Capuchins respond to International Refugee Crisis
Hearing the plea of Pope Francis for the millions of refugees and immigrants entering Europe as they flee war, persecution and poverty in their own countries our General Minister Br. Mauro recently called an emergency meeting of friars to discuss ways that the Capuchins can offer an international response to this tragedy. Our Vicar Provincial,…
Autumnal Wood Wisdom: A decaf moment
Autumnal Wood Wisdom Enter slowly, and with reverence, the golden autumnal woods, and then, stopping beneath their vaulted sylvan sanctuary, allow their burnished beauty of bronzed leaf, polished nut, and, shining fruit to reflect deep eternal richness of Divine generosity, always gifting grace in each moment, of Heaven’s harvesting, to breathe its blessing through…
The Rosary: beloved school of prayer
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary The Holy Rosary is not merely a bland ritual or old devotion but a profoundly deep school of of contemplative practice that, when practiced properly, slowly draws one from the very beginnings of petitionary prayer to the prayer of quiet and thence to the prayer of…
In the end… A Decaf Moment
In the end there can be only one desire… that the Will of God is done In the end there can be only one prayer… that the Will of God may be done In the end there is only one activity possible… that the Will of God is done… and that is Love; Love…
Details of the National Triduum in preparation for the Feast of St. Padre Pio
Details of the Celebration of the Triduum in Preparation for the Feast of our brother St. Padre Pio at the National Shrine, Church St. Friary, Dublin. Sunday the 21st of September 7pm: Mass and Blessing with the Relics of Padre Pio: celebrant Br. Richard Hendrick OFM Cap. Monday the 22nd of September 7:30pm: Mass…
Ordination to the Sacred Diaconate of Brother Martin Bennett
Today we celebrated the Ordination to the Sacred Diaconate of our brother Martin Bennett Ofm Cap by our brother franciscan and bishop Fiachra O’Ceallaigh. We wish him every blessing in his future ministry of service of the people of God and at the Altar 🙂 Please keep Br. Martin in your prayers. Here are some…
Do not fear the Desert or the Dark: A decaf moment
Do not fear the desert. Do not fear the darkness. Just keep praying and loving… Only in the desert places of our lives will prayer and love become one… and when they finally do then the darkness is filled with light and the WAY is discovered… The desert and the darkness often become the tools…
Three candidates begin Postulancy!
On the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, on September 12th, we had the great joy of receiving three young men into the Postulancy program for the Provinces of the Capuchins in Ireland and Great Britain. Postulancy which formally begins with the giving of the Tau, (Franciscan Cross,) lasts a year and marks…
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