Christmas 2018 Schedules
May the God who is with us bless you and your family this Christmas season. —————————————————————— Ard Mhuire, Creeslough, Donegal. Telephone: 074 913 8005 Christmas Arrangements in Ards 2018 . Saturday 22nd December 8am “Rorate Coeli” Advent Candlelit Dawn Mass of Our Lady, preceded by exposition from 7am (Side Chapel) . Christmas Eve: Monday…
The Christmas Crib: A Franciscan Story
This time every year in schools, churches, homes, hospitals, hospices and shopping centres the Christmas Crib stands as a tangible reminder to us that God is real and God is with us. Cribs come in all shapes and sizes and often reflect the cultural context they are in. A crib is an important part of…
New Custos and Council in South Africa
The Capuchin Custody of South Africa recently held a Chapter and elected a new Custos and Council. The Chapter was presided over by Brother Adrian Curran OFM Cap, Provincial Minister of the Irish Capuchin Province (South Africa is a Custody of the Irish Capuchin Province). We send our warmest congratulations to our newly elected Brothers and…
Brother Kevin receives the Oireachtas Human Dignity Award
Today Brother Kevin Crowley was awarded the Oireachtas Human Dignity Award for his work with homeless people. Brother Kevin founded the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People in 1969 and today the centre provides support to those most in need. Congratulations to Brother Kevin on this great achievement and to all those associated with the…
Capuchins at World Meeting of Families 2018
We are delighted to have an active presence at the WMOF2018 in the RDS this week. Three of our brothers are speakers at the event and we have a dedicated vocations stand in exhibition hall 1 (Stand 17). At our vocations stand we will have the privilege of offering blessings with the relics of St…
Blessings on the Feast of Saint Clare
Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Clare of Assisi. Clare was born in Assisi in 1193 and died on the 11th of August 1253. She was canonised in 1255. Clare is the founders of the ‘Poor Ladies of San Domino’ or the Poor Clare’s as we know them today. Clare is the patroness of…
Capuchin Archival Descriptive Catalogues
We are delighted to announce that some of our archival catalogues can now be accessed online via the Irish Capuchin Franciscan website and we would like to pay special thanks to our Archivist Dr Brian Kirby for his work on bringing all of this to fruition. The descriptive catalogues can be accessed on this website…
Letter of Thanksgiving from Pope Francis
On the 17th of March 2018 Pope Francis went on pilgrimage to the sites associated with Saint Pio of Pitrelcina. A few days ago the Pope wrote to the Capuchin Minister General Br Mauro in thanksgiving for the life and example of St Pio. In the letter the Pope reaffirms his commitment to create a…
Check out our vocation page in this weeks Irish Catholic
This week to mark vocation Sunday we have a full page in the Irish Catholic newspaper explaining a little about Capuchin life and answering some frequently asked questions. For more information on what life as a Capuchin friar is like today you can: Visit on vocation page: http://www.capuchinfranciscans.ie/vocations-introduction/ Visit our vocations blog: www.capfrans.blogspot.ie Visit our social…
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Since Sunday the local leaders from Ireland and Great Britain along with the Provincial Leadership Team met in Dromantine Retreat Centre to discuss how we can best work in collaboration while supporting each other as Brothers together in mission. ... See MoreSee Less
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This week's Gospel reflection thanks to Br Silvester
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Luke, more than the other writers, is the evangelist of prayer. This Sunday’s Gospel, the healing of ten lepers, instructs us on having trust in our prayer of petition and returning to God in thanks...1 CommentsComment on Facebook
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Lord, increase our faith (Luke 17: 5-10) The apostles asked the Lord to increase their faith. How did he answer them? Would their faith be deepened by an astounding miracle like planting a mulberr...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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Today we celebrate the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. Francis was a man of God, a man of prayer and a man of peace. Enflamed by the fire of the Holy Spirit, he longed for us to live harmoniously as brothers and sisters in Christ. His vision remains not alone the remedy for a trouble heart but also for a troubled World. St Francis patron of peace, ecology and animals: Pray for us.
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Novena in preparation for the feast of St. Francis: Day 9
Thought for the day:
At the heart of the life of Francis, at the centre of his sanctity, is his desire to become one with Christ in Love. Through his meditation upon the humility of the Incarnation and the emptying of self in love that it implies in the Crib, the Cross and above all in the Eucharist, Francis finds his way to the heights of holiness by following Jesus into the depths of His love for all creation. To be one with Christ is to be one with Him in this self emptying so that he might be filled with His Love and become brother to all.
Meditation:
Today allow the meditation of Francis to be your meditation too. Allow his prayer of praise, love and longing to rest in your breath as we pray with him, “My God and my All.”
Prayer of the Companions of St. Francis:
Draw us to yourself, most worthy Father Francis, that we may run after your fragrance of holiness. As you know, we are lukewarm because of our sloth, languid because of our idleness, half-alive because of our negligence. This little flock is following you with hesitant steps. Our weak eyes cannot bear the dazzling rays of your perfection.
Renew our days as from the beginning, O mirror and model of perfection, and do not allow us, who are like you in our profession, to be unlike you in our lives.
Holy Father, remember all your sons and daughters, who surrounded by inextricable danger, follow your footsteps though from so great a distance. Give us strength that we may resist; purify us that we may gleam forth; fill us with joy that we may be happy. Pray that the spirit of grace and of prayer be poured upon us; that we may have the true humility you had; that we may observe the poverty you observed; that we may be filled with the charity with which you always loved Christ Crucified, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns world without end. Amen.
O Lady of the Angels hail! Keep us safe beneath thy Veil +
Br Richard
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