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WEB3 days ago · Twenty-one new seminarians have begun their 2024-2025 academic programme and priestly formation for Irish dioceses. Welcoming the new student intake, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, chair of the Bishops' Council for Vocations, said: "It is really heartening that 21 men have started as seminarians in various locations to study on propaedeutic courses.
Two new Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Birmingham
WEBApr 25, 2024 · The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Timothy Menezes, Dean of St Chad's Cathedral, and Canon Richard Walker, Vicar General, as new Auxiliary Bishops to serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Mgr Menezes has been the Dean of St Chad's Cathedral since 2019. He is also the Vice-Dean of …
Gospel in Art: My Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood | ICN
WEBGospel of 24 June 2023. Luke 1:57-66,80. The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son; and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had shown her so great a kindness, they shared her joy. Now on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; they were going to call him Zechariah after his father ...
Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux - ICN
WEBGospel of 20 August 2024. Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Father Patrick van der Vorst
Our Father and Hail Mary in over 20 languages - ICN
WEBFeb 12th, 2022 (Updated Feb 12th, 2024) Pater Noster - Salvador Dali. The Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales have recently produced two beautiful audio series on their website featuring the Our Father and Hail Mary prayers in more than 20 languages. Prayer is catholic - universal. In time for Racial Justice Sunday on 13 January ...
World - ICN
WEBSep 15, 2024 · A debate on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan took place in the House of Lords on Friday, 13 September. Lord Alton, described the briefing he had chaired, in which there had been harrowing reports from Geraldine O'Callaghan of the World Food Programme, Sibongani Kayola of Mercy Corps, Will Carter of the Norwegian Refugee Council and the Sudanese Women Shuttle Diplomacy Initiative.
Bishop of Nottingham: Pray for the intercession of Mother Mary …
WEBFeb 11, 2021 · Ven Mary Potter. The Bishop of Nottingham has renewed his call for Catholics to pray for the intercession of Mother Mary Potter, who founded the Little Company of Mary and whose tomb resides in St Barnabas Cathedral. During a Mass dedicated to the Little Company of Mary, which was celebrated and live streamed on Monday at Bishop's House ...
A legacy of compassion: Blessed Frédéric Ozanam | ICN
WEBSep 8, 2020 · Every day, the SVP helps over 30 million people around the world. That's quite a legacy! Frédéric Ozanam, a student with a social conscience, has since been revered as an exemplar of the lay apostle in family, social and intellectual life. He was a man ahead of his time; in one of his lessons he foresaw and …
China: Returning to Mass in Wuhan - ICN
WEBOct 18, 2020 · China: Returning to Mass in Wuhan. A reflection by a Catholic in Wuhan, who prefers not to be named. Three familiar smiling faces at the gate of Holy Family Church in Wuhan greeted those who arrived there last Sunday morning. In a year when the pandemic has changed so much for all of us, their presence was …
Annual Clonard Solemn Novena begins - ICN
WEBEsther Waldron. Jun 19th, 2024. Screenshot. The annual Solemn Novena in honour of Our Mother of Perpetual Help has begun at Clonard Monastery in West Belfast. The Novena takes place daily from Wednesday 19th June until Thursday 27th June 2024. Masses can be attended online at https://Clonard.com , as well as in person in Belfast.
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