by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | Africa, Belonging, Communal Work, Compassion, International, Latest News, Openness, Prophetic, Solidarity
What would possess you to risk your life in the service of others, for decades, in one of the world’s toughest and most dangerous environments? In prison terms, 30 years is a life sentence. It is also the average period spent by Irish missionaries in the field,...
by admin | Jan 28, 2013 | Africa, Communal Work, Community Life, Latest News, Overseas Volunteering, Solidarity, Volunteering
Fr. Alan was interviewed last Sunday on Midwestern Radio about the new MSC Volunteering project. For more information on the MSC Volunteering Programme click here. For the interview with Monica Morley and Fr. Alan on Midwest’s Faith Alive programme click...
by admin | Jan 24, 2013 | Belonging, Communal Work, Community Life, Community Prayer, Engaging Vocations, Ireland, Latest News, Prophetic, Solidarity, Spirituality, UK
In 1997, John Paul II called for consecrated life to be promoted throughout the universal Church. He declared February 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, to be observed as World Day for Consecrated Life (WDCL). The celebration of World Day for Consecrated...
by admin | Jan 2, 2013 | Belonging, Communal Work, Engaging Vocations, Festivals, Ireland, Latest News, Pilgrimage, Spirituality, UK, World Youth Day
Vocations ministry in 2012 hit the ground running. From the launch of our website in February we’ve been around the world and back again and we’ve taken part in loads of exciting festivals, events and celebrations. 2013 however is going to be bigger,...
by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | Communal Work, Community Life, Community Prayer, Engaging Vocations, Ireland, Latest News
Exciting news! Today marks the beginning of the exploreAway vocation discernment programme. Six people have begun the five weekend course that looks at how God is moving in their lives and inviting them to follow him. It’s a gentle, relfective time that gives...
by admin | Oct 18, 2012 | Africa, Communal Work, Compassion, Latest News, Overseas Volunteering, Prophetic, Solidarity, Volunteering
This coming Sunday we celebrate Mission Sunday. It about celebrating the hundreds of years of selflessness, compassion and faith that make up the Mission tradition in Ireland. The theme in Ireland this year is Growing in Communion. We have an example of that growing...
