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On the 360th anniversary of the death of Irish Dominican Friar Daniel O’Daly, the Embassy of Ireland in Lisbon are hosting a celebration and reflections on the Irish Dominicans in Portugal and Sister Extraordinaire: the work and legacy of Margaret MacCurtain.  This takes place on... Read More

Our Sister Columbia, Priory community Port Elizabeth, SA shares her reflections on the importance of being present to life’s challenges, in order to be transformed.  This recording is part of the Nunday reflections that promote the lives and ministries of Religious sisters... Read More

We invite you to take a few minutes ‘out’ and listen to Advent Calendar’ Advent Calendar RW – a poem by Drowan Williams narrated by Sr Eileen O Connell OP.    Read More

During this month of November we remember our Sisters who have gone before us in the last year (November 2019-2020). As we remember them with gratitude we pray they may enjoy the fullness of life with God for all eternity. May they rest in peace. Simply click this link... Read More

We are delighted to announce the reopening of Lumen Adult Education Centre, Blackrock Dublin. As the country is slowly opening up again, trying to find a new normal, we decided to open Lumen as well. However, the autumn 2020 semester will be different. Health and safety measures... Read More

The Air We Breathe As I walk into my house after work, I pull off my mask and with relief I breathe- a long deep breath. I can breathe.  On May 25 George Floyd was handcuffed by a white police officer who pinned him to the ground. The officer kept his knee on George’s neck... Read More

Terry Waite in an article  titled  You are not stuck at home, you are safe, (express.co.uk 4/4/2020) wrote about his five years in captivity (isolation) in Beirut  “ ….I now realise it was one of the most formative and creative periods of my life. It is not all... 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

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Having concluded the pathway, signs and murals of our Cosmic Walk in Victoria, Argentina in late February, Sr Veronica Rafferty and Veronica Banchero are now embarking on developing activities there and online. They will take any one of the twenty points on the route as a basis... Read More