On Sunday, 12th January, the Oblate Parish of Our Lady of the Wayside, Bluebell in Dublin City were invited to RTÉ studios to celebrate their Sunday Eucharist on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. The Mass was broadcast live on television and streamed online.  The Mass was celebrated by parish priest of Bluebell,...

A Christmas Meal together – the Porch Project The Porch Project at Quex Road, Kilburn, held its Christmas dinner in the parish club on December 19th. We welcomed 38 guests and a marvellous team of 20 volunteers. The Project opens its doors every Thursday evening to the homeless and the lonely in the area.  Everyone...

What a great day yesterday with the Young at Heart Club Christmas dinner at the Crown Hotel in cricklewood. 260 parishioners turned up for a fabulous afternoon and evening. The food was amazing and we danced the legs off ourselves till late in the evening. Merry Christmas to you all!  #alwaysclosetothepeople 

Happy Christmas Emmanuel: This is the great truth of Christmas: God made visible in the person of the Child born in Bethlehem. Once again we celebrate: “God is with us”. Despite all the problems that face our world this season brings a ray of hope and joy. At this time we turn our attention to...

The Young at Heart Club in Kilburn met today for an afternoon of Christmas arts and crafts. It was a great day. 106 members rolled in! Next week we have 246 joining us for our Christmas dinner at the Crown Hotel in Cricklewood. We will have a five course meal with two entertainers and a...

Laos presents to Christianity its “Witnesses of the Faith in the 20th century,” 17 men who died as martyrs between 1954 and 1970: a young Laotian priest, 5 priests of the Foreign Missions of Paris, 6 Oblates of Mary Immaculate—an Italian and 5 French, 5 Laotian laymen. The beatification ceremony for all 17 Martyrs of...

Liam attends every funeral in the Sacred Heart Church Now there are many of you who may not know or have met this man that I am about to introduce you to. There is a very special saint in my life: his name is Liam Gibbons and he is from Co. Mayo, in Ireland. Liam...

Jeremiah Donovan OMI launches his memoirs “Mixing Mortar with Philosophy” this Thursday the 12th of December at 7.00 pm in the Annexe,  Mary Immaculate, Inchicore at 7.00 pm.  Jerry spent his Missionary Life in Brazil with many other Oblates who formed the Anglo-Irish Delegation. All are welcome. There will be a further launching of the...

Kilburn Prepares for Advent. Kilburn parish went to great effort last weekend to prepare the parish church for the beautiful season of Advent, as we get ready for Christmas and prepare a way for the Lord.  The Kilburn parish confirmation group were also busy at work. They designed their own beautiful advent wreathes to take...

Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene. He signed the Letter during his visit on Sunday afternoon to the Italian town of Greccio – an Italian village where Saint Francis created the first Nativity Scene in 1223.  Here is the full text of the Holy Father’s letter, which...