Fr Alan’s Journey in South Sudan
Fr Alan left Ireland to help with the Missionaries in South Sudan at the beginning of Covid.
Follow his journey for some amazing insights to life in South Sudan.
Flame 2017
Flame 2017 took place in London on Saturday, March 11th, at the SSE Arena in Wembley. Flame is an international youth event attended by young Catholics from all over the world, and this year’s event, with the theme “10,000 Reasons”, included headline speakers such as...
Pope Francis’ Letter for the World Meeting of Families 2018
The details of a letter from Pope Francis regarding the ninth World Meeting of Families were released by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Holy See's new office for Laity, Family, and Life, and the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin. The ninth World Meeting of...
Reflections: The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Living Life to the Full Are we living our lives, or are we sleepwalking through life? God has given us the gift of life and desires us to make the most of it. Yet how often are we just going through the motions? Or do we feel like the dried bones of the first reading?...
Message from Archbishop Eamon Martin for St Patrick’s Day 2017
On this Feast of our Patron Saint, I send warm greetings from the Cathedral City of Saint Patrick in Armagh to Irish people everywhere. Today unites the Irish at home with our relatives and friends who live abroad and with the hundreds of thousands of others who are...
Reflections: The Third Sunday of Lent
Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent The Gospel (4:5-42). A spring of water welling up to eternal life. This is a rather lengthy reading containing different themes. Central themes are the Samaritan woman, the well, and the water. In Jesus’ day, there was...
Nightfever
As a worldwide initiative, the idea behind Nightfever is a simple one: open doors and open hearts. On designated nights, Mass is held in a city centre church, and afterwards, the church is filled with candlelight and prayerful music. Volunteers invite passers-by on...
The MSC Welcome a New Provincial Superior
The Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are pleased to announce the election of Fr Carl Tranter MSC as their next Provincial Superior. He will take over from the present Provincial, Fr Joseph McGee MSC, in September of this year, immediately after...
MSC Provincial Chapter 2017
“To be on Earth the Heart of Christ” This year’s Provincial Chapter takes place between March 5th and 12th at the Emmaus Retreat Centre in Swords, Co. Dublin. The theme of this year’s Chapter is “To be on Earth the Heart of Christ”. As we gather for the Provincial...
Message from Pope Francis for Lent 2017
The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God “with all...
Reflections: The First Sunday of Lent
First Sunday of Lent In the desert, Jesus is confronted with many temptations. Hunger and thirst, and the emptiness and quietness of the desert strip away all that stands between Jesus and his deepest self. Just before Jesus was driven out into the desert, his Father...