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Below you will find a link to a podcast of a lecture by Professor John McCafferty, Department of History, University College Dublin, titled: ‘A single witness: Ireland and Europe through the eyes of a small man with a big nose’. The audio of John’s talk can be heard at: http://historyhub.ie/john-mccafferty-ireland-europe His paper examines two manuscripts…

For Easter Saturday: The Ancient chant of the Regina Coeli, sung to greet Mary and praise her for her faith that never failed throughout the Passion and Death of her Son, and to announce the joy of the Resurrection received first by Mary and then by the rest of creation. Enjoy its peace and blessing…

Awakening Wonder: The Sanctuary’s annual open evening of Mindfulness, Meditation, Spirituality, Movement and Creativity takes place this coming Weds the 15th of April in our Capuchin Friary of Church St., Dublin 7 (Just off the Smithfield Luas Stop). Beginning at 8:15pm, until 9:45pm! This is a donation only event and all are welcome! Come along…

We hope that you and yours are enjoying the celebration of Easter! Christ is risen as He said! Alleluia! Alleluia! For those who have the time to reflect on the meaning of this greatest of Feasts there follows the text of the sermon given at the Easter Vigil this year in our friary in Church…

Holy Saturday: Today is the day of Holy Waiting. We vigil tonight for the Resurrection of the Lord… But what was Christ doing during the time His sacred body lay in death in the tomb? He was visiting the dead and freeing them from the “limbo”, ( by which we mean the state of peace…

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion: Today the One who is Life itself embraced death and conquered it… Today the One who is Light itself met darkness and illumined it… Today the One who is Being itself touched nothingness and healed it… Today the One who is Eternity itself subjected time and inter-penetrated it… Today…

Holy Thursday: “Maundy” Thursday: Today the Lord bestows His parting gifts The New Commandment of Love, (mandatum novum in latin, from which we get the word Maundy):”Love one another as I have loved you!” The Priesthood and the Holy Eucharist… All three are ways of encountering the presence of God in our lives, all three…

Wednesday of Holy Week: “Spy Wednesday” We forget, at our peril, that the sin of Judas was not his betrayal of Christ, (all of the Apostles bar John betrayed Him, and even he stayed at a distance until the Cross.), but that he was so enfolded in his own ego that he could not believe…

We have entered Holy Week… All over the country our friaries are busy getting ready for the great events of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, statues and crosses have been veiled, churches and friaries are being cleaned, all of the items necessary for the annual observance of this beautiful time are…