, who passed to the Lord earlier this week at the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork; a Cork man born in Bandon, he was in his 72th year. Br Paul joined the Capuchin Order in Rochestown friary being received there on the 3rd October 1961. In 1962…
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Br James Ryan RIP
With sadness we regret to inform you that our brother, James Ryan has died; a Cork man born in Mitchelstown, he was in his 89th year. James joined the Capuchins in Rochestown, Co. Cork, on 31st October 1956. He made first profession a year later and perpetual profession on 12th November 1960 in Ard Mhuire,…
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Capuchins to lead Vespers in Clarendon St Church
As part of the Year for Consecrated Life, we have been invited to lead Vespers in Clarendon Street Church (Off Grafton Street) Dublin on Thursday 17th of September at 6pm. This is also the Feast of the Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi.
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