Fr Lorcan brings us this morning’s prayer on the Monday of the Easter Octave, April 13th.

Fr Lorcan brings us this morning’s prayer on the feast of the resurrection of the Lord from the dead. During these dark days we need to hear these words of Jesus “Do not be afraid”. Over the last weeks we have seen many powerful examples of how our communities have come together in the face...

Over the last week four members of the Oblate community in Dublin have been called home to the Lord. Please join our community at Sacred Heart Church, London as they gather to pray for and remember these four servants of the Lord. May they rest in peace.

This morning join Fr Lorcan O’Reilly, Director of the Oblate Retreat Centre Crewe for our time of community and prayer as he reflects on today, Holy Saturday, a day of waiting in hope for the Resurrection.

Fr John Murphy OMI 1926 – 2020 John Murphy was born on April 1st 1926 in Termonfechin, Co. Louth, ‘the cultural capital of the world’, as he himself would say. Secondary education completed, he entered the Oblate Novitiate (Cahermoyle) in September 1944. He made his Final Profession as a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate at...

A mediation with Fr Paul on the gospel of John – please join us in this short morning prayer on Good Friday. 

Isolation, Holy Week and Easter The physical aspect of relationship is essential to us as humans. During these challenging times we are now communicating through various forms of social media. While we experience each other as disembodied people, faces and voices brought together through technology there is something crucial and essential missing. It’s not just...

Fr Thomas Scully OMI  1930 – 2020 Tom Scully was born in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, on 19 May 1930. Second level education completed at Belcamp College, Dublin in June 1948, he entered the Oblate Novitiate that September. An excellent student, he studied philosophy at UCD, followed by theology at the Oblate Scholasticate in Co. Kilkenny,...

The death has occurred of Fr. John Nolan OMI. He was from King Street, Wexford Town. After ordination he was assigned to serve in South Africa, spending more than 50 years in Bloemfontein. He returned to Ireland retire a few years ago. FrJohn died during the night of April 8th in St. James’s Hospital Dublin. Pre-deceased...

Fr Paul Horrocks OMI of the Inchicore Pastoral area brings you this morning’s prayer and meditation on a reading from Exodus.  Fr Paul worked as a chaplain in Our Lady’s Shrine at Lourdes for 15 years, now he is based in Mary Immaculate Parish in Inchicore.