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Capuchin Safeguarding Sunday 09 October 2023
Thursday, 05 October 2023
This year's theme for our Safeguarding Sunday is 'Safeguarding is everyone's business'. Please see our Safeguarding brochure to be distributed at all Capuchin Friaries and Churches this weekend. Safeguarding Sunday...
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Sunday reflection – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday, 02 October 2023
  Actions speak more loudly than words 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),...
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Sunday Reflection – God’s Generosity
Saturday, 23 September 2023
God’s Generosity (Matt 20:1-6) The parable of the workers in the vineyard is about God’s magnanimous generosity in contrast to human envy (Matt 20:1-16).  Every worker got the agreed payment...
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Capuchin Friars officially welcomed to Knock
Sunday, 17 September 2023
  The 17th of September is the day Franciscans around the world celebrate the Feast of the Stigmata of St Francis. This is a day of new beginnings for us...
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Capuchin Friars officially welcomed to Knock
Sunday, 17 September 2023
  This weekend the Capuchin Friars were officially welcomed to Knock by Fr Richard Gibbons, Rector of the Shrine, on behalf of Archbishop Francis Duffy. This weekend pilgrims from all...
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Sunday Reflection – The Grace of Forgiveness
Saturday, 16 September 2023
The Grace of Forgiveness When somebody has suffered a big injustice or hurt, forgiveness is very difficult.  In fact, human nature on its own cannot find full forgiveness.  But with...
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Brother Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap.
Thursday, 07 September 2023
  It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Brother Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap. Brother Eustace served as Provincial to the Irish Province and on the Capuchin...
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Sunday Gospel reflecion – Am I my brother’s keeper
Thursday, 07 September 2023
Am I my brother’s keeper? According to the deep wisdom of the early pages of the bible, the first sin of the human race was the attempt of Adam and...
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Gospel Reflection 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, 26 August 2023
New Names, New Missions In the bible a new name meant a new mission.  Jesus asked the disciples, “Who do people say I am?” Names of former heroes were recalled. ...
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Fr Paul Tapley OFM Cap
Monday, 14 August 2023
    Death notice and arrangements of Br Paul Tapley OFM Cap: Fr. Paul Tapley OFM Cap. (Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin 7 and late of Drimnagh, Dublin 12) passed...
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World Youth Day Lisbon
Friday, 04 August 2023
Hundreds of thousands of young people from around the World have gathered in Lisbon at the invitation of Pope Francis to celebrate World Youth Day 2023. The week-long event brings...
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Sunday Gospel reflection – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, 08 July 2023
I will give you Rest “I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and clever and revealing them to mere children.”  It’s...
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