Members of the travelling community from Cork braved scorching temperatures to climb Croagh Patrick with family being the main focus of their pilgrimage. In preparation for the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) in August, the Cloyne Diocese Chaplaincy to the Traveller Community led the pilgrimage on Wednesday July 4 with men from the North Cork…
WMOF 2018 Jade McMahon and Ciara Hunt Preparations for our youth pilgrimage began many months ago when we attended meetings in the pastoral centre in Corbally, Limerick. We were trained and the role we were about to undertake as youth pilgrims was explained to us. We met our 10 dedicated leaders who were full of life, fun and…
WMOF 2018 Volunteers who will be speaking about their Faith to the national media during the World Meeting of Families had their first training day on Sunday, July 8, in Dublin. The primary theme of the training day was ‘How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice’, based off the recently published book…
WMOF 2018 The Carmelites have arranged that the relics of Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, and their youngest daughter, Saint Thérèse, will come from Lisieux to Ireland to coincide with the World Meeting of Families 2018. The Relics will be at the WMOF2018 Opening Ceremony in the RDS, Dublin, on Tuesday, August 21, and…
WMOF 2018 Mary Trench A wonderful day of ‘Family Faith, Fun and Food’ was enjoyed by a huge crowd of people, from all 55 parishes in Tuam Archdiocese at Ballinrobe Racecourse. The weather was thankfully very favourable and the venue was superb. Following a sad and difficult week in the archdiocese, when one of its…
How long is the Mass? It is expected that the Mass will be under two hours in duration. You should allow for extra time to get to and from the event. What time will the event be over at? The event will be over at 4.45pm. Please be aware that it may take some time…
WMOF 2018 Fr Francis Judge In Mayo, Crossmolina Parish enjoyed an important and joyful gathering in recognition of the World Meeting of Families, which takes place August 21-26. Thousands of families and individuals from all over Ireland and the world are expected to attend this very special occasion. During our celebration in June a number of…
WMOF 2018 Sally Casey The parish of Dunloy and Cloughmills in the Diocese of Down and Connor enjoyed huge success after holding a ‘Together in Parish’ event organised by the parish pastoral council and local groups, to launch celebrations for the WMOF2018. Bunting and flags of the world were erected on Saturday and these fluttered…
Ursula Hayden Following the monthly family Mass in St Clare’s Church, Graiguecullen, Co. Carlow the parish of Graiguecullen/Killeshin was treated to a spectacular family fun day and BBQ in the grounds of the church and the parish swimming pool. The crowds were lead to the festivities from the church doors by Killeshin Pipe Band. It’s…
Those planning to drive to Dublin for the Papal Mass on August 26 in the Phoenix Park should be aware there will be some major diversions and road closures in place. The Government has advised travellers to leave “plenty of time” for any journeys to and across Dublin City from 6am to 11pm on the…
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