Vatican City — Pope Francis will travel to Assisi Oct. 3 to sign an encyclical on the social, political and economic obligations that flow from a belief that all people are children of God and therefore brothers and sisters to one another. The Vatican press office,... Read More
WHAT WILL WE DO? What will we do when we’re free again? Emerge from our cocoons: cells of self-knowledge, *Catherine-like, God-infused, eager for mission? Or will isolation be our sheathe, content withdrawal from community’s demands, from the world’s pain, where millions... Read More
We invite you to join with us in prayer during Covid 19. You are invited to begin this prayer with a short reflection on where you are in your own country at this stage of the Covid 19 crisis. Is it return to lockdown? Is it partial... Read More
As a Congregation and members of AMRI we endorse the following: Letter from APT/AMRI (Act to Prevent Trafficking, Working group of AMRI JPIC Committee) APT AMRI Letter to Minister McEntee July 2020 Black Lives Matter statements by AMRI JPIC Committee Black Lives Matter Both... Read More
In a recent article in our Covid-19 newsletter, [Week 8] Sr. Brighde Vallely made reference to an article she had read, Christianity in a time of sickness, which was written by a sociologist and theologian, Fr. Tomás Halík, in America, the Jesuit Weekly. While acknowledging that... Read More
Vision 2020: Faith into the Future The feast of Pentecost has many layers and there is much to reflect on and to learn for today. Religious festivals most often have agricultural roots, in rhythm with nature, and this is pre-eminently true of the... Read More
Many people from Holy Trinity, Turf Lodge – and far beyond – will remember Sr Ultan Smyth. It was my privilege and a blessing to know her and to have served in Holy Trinity along with her, 1994 to 1998. She was the very essence of goodness, kindness and gentleness.... Read More
Laudato Si’ Week honors the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for our common home. The theme of the week is “everything is connected.” This week launches a year-long journey of transformation, as we grow through the crisis of the current moment by praying,... Read More
In a recent edition of the Irish Catholic (30/4/2020) Sr Fionnuala Quinn OP, shared the following as chairperson of the Vocations Ireland executive committee and vocation director for the Dominican Sisters in Cabra, Dublin. “Today, we seek to awaken a culture of vocation,... Read More