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“Fifty years after Vatican II, are we on fire with or have we tamed the Holy Spirit?” Sr. Florence Deacon, a Franciscan Sister of St. Francis of Assisi and President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, USA, was enthusiastically welcomed to Ireland and Milltown Park... 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

Mark 10.2-16 A homily given by Sr Maeve McMahon O.P in Gardener Street, Dublin on October 7th   Read More

Homily at Mass for Sr. Patsy’s Diamond Jubilee, Aug 25, 2012 Céline Mangan, O.P. Preaching on the story of the woman at the well from John’s Gospel. The woman is not named; John doesn’t always give names to the characters in his Gospel so that, in fact, Christians of his time and... Read More

Congregation Day, Evening Prayer (21st July, 2012) John 20: 11-18: In the text of today’s gospel for the feast of St. Mary Magdalen, I have hightlighted three words: weeping, turning around, announcing. Weeping: John’s gospel often uses one person as representative of some aspect... Read More

It was designed by Sr Pauline McGrath using the theme of ‘Dominican Women, Carriers of the Word of Life’ It is a reminder of our vocation of preaching the Word of Life to all we meet.   Read More