The 48th World Day of Social Communications will be celebrated on Sunday 1 June 2014, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord and the Sunday before Pentecost on the theme ‘Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter’. In his message for World Communications Day Pope Francis asks: “How, then, can communication […]
The World Day of Prayer for Vocations is celebrated on Sunday 11 May this year, the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The World Day of Prayer for Vocations is also known as Vocations Sunday or Good Shepherd Sunday and will be celebrated this year on the theme ‘Vocations: Witness to the Truth’. In his message for […]
God our Father, thank you for your son, Jesus our Good Shepherd, who leads us to fullness of life. By our baptism, we are called by name to continue the mission of Jesus. Give us the grace to listen with an open heart to the voice of Jesus and to respond generously with a joyful […]
May is traditionally a ‘Marian’ month, a month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Traditionally, families have set up a ‘May altar’ and made a special effort to recite the Rosary in this month. When Mary’s earthly life was completed, she was taken up body and soul into the glory of heaven. There she now […]
Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II will be canonised by Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday April 27 2014, Divine Mercy Sunday. There will be live coverage of the Mass for the canonisations from 0855-1100 on RTÉ One Television with commentary by Fr Dermod McCarthy and Mary Kennedy. RTÉ […]
Living Lent 2014 – Praying with Scripture and Pope Francis Lent is a time of repentence and renewal “I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting them encounter them; I ask of all of you to do this unfailingly […]
Theme of Trócaire’s Lenten Campaign 2014 – ‘Water’ This year’s Trócaire Lenten campaign is about the global water crisis. There are 1.1 billion people in our world who are living without access to a reliable source of water. Nine year old Enestina Muyeye, the young girl featured on this year’s Trócaire box, comes from a […]
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 […]
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,’ […]
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 […]