Since our very foundation in 1525, the Capuchin Friars have been called to serve the people of God in some of the most difficult and challenging situations including times of plague, famine and war. Today is no different. Our brothers ministering in Ukraine are sheltering the displaced who have come to them for help. Their…
Recently Brother Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap (Guardian of St Francis Friary, Rochestown, Cork) spoke to Donal O’Keeffe of The Echo to tell a little of the history of the Capuchins in Rochestown and how news of the closure has has been received. Read all about it here: Evening Echo Article 15 Feb 2022 (Rochestown)
The week’s issue of the Irish Catholic Newspaper contains a feature to mark the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on the 3rd of February – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This feature contains an interview with Brother Martin Bennett OFM Cap. (Parish Priest and Provincial Director of Communications for the Irish…
This weekend the Irish Catholic Newspaper featured an insightful and inspiring article on Brother James (Jim) Connolly who has spent most of his life serving as a missionary in Zambia. You can read the article in full here : Jan27, pg34
Statement of our Provincial Minister, Br. Seán Kelly, on the forthcoming closures of St. Anthony’s Friary, Carlow and St. Francis Friary, Rochestown and the withdrawal from residency in St. Francis Parish, Priorswood. Dear brothers and sisters, Every three years the Capuchin friars gather in what we call Chapter. We do this in order to…
On this most holy of days, we wish you and yours every blessing this Christmas. We pray that this will be a time of peace, joy and love for you and that you will experience the closeness of our God who is with us. God bless you
St Michan’s Church, Halston Street Parish, Dublin 7 Christmas Eve – 5pm (Family Mass), 7pm (Vigil Mass) & 9pm (Greek Catholic Community) Christmas Day – 12pm St Stephen’s Day 12pm Capuchin Friary Rochestown, Cork. Christmas Eve 6:00 pm Christmas Day 10:00 am Sunday 26th 10:00 am Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin 7. Christmas Eve: 4pm…
This coming Wednesday (15 December 2021) at 7pm, Halston Street Parish, Dublin 7 hosts a evening of ‘Carols by Candlelight’ in support of their local St Vincent de Paul Conference. This is Ireland’s oldest Conference of the SVP. The SVP in Ireland was founded in Halston Street Parish when the first meeting took place in a…
Pope Francis has called on Dioceses around the World to launch their preparation programmes from World Youth Day in Lisbon, this weekend on the Solemnity of Christ the Universal King. The event for the Archdiocese of Dublin will take place in St Michan’s Church, Halston Street, Dublin 7 at 6pm and can be viewed on…