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Our Sisters in Louisiana send us the Prayer Sevice below for reflection on recent events. the-rise-of-relativism Read More

Pope Francis’ first encyclical “Laudato Si: On the Care of our Common Home” is focused on the idea of ‘integral ecology’, connecting care of the natural world with justice for the poorest and most vulnerable people. Only by radically ‘reshaping our relationships with God, with... Read More

HOMILY AT SR. SABINE’S PROFESSION   Ephesians 3:14-21   Today we are all praying with and for Sabine as she crosses this important threshold in her life.  We can hardly do better than the prayer of  Paul for the Ephesians. We pray that ‘according to the riches of his... Read More

Baptism Sunday   Sr Edel O.P was asked to preach the homily on Baptism Sunday to share her reflections of her faith development in her home parish. Sunday, January 13th , 2013 , The Baptism of The Lord, St Michael’s Parish Last Sunday we celebrated the feast of the Epiphany.... Read More

On Losing Stephen   – A Sister Reflects on her Ministry as Hospital Chaplain   I trudged through the crisp January snow on route to the Haematology Ward in the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, with the biting cold nipping my nose. When I arrived the warm blast of... Read More

It is Enough to Live the Questions I have been asked to write a reflection on my time at An Tairseach so this is not the story of the project, which has yet to be written, but a personal statement of a twelve year journey into, dare I say it, the mystery at the heart of the... Read More

Matthew 8:5-17 A few years ago I attended the funeral of a mother of a pupil of our school. The student was quite aggressive when he was in school and very disruptive. His father was already dead as a result of drug abuse and now at the age of nine his mother died on the streets... Read More