Dominican Reflection on the Phenomenon of Migration to Europe
From Order of Preachers, October Newsletter – read article below Dominican Reflection on The Phenomenon of Migration to Europe
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (18th October)
Mission Sunday Today’s Gospel continues the theme of the teachings of Jesus to His Disciples. Last Sunday He reminded us to keep our eyes on the things that would last – true riches. He spoke of the...
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Exploring implications of the Pope’s encyclical “LAUDATO SI”– Care for our...
On Thursday 29th October 2015, Donal Dorr will give a talk on Exploring implications of the Pope’s encyclical “LAUDATO SI” – Care for our common home This one day conference will look at some of the...
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (25th October) Mark 10:46-52 How often have we cried out; “Lord that I may see”. It is a call from deep within...
View ArticleFeast of All Saints, November 1st
November 1st, Feast of All Saints Matthew 5:1-12a During the week I went to see the movie Suffragette. The story is of a young mother, Maud, who becomes involved in the activities of the women’s...
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Alzheimer Cafe Meeting Tuesday 3rd November
On Tuesday 3rd November we are hosting our next meeting of Alzheimer Café, Cabra at the Dominican Campus, 183 Navan Road, St. Mary’s Convent, Cabra, Dublin 7. The Alzheimer Café is a concept that was...
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THE MYSTICS – Talk by Sr. Mary O’Driscoll OP
On Thursday 5th November 2015, Sr. Mary O’Driscoll OP will give a talk on “The Mystics” in An Tairseach, Dominican Farm and Ecology Centre, Wicklow. For mystics such as Meister Eckhart, Julian of...
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Jubilee Greetings – from Sr. Helen Mary Harmey OP, Congregation Prioress
CONGREGATION OF DOMINICAN SISTERS, CABRA 5 November 2015 Dear Sisters and Brothers, As we approach the official opening of the 800th anniversary of the Order, we pray that it may be a year...
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (8 November)
Mk 12:38-44 The gospel passage of Mark this week warns against all that may be superficial or pretentious in our living. An image is given of the scribes ‘who like to walk about in long robes, to be...
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People with dementia and their carers talk about their lives at the...
Read article below in The Journal.ie on the Alzheimer Cafe Cabra, written by Cormac Fitzgerald “Before this I was a young 69, I was full of life. I’m a world away from that person now”
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Ruhama Newsletter – Autumn 2015
Ruhama is a Dublin-based NGO which works on a national level with women affected by prostitution and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation. Click below to read their latest newsletter....
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (15 November)
In this week’s passage from Mark’s Gospel chapter 13, Jesus uses the image of a fig-tree. He draws attention to the fact that as soon as its twigs get tender and leaves come out, it is known that...
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St. John Macias – A Dominican Patron for Migrants
A Dominican Patron for Migrants ( and the homeless?) On a global level, our major concern at present is the plight of migrants; and here at home (at least in Ireland) the plight of the ever-increasing...
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The Feast of Christ the King (22nd November)
John 18: 33b-37 This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. Here Jesus is brought before Pilate for questioning. He throws back the question Pilate put to him of whether he is a king and...
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First Sunday of Advent (29 November)
(Luke 21:25-28; 34-36) This Advent we begin the Gospel of Luke, the gospel which emphasises Jesus as saviour, a fitting title for Jesus in this coming year, dedicated as it is by Pope Francis to the...
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10th December – Reflection Day will be held to mark the International Day for...
On Thursday 10th December – 10am-4pm IMU-CORI Justice Desk , will hold a day of Reflection entitled Room or no Room at the Inn? (photo: loana Moldovan/Al Jazeera) Venue: Conference of Religious of...
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Climate change march in Galway
Srs. Padraigín McKenna and Catherine Campbell Some of our Sisters in Taylor’s Hill, Galway, took part in the climate change march on Sunday 29th November. Despite the heavy downpours of rain and...
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Second Sunday of Advent (6th December)
Second Sunday of Advent (Luke 3:1-6) It is clear from today’s gospel that the message of God always comes to us in the real world in which we live, not in some spiritual reality far removed from the...
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Evening Prayer in the Carmelite Church in Clarendon Street to mark the Year...
It was the 3rd of December, it poured rain all day and it was the day for us to celebrate Evening Prayer in the Carmelite Church in Clarendon Street to mark the Year for Consecrated Life. Despite the...
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