We wish you all a very happy New Year and pray that the year ahead will bring you the blessings you need in your life. Thank you for your continued support for the Irish Capuchin Franciscan Friars both at home and abroad. May the star that enlightened the path of the Magi cast its light…
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Archive: December 2019

Gospel Reflection for Holy Family Sunday
Jesus spent thirty years in family life but only three years in public ministry. A ratio of 10:1, surely a statement of the importance of the family. Actions speak more loudly than words. Today’s liberal agenda pursues individual rights to the neglect of responsibilities. It is a crime to slap a child but not to…
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Christmas Blessings
Thank you for your generosity and support to all the Capuchin Friars and Capuchin ministries. May the Lord of all bless you with the gift of his Peace this Christmas.
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Christmas Schedules
Holy Trinity, Father Mathew Quay, Cork City. Christmas Eve Mass at 7.30pm (Concelebrated Mass and Blessing of the Crib) Christmas Day Masses 8.00am, 10.00am, 11.00am, 12.30pm Masses for the rest of the week Thursday 26th Friday 27th Saturday 28th 10.00 and 12.00 noon. No evening Mass. St Mary of the Angel’s…
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Christmas Reflection from Br Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap.
The Reason for the Season is Jesus Have we forgotten why we celebrate Christmas? A friend told me she got a card wishing her a very merry Winter Festival! Could you beat that! People tell me they have to search in shops for cards that portray the Nativity. Light looked down and saw…
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The Dublin Gospel Choir to put on ‘A Night of Soul’ in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre
Our good friends in the Dublin Gospel Choir are hosting ‘A Night of Soul’ in St Mary of the Angel’s Church Street on Sunday 22nd of December 2019 following the 7pm Mass. Each year the DGC generously given their time and share their talents in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People. This…
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Advent Week 3 – Gospel Reflection from Br Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap.
The Joy of Forgiveness Vengeance is a dirty word, an unhappy state of mind. John the Baptist predicted the axe of vengeance and the fires of wrath. Yet Isaiah in the First Reading says of God’s vengeance, “He is coming to heal you.” In the mind of Jesus, vengeance did not mean punishment…
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Irish Missionaries Dinner – Zambia
The Irish Ambassador to Zambia – Seamus O’Grady and his wife Mary Lehane – invited Irish Missionaries working in Zmabia to a ‘Christmas dinner’ at the Ambassador’s Residence in Lusaka on Saturday 30th of November. Many religious orders of sisters, brothers and priests were represented including Capuchins Noel and Donatus. We Pray that the Lord…
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