by Elisa Feiritear | Sep 16, 2020 | Events, News & Media, Pilgrimage
This Year, a year like no other we have had to cope and adjust to many new ways of doing things. For over fifty years we have organized an Annual Pilgrimage to Lourdes but as you are all aware such travel is not permitted this year. That is why with the use of...
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Latest News, Pilgrimage
It wasn’t looking good. Anytime I checked the weather app it said rain. When I checked back a few minutes later, hoping against hope, it was only getting worse. The threat of thunder and lightning is certainly not the ideal circumstances for a 114km walk along the...
by admin | Oct 18, 2015 | Belonging, Communal Work, Community Life, Community Prayer, Compassion, Engaging Vocations, Festivals, Inspiring Others, Latest News, Openness, Our Different Ministries, Overseas Volunteering, Pilgrimage, Prophetic, Solidarity, Spirituality, Volunteering
In 2015 we have been called in a special way to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. It’s an opportunity to give thanks for the men and women who have worked so selflessly to serve the people of God at home and abroad. It has led the priests and brothers of the...
by admin | Aug 18, 2015 | Compassion, Engaging Vocations, Latest News, Openness, Pilgrimage
Buen Camino!’ It’s a familiar phrase that pilgrims say as they meet one another on the Way. It’s both a greeting and a blessing for those who walk to Santiago de Compostella across the north of Spain. There is a strange sense of community out here,...
by admin | Jul 8, 2015 | Latest News, Pilgrimage, Spirituality
The plane was late. Only an hour, but in Spain connections are precarious. However finally everybody touched down and we managed to make a mad dash to get our bus. When we arrived in Sarria we began to move at an entirely different pace. On the Way you have to leave...
by admin | Dec 30, 2014 | Latest News, Pilgrimage
You’ve heard about it from a friend. Perhaps you saw the movie. You know, the one with Martin Sheen. Maybe you stumbled across it somewhere online. For whatever reason as the New Year begins you’re thinking of walking the Camino, but you’re not sure...