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.

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…

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…

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…

Tomorrow is what’s become known as ‘Black Friday’. We’ve all seen the new reports with the disturbing images of stampedes as people trample over one another to get the ‘bargain of the century’. Don’t be fooled – be polite and kind to each other. Black Friday is all about things – people are not things. Shop…

An important announcement for all those interested in studying the Franciscan heritage: Greyfriars Review was a significant journal published by the Franciscan Institute Press from 1987 to 2006; its goal was make the best of Franciscan scholarship originally published in other languages available to the English-speaking world. Copies of this journal are very hard to…

Congratulations to our Capuchin Brother, Bryan Shortall OFM Cap, on the publication of his second book – Sending Poistive Vibes. The book will be available in Irish bookstores from Monday 11th of November 2019. The blurb reads: “From the beginning from the beginning of his is pontificate, Pope Francis said “…And remember, don’t forget to pray…

This beautiful prayer was sent to us by Fr Coriolan Muresan, Chaplain to the Greek -Romanian Catholic Community who gather in St Michan’s Church, Halston Street for weekly mass. Byzantine Catholic Prayer for the Deceased God of the spirits and of all flesh, who have trampled death and annihilated the devil and given life to your…

This story is covered in today’s (30 October 2109) edition of The Irish Times Newspaper. An Post plan to donate 18,000 GB of data across 2,000 SIMS cards the article reports. These cards will be distributed through a number of homeless charities. Pictured is Brother Seán Donohoe of the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People…