The Year of the Two Joans – 1983

The Year of the Two Joans – 1983

  THE YEAR OF THE TWO JOANS 1983 Joan O’Callaghan ( Cross and Passion ) &  Joan Sawyer ( Columban Sister ) On 12th January 1983 Sister Joan O’Callaghan CP died.     On the 31st December 1982 Sister Joan O’Callaghan and  Sister Kathleen Kinane were...
The Invitation of Jubilee

The Invitation of Jubilee

We have hope, and we have Joy,  Consecrated to the Holy Lord  We humbly walk, we act with justice, We rise with one accord   On a journey of faith,  A journey of faith.  This is the chorus of the Jubilee Song commissioned by the Conference of Religious of Australia...
Sharing the Charism

Sharing the Charism

The associates are all about charism! The beginnings of the program developed in Our Lady of Dolors Province goes all the way back to the 1960’s when former members of the Congregation were invited to share in the prayer, social and apostolic life of the community....
Celtic spirituality gifted wisdom

Celtic spirituality gifted wisdom

Fr Seán Mc Donagh, in the introduction to his book ‘The Death of Life’ (2004) reminds us ‘that most scientists and well-informed people throughout the world now acknowledge that human activity has altered, in a substantial way, the living systems of planet Earth,...
Advent Reflection – Come, Lord Jesus

Advent Reflection – Come, Lord Jesus

Come, Lord Jesus Advent is offered to us as a time of waiting, a time of quiet pondering, an invitation to open our hearts and lives anew to the coming of Christ. Richard Rhor says that there is a need for an adult Christianity and that the message of Jesus is so...
Reflective November

Reflective November

‘I have come that you may have life and have it to the full.’  Jn 10: 10 As we enter the month of November every year we are invited to ponder two feasts, All Saints and All Souls. Through these feasts in particular and indeed during the whole of November we are...