by Oisin Walsh | Feb 9, 2017 | News archive 2017
World Meeting of Families 2018 is offering free Saint Valentine’s Day Gift Tokens with a difference, for couples to give to their loved ones Following Pope Francis’ calls to celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day in a more meaningful way, the World Meeting of Families 2018...
by Oisin Walsh | Feb 7, 2017 | Features, Headlines
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS 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...
by Oisin Walsh | Feb 6, 2017 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
The 25th World Day of the Sick will be celebrated on Saturday 11 February, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The World Day of the Sick is an initiative which was started by Saint John Paul II in 1992. Pope Benedict and Pope Francis have continued this special...
by Oisin Walsh | Feb 5, 2017 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
In his 2016 apostolic exhortation on The Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia), Pope Francis referred directly to Saint Valentine’s Day saying, “I think of Saint Valentine’s Day; in some countries, commercial interests are quicker to see the potential of this...
by Oisin Walsh | Feb 1, 2017 | News archive 2017
National Family Support Network 18th Service of Commemoration and Hope Speaking notes of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Sean McDermott Street, 1st February 2017 “I always enjoy celebrating Confirmation in this parish. It is always a...
