We invite you to join Joyce Fegan, a parishioner of St Mary’s Star of the Sea in Edinburgh as we celebrate the Solemnity of the nativity of Saint John the Baptist. John’s parents Elizabeth and Zechariah, sensed his uniqueness before he was born. Even though an angel did not announce our arrival as infants, God...

Protection of Minors: New Secretary strengthens Church’s commitment Pope Francis appoints Fr Andrew Small OMI from England as pro tempore Secretary for the Pontifical Council for the Protection of Minors.   By Vatican News staff writer Pope Francis has appointed Fr Andrew Small OMI as new Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of...

On December 3, 1995, the Oblate World turned its eyes toward Rome where Bishop Eugene de Mazenod was canonized by the future Saint, Pope John Paul II.  Since the canonisation of St Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate many people are seeking to know more about St Eugene and the Oblates of...

We invite you to join Trudy Shaw, a parishioner of St Mary’s Star of the Sea in Edinburgh, as we begin our day in prayer together. Let us take some time today to think of the good fruits in our own lives. Trudy shares some “good fruits” of her own experience of prayer and community...

We invite you to join Veronica Halloran, a parishioner of St Mary’s Star of the Sea in Edinburgh, as we begin our day in prayer together.  In today’s scripture, Jesus reminds us that our path in life as followers of Christ might be a challenging one. We pray for help when it comes to making...

This Monday morning we join Veronica Halloran, a parishioner of St Mary’s Star of the Sea Leith for our morning reflection as we begin our day in prayer together. Today is the feast day of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, a Jesuit and patron saint of young people and students. He died after contracting the plague while...

This Sunday morning we join Mary Tyrell of the Oblate Partners in Mission team for our morning reflection and we begin our day in prayer together.  We are all looking for a bit of peace, quiet and calm sometimes. Jesus might have felt like that too. And don’t we all have days like that, where we...

This morning we join Theresa in Birkenhead, England for morning prayer.  All of us worry, some maybe more than others. Even our mother Mary and St Joseph worried – Mary said to the child Jesus after he had been missing for three days, “My child why have you done this to us, see how worried...

Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: This morning, Jerry Kivlehan  would like to invite you to sit down, to relax and reflectively become aware of this present moment.  Today’s reflection focuses on the scripture of today and the theme of sight and vision: “The eye is the lamp of the body- So, if your eye...

We join Jarlath for our morning prayer on Thursday June 7th. From time to time during his life Jesus would retreat to a quiet place to pray. So, it was inevitable that the disciples would ask him for a teaching on prayer. Today’s reflection with Jarlath Kivlehan is on the Our Father prayer that we...