Yesterday (Sunday 15th of May 2016) President Michael D. Higgins and his wife, Sabina, attended a prayer service to commemorate James Connolly in St Mary of the Angels, Church St. The President joined members of the Connolly family, as well as representatives from SIPTU and…

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Wednesday, 17 August 2016 oday we mark the feast of Our Lady of Knock. An extraordinary apparition in many ways because of it’s silent nature. A true sign of God’s presence felt in the ‘gentle breeze’. St Francis of Assisi had a special love for Our Lady. He was greatly inspired by her ‘yes’. Not…

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Thursday, 04 August 2016 Over 800 years ago, Saint Francis of Assisi began to answer a question. The question: ‘Who are you Lord and who am I?’ The answer: to live a life centred on Christ. That is a radical life of minority, prayer and service that changed the world forever; the effects of which…

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