Pope Francis has issued a message ahead of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations or ‘Vocations Sunday’ as it’s better know. In his message Pope Francis calls for courage in answering the Lord’s call and calls on people to take a risk when listening to and answering a call to religious vocation. This year…
Welcome to the Irish Centre for Padre Pio The Irish Office for Padre Pio, affiliated with the Capuchin Friary of Our Lady of Graces, San Giovanni Rotondo, was founded by Eileen Maguire in the 1970’s. Over the years, the office helped to promote the cause for the canonization of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. Pope…
You can now view the descriptive catalogues of the Irish Capuchin Missions in Africa on the Archives & Heritage section of the website (CLICK HERE). These catalogues are prepared by our Archivist Dr Brian Kirby. If you have any questions relating to the descriptive catalogues or the capuchin archives, you can email capuchinarchives@gmail.com
Many congratulations to the team, teachers and coaches of our school in Rochestown, Cork. Full match report available here thanks to the Irish Examiner newspaper: https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews//sport/gaa/st-francis-college-secure-first-tom-collum-cup-win-over-hamilton-high-school-904935.html
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our brother, Father Philip Connor OFM Cap. Philip was a member of the Capuchin Community in Kilkenny. May the Lord and St Francis welcome him to his eternal reward.
Come and follow us on Instgram to keep up to date with some snapshots of life as a Capuchin Franciscan Friar. www.instgram.com/capuchinvocationsireland If you like what you see and would like to know more about who we are and why we do what we do, then email Br Martin (Vocations Promotor) on capuchinvocation@gmail.com You can…
The Irish Capuchin Franciscan Friars are delighted to be part of the Divine Mercy Conference again this year. The conference will be held on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th of February in the RDS Dublin. A special evening for young people will take place in the RDS on Friday 23rd of February beginning at 6.30pm….
The Spring Issue of Capuchin Connection is now available to read here or you can pick up a copy from our Friaries and Churches. In this issue we reflect on Spring as the time of hopefulness that follows the long, dark days of winter. Brother Richard Hendrick reports from Ard Mhuire Retreat Centre in Donegal…
February 2nd is set aside in the Church’s year as the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. All over the world religious orders, congregations and societies gather to give thanks for their calling to serve the Gospel as consecrated religious. We may more readily know consecrated religious by other titles such as brothers,…