Mission News

Today is the 2nd Sunday of Advent Prepare a way for the Lord! First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11 Second Reading: 2 Peter 3:8-14 Gospel: Mark 1:1-8 In the readings Isaiah speaks about the power of the Lord in a very different way. God is like a shepherd feeding his flock, gathering lambs in his arms, holding them to his breast, and gently leading the ewes who are due to give birth. This is a very tender power, a life-force of faithful and enduring love, a love that gathers and

Fr Stephen Kimani is bringing communities together through football…

Today is the First Sunday of Advent. During the four weeks of Advent, we prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birth through prayer and reflection. Amid the Christmas preparations, we look for practical ways to observe the holiness of the season in our everyday lives. (Follow our Advent calendar on our website in preparation for Christmas. It can also be downloaded and printed.) With Advent we mark the beginning of the Church’s liturgical year. Advent is a season of waiting

Mass was celebrated and recorded this afternoon for all deceased supporters, benefactors, friends and relatives and all those named on November Dead lists. The main celebrant was Fr David Walsh, with Fr Tom O'Connor and Fr Sean Deegan concelebrating. To view, go to: https://youtu.be/HnM-x0roe0E Mass is celebrated twice a day during the month of November for all those named on November Dead lists, on Mission Circle Cards and for all deceased supporters and benefactors. May the

The Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu in Malawi and its development department have received a 2020 Misean Cara Climate Award. The project, which was submitted to Misean Cara in 2019 by St Patrick’s Missionary Society on behalf of Bishop John Ryan (Bishop of Mzuzu) was titled ‘Sustainable Management of Land and Forest Resource, Diocese of Mzuzu’. It is a medium three-year multiannual project addressing effects of climate change, promoting usage of climate change interventions and imp

In Dublin, on Friday, November 6th, St Patrick’s Fr Kevin O’Hara, was announced as a recipient of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2020 for Peace, Reconciliation & Development in Nigeria. Our congratulations and best wishes to Kevin. https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Minister_Simon_Coveney_announces_the_2020_recipients_of_the_Presidential_Distinguished_Service_Awards.html

St Patrick’s Fr Seán Doggett from Dublin, who works in Grenada, has been recognised for his contribution to Religious and Community Service with the Insignia - Officer of the British Empire OBE. Our congratulations and best wishes to Fr Seán.

Remembering our Deceased… Today’s feast connects us to all those who have gone before us – our families, friends, neighbours and fellow human beings who have died. It reminds us of the great journey we all are on and the mysterious and painful transition we make from this world to the next. Far from leaving us, our ‘departed’ brothers and sisters are just gone before us. We are still one family. Today we remember especially all those who died recently and whose loss we still

November 2020 marks a significant milestone in the history of St Patrick’s Missionary Society. On November 22nd 1920 Fr Pat Whitney departed from Dublin to work as a missionary in Southern Nigeria. He was a priest of the diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois in Ireland and had been ordained in Maynooth the previous June with sixty-one classmates. The first three decades of the 20th century in Ireland were a period of tremendous enthusiasm for missionary work. No less than five Ir

St Patrick's Fr John Roche was interviewed on SacredSpace102fm (Come & See Inspirations) on October 11th (Part 1) and yesterday October 18th (Part 2) for Mission Month. To listen to the interviews click on the link given. The final (Part 3) will be broadcast next Sunday. https://sacredspace102.blogspot.com/p/come-see-inspirations-podcast-page.html