A new Custos for Zambia
Many congratulations to Br Augustine Mwape OFM Cap. recently elected Custos for the Capuchin Province in Zambia. The Irish Capuchin Frairs have been ministering in Zambia since the 1930’s. To find out more about our overseas missions work and how you can help, visit http://www.capuchinmissions.ie/ Also elected to serve on the Council were Br Lawrence Katongo, Br…
Capuchin Franciscan Vocation Retreat, Kilkenny, 6th – 8th April 2018
What am I going to do with my life? This is probably one of the biggest questions we face as we search for meaning and purpose in our lives. God calls everyone to live out their lives to 100% of their potential. Within the many ‘callings’ of life there is a particular calling to find…
Easter Ceremony Schedules
**Scroll down to find a friary near you** Church Street Friary, Dublin 7 WED. 28TH: 8 am: Morning Mass 7.30 pm: Penitential Service with opportunity for confession, followed by Evening Mass HOLY THURSDAY…
Blessings on the feast of Saint Patrick
I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial, Through the strength of His resurrection with…
Child Safeguarding Statement of the Irish Capuchin Franciscan Province (2018)
We are pleased to publish the Child Safeguarding Statement of the Irish Capuchin Franciscan Province (2018). This statement has been prepared to comply with the requirements of the Children First Act 2015. As a constituent member of the Catholic Church in Ireland, we, the Capuchin Franciscan Friars, recognise and uphold the dignity and rights of all…
Queen’s University Orchestra’s visit to Church St. Friary
The Capuchin fraternity in Church St. had the privilege of welcoming the Symphony Orchestra from Queen’s University to the Church where they delivered a very enjoyable concert of well known classical pieces including extracts from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and “Morning” from Peer Gynt. The evening was a wonderful reminder that music can build bridges…
Capuchin Day Centre prepares 3,000 food parcels
The Capuchin Day Centre was a hive of activity this evening as staff and nearly 100 volunteers gave up their time to pack 3,000 food parcels to be distributed to the homeless and poor of Dublin. People will queue from early tomorrow morning to collect the parcels from the Day Centre. As demand grows, so…
Christmas Schedules in our Friaries
Ard Mhuire, Donegal Saturday 23rd December 8am “Rorate Coeli” Advent Candlelit Dawn Mass of Our Lady, preceded by exposition from 7am (Side Chapel) Christmas Eve: Sunday 24th 9am Sunday Mass Confessions: available all day. (NO 5:30 Mass.) 9pm: First Mass of Christmas (Midnight Mass of the Angels) with carols from 8:30pm Christmas Day: Monday 25th…
Visit of Relatives of Bl. Solanus Casey at Mass of Thanksgiving for Beatification
On Friday, December the 1st, the friars of the Dublin houses, in the presence of our Provincial Minister Br. Adrian Curran, gathered with a group of relations of Blessed Solanus Casey to celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving for his recent beatification. Many of his relatives had been present in Detroit for the occasion…
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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
Some wonderful images from Ards Friary Centre for the Care of Creation in Donegal. The poly tunnel is busy as are day retreat groups. Congratulations to all involved. Visit www.ardsfriary.ie for more information. ... See MoreSee Less
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Capuchin Provincial Minister, Br Richard Hendrick , celebrating Our Lady of Aparecida with the Brazilian Catholic Community in Capuchin Friary Church Street. ... See MoreSee Less
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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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