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Celebrating The Joy Of Christmas
Christmas celebration has been a thing of joy in many villages and towns in Nigeria, as it reminds Christians of the birth of Jesus Christ whose coming into our world brought us tidings of great comfort and joy. Also, Jesus, while ministering here on earth, brought joy into the lives of the people through the many miracles he performed. As the Scripture says, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; He went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with Him” (Acts 10:38). Therefore, as followers of Christ, we all are invited to bring joy into the lives of the people around us, especially in this most challenging period of Covid-19 Pandemic that is ravaging the whole world. READ MORE...
Journeying Together into the New Dawn
In January 2021 Sr Mairead Ni Chuirc will travel to Malawi to a new country and a new ministry. In this article Mairead shares how she feels about this new chapter in her life. READ MORE...
Community Development - Food Distribution in a Time of Pandemic
Life is a mixture of happiness and sorrow. In our contemporary society, Covid-19 has become part of our history across the globe. The pandemic brought many socio-economic and health challenges to Nigeria. The Ubuntu spirit quotes “I am because we are” this helps us to understand our human connectedness. What affects one individual affect everyone. The effect and impact of the pandemic created more problems for people who were sick before the arrival of Covid-19. READ MORE...
Sister Kathleen Newell approaches her 100th Birthday
This month of December, 2020, in the California Region, invites us to honor in a special way Sister Kathleen Newell who will celebrate her 100th birthday on December 13th. Sister Kathleen was one of the five pioneers who came to California over sixty seven years ago, in September 1953, at the invitation of Cardinal McIntyre, to minister in Elementary Education in St. Cornelius Parish School, Long Beach, in the diocese of Los Angeles. READ MORE...
Allotments and finding my way through them
It wasn’t until 1916 that the allotment movement started to grow in a select few Irish cities. This was half way through World War I, and as you can probably guess food was in short supply. A reality in all war torn situations in our world.
A City Allotment Scheme was set up at that time in Dublin. There were about eighty plots in Dublin. The plots were allocated by Dublin Corporation who were stretched to find vacant land within the city limits. If they had it, they could have allocated plots to over 1,500 eager families at that time. READ MORE...
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Where Is God In The Midst Of Corona Virus Pandemic?
This is the million-dollar question that has been asked around the globe in the last five to seven months since the advent of the most discussed pandemic affecting our world called coronavirus. It the question of WHERE IS GOD IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19? The Coronavirus 2019 also known as Covid-19, on the 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of an outbreak of respiratory disease in china affecting the city of Wuhan in Hubei province. READ MORE...
Christmas Preparation In St. Mary’s Community Ozoro Amidst The Present Challenges
The year 2020 has been marked with the visit of a frightening yet astonishing stranger – COVID-19 – whose presence has challenged us into diverging ways of meeting with our needs but more especially of listening to the Divine and seeing the Divine in all things. We have also learnt new ways of living in community. READ MORE...
Christmas at the English/Scottish Province in the midst of the pandemic
In this article the Sisters in the English/Scottish Province share the many ways they are preparing to celebrate Christmas in the midst of the pandemic. READ MORE...
A Silver Lining Behind Covid-19
It stepped into our world uninvited
Left it in shackles unexpected.
With a smile, Covid-19 appeared
Thinking it would leave Mother Earth devastated.
But lo! As humanity went in for safety,
A part of family bonding became a reality.
Divided homes could resolve and smile READ MORE...
News from Cabra West Parish, Dublin
As for all parishes throughout the country and indeed the world, the virus Covid 19 has had its impact with NPHET, HSE and Government restrictions. However, we very quickly embraced technology with offering Facebook and You Tube Mass on line until Webcam was installed into the Church early April. Phone calls and zoom meetings became the norm and we embraced technology with open arms – as these were the only arms we had to reach out to our parishioners. READ MORE...
A Journey Together into the New Dawn
Our 2019 General Chapter calls us to open our hearts to our common call; to journey together into the New Dawn. “Look the New Dawn is breaking – the Spirit invites us to grow into the fulness of life and love”.
In March when Covid 19 virus was discovered in Ireland, the world continued to grapple with the surge of confirmed cases. Living beside St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, I began to observe the frequency of Ambulances and Police car sirens each day. READ MORE...
The Charity Of Christ Urges On
There seems to be no smile on the faces of those whose livelihood have gone down the drain because of the COVID-19 lockdown. Hence, preparation to welcome the infant Universal King at Christmas might seem meaningless. Nevertheless, it is our communal responsibility to bridge the gap between joyful expectation and hopelessness and thus help people to find meaning in life. READ MORE...
The Sanctuary – Autumn 2020
The Sanctuary in Stanhope Street, Dublin 7, is a meditation centre for social change. It has been evolving gently over the past twenty-two years alongside an ever-changing society, however, with the challenges of COVID-19, new and exciting opportunities have opened up on a scale not planned for at the beginning of the year. The following is an example of just two online initiatives READ MORE...