Year of Capuchin Vocation
We are delighted to announce that we will launch a ‘Year of Capuchin Vocation’ in Knock Shrine on Sunday 17th of September as part of the annual Padre Pio Pilgrimage to Knock. This year of vocation is an opportunity for us to promote vocations to our way of life by means of prayer and presence….
Visit of Capuchin students from Eastern Europe
We were delighted to welcome five students from Eastern Europe along with their Formator for a three week experience of Capuchin life in Ireland and Irish culture. The progress of the trip was closely followed by hundreds of people on Social Media who eagerly awaited the daily updates. Over the course of their trip our…
Come and pray for Peace
On Friday 14th July all are invited to come together and pray for peace in the Capuchin Friary Kilkenny. Gathering at 7pm in the Friary Church we will make prayer the foundation of our peace-making, it is where we must begin. So please come and join if only for a short time to offer our…
Capuchin Connection Summer Issue
We are delighted to bring you the summer issue of Capuchin Connection. Please click on the link below to access it. Capuchin Connection Magazine 4pp A4 June 17
Ministers of Mercy. UCC Historical Conference on the Capuchins and Ireland’s struggle for independence
On Saturday 10th of June 2017 UCC History Department in conjunction with the Capuchin Friars in Rochestown and Douglas Parish Assembly hosted a very well attended historical conference on the Capuchins and Ireland’s struggle for independence. Dr Gabriel Doherty (UCC History Department and one of the organisers) remarked on how the Capuchins had been…
Saint Anthony Triduum Kilkenny
Sunday 11th at 12 Noon Mass Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th at 10.30am Mass Blessing of lillies on Tuesday 13th at 10.30am Mass Blessing of children on Tuesday 13th from 3pm to 4pm Preacher: Br Eddie Dowley OFM Capuchin.
Raheny Secular Franciscan Order pilgrimage to Knock
Annual SFO Pilgrimage to Knock on Sunday 25th June. Coach leaving the Capuchin Friary, Raheny at 8 am. Contact: Brid 01-8313420, Niall 087-3141310.
St Anthony Triduum Raheny
Annual Triduum in honour of St.Anthony and SFO retreat on June 11th, 12th and 13th at 7.30pm at the Capuchin Friary Raheny. Blessing of children and lilies onTuesday 13th at 7.30 pm. Directed by Br.Philip Baxter -all welcome.
Got some questions about the Capuchin vocation?
Well, to help you we’ve put together some answers to questions that we’re frequently asked. Click on the link to access our latest vocation information brochure. The Capuchin Vocation FAQ
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This week's Gospel reflection thanks to Br Silvester
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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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