Oct 6, 2022
All are very welcome to join us on two new series of reflections, led by Fr Patsy Kelly MSC every Tuesday and Thursday.
The sessions will take place at Croi Nua Spirituality Centre (Taylorâs Hill, Galway), and those who cannot attend in person are very welcome to join us online via Zoom.
The first series, entitled âAt Home with your Bible: The Eucharist in Scripture and Liturgy,â will explore the connection between Eucharist and Scripture and why the Eucharist makes the Risen Christ constantly present to us. This will take place every Tuesday morning at 10.15am, and on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
The second series is titled âGood News Each Sunday,â and incorporates reflections on the readings of weekly Sunday Mass. This will take place every Thursday evening from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
For more information, please contact Croi Nua:
Phone: 091 520960 or 087 6683770
Email: croinuacentre@gmail.com
Website: www.croinua.com
If you would like to join the weekly sessions online via Zoom, please email croinuacentre@gmail.com to get the video link.
Jul 4, 2018
Celebrations abounded at the Sacred Heart Church in Cork on Thursday, June 28th 2018, as eight MSCs from the Irish Province marked the great occasion of Silver, Golden, and Diamond Jubilees. Friends, family, and fellow MSCs travelled from across Ireland, the UK, and beyond, gathering on the Western Road in Cork to celebrate in the glorious June sunshine on this very special day.
Irish Provincial Leader, Fr Carl Tranter MSC, opened the Jubilee Mass with a warm welcome to all present. Fr Carl was himself celebrating his 25-year Jubilee, and in his opening address, he spoke of Godâs love, which âempowers, heals, and transformsâ.
L-R: Fr Carl Tranter MSC, Br Donie Hallissey MSC, Fr Eugene Clarkson MSC, Bishop Emeritus Hugh Slattery MSC, Fr Patsy Kelly MSC, Fr Con OâConnell MSC, Fr Terry OâBrien MSC. Fr Eamonn Donohue unfortunately could not attend the Jubilee celebrations.
âAs each of us look back over our lives today in gratitude, as we remember and recollect with members of our family, friends and fellow MSCs, we might allow ourselves to be amazed and astonished at what the Lord has been able to do in and through us, often in spite of us!â Fr Carl said. âWe recall being given appointments or responsibilities we felt wholly ill-equipped to undertake; we remember times of great struggle and challenge, even seeming failure; and we delight in the memories of love, success, joy, wonder, gratitude, growth, communion, friendship and consolation. We recognise each as a gift and a grace. This is what gives us cause to celebrate today. Not anything we have âachievedâ. A couple celebrating 50 years of marriage are not celebrating what they have achieved, but the gift of love which has endured through the years, which has sustained them despite the challenges, and which has borne fruit in so many different ways across the different seasons of their lives. As MSCs, we celebrate that same great gift of love today.â
The commemoration of this yearâs Jubiliarians was a joyful celebration of community, fellowship, and thanksgiving, recalling the triumphs and the challenges of the years gone by and looking ahead with faith, hope, and love.
Congratulations to the Jubilarians!
Silver Jubilee (25 years)
Fr Con OâConnell MSC
Fr Carl Tranter MSC
Fr Terry OâBrien MSC
Golden Jubilee (50 years)
Fr Patsy Kelly MSC
Br Donie Hallissey MSC
Diamond Jubilee (60 years)
Fr Eugene Clarkson MSC
Fr Eamonn Donohue MSC
Bishop Emeritus Hugh Slattery MSC
