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On Tuesday 29th January, the Bicentenary Eucharistic celebration took place in the Church of the Most Precious Blood, Cabra West, celebrating the 200 years of Dominican Sisters’ presence in Cabra. Click here to read Homily by Fr. Michael O’Grady, (Parish Priest, Church of... Read More

Catholic Schools Week 2019 began on Sunday January 27th. The theme this year is, “Catholic Schools: Celebrate the Work of Our Own Catholic School”. Fifty schools in the Dublin diocese will participate in a Laudate evening of song and prayer in three different Churches in Dublin.... Read More

Sr Bridget OP (Mission Area of Ireland) who is ministering in Haiti at present is seen here with volunteers from six local communities who are training as Pastoral da Criança leaders within their communities. Read More

In April, our Sisters in  the Mission Area of Ireland held their Fourteenth Chapter in Emmaus Retreat and Conference Centre, Swords.  The theme for the Chapter was A Time of Hope. Read More

“Who am I?: And If So How Many?”. Thus the philosopher David Precht famously posed the question in the title of one of his books. Thinking of this reminded me of my own dilemma as I travelled along the road to Killarney on 21 May to become an Irish citizen. I am proud... Read More

The beginning of the month of May is here and today I experienced three crocodiles of excited schoolchildren making their hop-skip-jump way past me with teachers and parents taking up the head and tail.  It is not yet 10.00 a.m. The academic year is virtually over. Getting out... Read More

Library spans five centuries, was almost lost due to convent demolition, and contains a   selection of significant 17th-century religious publications  The Dominican Convent in Taylor’s Hill has donated its library of more than 2000 volumes, built up over five centuries, to NUI... Read More

300 years conclusion: Previous instalments reviewed the settlement and growth of a group of Galway Dominican nuns in Dublin from 1717. The story described the trials, tribulations, and challenges they faced in Penal days, with decreasing numbers and increasing debts owed to them.... Read More

Clontarf By 1798 there were only three Sisters in Channel Row. After the landlord did not renew the lease, the account books note: “received for old furniture sold on leaving Brunswick St £14.10.9d.” Thus, in the spring 1808, the Sisters, with some parlour boarders, moved to a... Read More

A group of forty “younger” members of various religious congregations and orders (at varying stages of formation) gathered this weekend in Emmaus Retreat Centre for the annual Religious in Formation Conference. We spent the weekend engaging with great speakers, coming together... Read More