WMOF 2018: Programme Among the many events and programmes taking place during the World Meeting of Families, the Teen Global Village is welcoming teenagers from all over the world to pray, listen to speakers, and meet their national and international peers. Running from August 22-24, the village is a fun and interactive space for…
WMOF 2018: Programme For all of the children attending WMOF, there will be an opportunity for them to learn about their Faith through a multitude of sensory and engaging activities in the Children’s Global Village. It will include songs, arts and crafts, dance, games and lots of fun packed faith activities, shows and workshops to entertain the…
WMOF 2018: Programme Knock Shrine has released a detailed programme for the visit of Pope Francis to the site of the Marian apparition as part of the World Meeting of Families celebrations. To make the most of this special occasion, Knock are encouraging everyone to arrive early for a ‘Gathering Event’ and to stay…
WMOF 2018 A new series of digital animations and a six-part television series has been launched as part of ongoing preparations for the World Meeting of Families 2018 and the visit of Pope Francis. Both of these new resources focus on Amoris Laetitia, the document written by Pope Francis on love in the family. Amoris Animations The Amoris Animations, the first created…
Matthew Carlson explores the rise and recession of Belfast’s Poor Clares Nuns are often portrayed in popular media as frail, silent and hidden away from the rest of the world, but the profound story of one religious order in Ireland has flipped that paradigm on its head. The Poor Clares in Belfast were a…
Colm Fitzpatrick talks to international comedian Tim Vine about God, laughter and his new Irish tour It’s not often that comedy and religion appear together in the same sentence in an Irish context – usually musings of Father Ted or the sketches of the late Dave Allen take that prize – but a famous…
WMOF 2018 The papal visit this month will be an opportunity to “showcase Ireland” with well over 15,000 people coming from abroad to attend the Word Meeting of Families, the Archbishop of Dublin said at the opening of an exhibition revealing the preparations made for St John Paul II’s visit. Although regretting not being…
WMOF 2018 Family is the “strongest building block of society” according to Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli who been confirmed to sing at the Festival of Families in Croke Park on August 25. The event is a celebration of family life and is expected to be one of the highlights of the WMOF with Pope…
WMOF 2018 More than 2,000 singers from across Ireland gathered in the RDS to do a full run through of the music for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families. With the WMOF only weeks away, the massive chorus is gearing up for the real deal on August 26 when they sing…
WMOF 2018 For the last seven months a Dublin family group has been meeting to pray, sing, dance, engage in discussion and enjoy arts and crafts all in preparation for the World Meeting of Families. The initiative began when the community of the Daughters of Charity who live in St Vincent’s, North William Street,…
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