Capuchin Bryan Shortall featured on the Tubridy Show on RTE this morning speaking about the RTE Documentary ‘The Confessors’ that airs on RTE this evening. The Tubridy Show website states ‘Fr Bryan Shortall and Fr Kevin McNamara will feature in a new documentary airing tonight on RTÉ One called ‘The Confessors’. It follows a number…
Read More
Cafe CappuccinoNewsPrayer Space
Gospel Reflection, 28 Sunday Year A
Sun28A God’s Invitation to us Today’s Gospel (Matt 22:1-14) is a parable about an invitation to a wedding, not just any wedding, but the royal wedding of the king’s son. In Michelangelo’s famous fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the finger of God is reaching towards Adam drawing him into life. It is…
Read More
Cafe CappuccinoNewsPrayer Space
Fratelli Tutti – English Version
Yesterday in Assisi Pope Francis signed his encyclical Fratelli Tutti- his letter to the entire world on fraternity and social friendship. You can access the text in English here: http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html Pictured : Pope Francis visits the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People in Dublin on the 25th of August 2018.
Read More
Cafe CappuccinoNewsPrayer Space
Blessings on the Feast of St Francis
Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Holy Father St Francis. We thank the Lord for the life and example of St Francis who today continues to inspire many to follow him. We pray in thanksgiving for all our benefactors living and dead. We also remember our deceased Friars who have now returned home to…
Read More
Cafe CappuccinoNewsPrayer Space
Transitus of St Francis of Assisi
On the evening of the 3rd of October, Franciscans around the world celebrate the transitus (passing) of St Francis from this life to eternal life with the Father in Heaven. When we gather for the Tranistus we recount the last hours of St Francis life. As Francis lay dying in the Portiuncula he asked for…
Read More
Cafe CappuccinoNews
Capuchin Jubilees
Today is a milestone for a number of our Friars. This weekend Brothers Christopher Kearney, James Johnson, Patrick Flynn, Matthew Gormely, Damian Loughrey, Leo McAuliffe and Aidan Vaughan celebrate 60 years as Capuchin Friars. As well as this Brothers Eustace McSweeney and Donatus McNamara celebrate 70 years as Capuchin Friars. We thank the Lord for…
Read More
Cafe CappuccinoNewsPrayer Space
Venerable Carlos Acutis to be made Blessed in Assisi on the 10th of October
Carlos Acutis died in 2006 aged just 15 and is set to be beatified in the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi this month. His body is now in view in Assisi ahead of the ceremony. You can read more about this inspiring young man here … https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/tomb-of-carlo-acutis-is-opened-for-veneration-ahead-of-beatification-29642
Read More
News
Gospel Reflection – The Vineyard of the Lord
“Let me sing to my friend the song of his love for his vineyard”. These are the opening words of today’s First Reading from Isaiah. However, it turns out to be a sad song about a neglected vineyard that produced sour wine. The Responsorial Psalm identifies the vineyard as the House of Israel….
Read More
News
Gospel Reflection – 26 Sunday, Year A
Francis Mary: Patron Saint for a Pandemic There’s more trouble down the farm today. In last Sunday’s Gospel it was grumbling over wages in the vineyard. This Sunday (Matt 21:28-31) it’s a father’s confrontation with a son who said he would do the job but he didn’t. Conversely, the other son stamped out in blunt…
Read More