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Some amazing images from the final night of the Novena to Our Lady of Aparecida in Capuchin Friary Church Street ... See MoreSee Less

Some amazing images from the final night of the Novena to Our Lady of Aparecida in Capuchin Friary Church StreetImage attachmentImage attachment

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

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.Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

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

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.Image attachmentImage attachment+3Image attachment

Capuchin Provincial Minister, Br Richard Hendrick , celebrating Our Lady of Aparecida with the Brazilian Catholic Community in Capuchin Friary Church Street. ... See MoreSee Less

Capuchin Provincial Minister, Br Richard Hendrick , celebrating Our Lady of Aparecida with the Brazilian Catholic Community in Capuchin Friary Church Street.Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

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.
(Image: From the Canticle of the Creatures by Giustina di Toni).
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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.
(Image: From the Canticle of the Creatures by Giustina di Toni).

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
vocations@capuchins.ie
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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 
vocations@capuchins.ie
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Kilkenny Easter Cermonies

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The Friars in Kilkenny invite you to join them for the Holy Week Ceremonies.   Holy Thursday: 7pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper.   Good Friday: 12 Noon: Stations of the Cross 5pm: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion   7:30pm: The Good Friday walk leaves St John’s Church at 7:30pm arriving at the Capuchin Friary…
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Ard Mhuire Easter Schedule

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  The Friars invite you to join with them in their celebration of the Easter Triduum. Holy (Maundy) Thursday 9am: Morning Prayer Friar’s Oratory 7:30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper and procession to the Altar of repose. Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 10pm.   Good Friday: 9am: Office of Readings and Morning Prayer…
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