Homilies from January 2014

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Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools Week 2014: ‘Places of Faith and Learning’ Catholic Schools Week (CSW) will be celebrated between Sunday, 26th January and Saturday, 1st February.   This year’s theme is ‘Catholic Schools – Places of Faith and Learning‘.  This year‟s theme was chosen to highlight that all learning takes place in a values context.  Catholic Schools Week […]

Comments by Pope Francis on Baptism

In his first general audience of 2014, Pope Francis began a new series of catechesis on the Sacraments, starting with Baptism. Baptism is the Sacrament “on which our faith is based, and which grafts us to Christ and His Church, as living members. Together with the Eucharist and Confirmation it forms the so-called ‘Christian initiation,’ […]

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed from the 18th to the 25th January – the octave of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Its inauguration in Dublin will take place at an interdenominational Service in St. Fintan’s Roman Catholic Church, Sutton, Dublin 13 on Sunday, 19th January at 8.00pm.  Canon Desmond Sinnamon […]

Pope Francis Message for World Day of Peace

Wednesday January 1st 2014 was World Day of Peace.  The theme chosen by the Holy Father was: Fraternity – the Foundation and Pathway to Peace. To read the Pope’s Message for World Day of Peace please click here