Good morning everyone and welcome again to the Morning Prayer which is being led by members of St Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay an Oblate parish in North Wales. Today we join Wendy Spillane once more for our time of prayer together. The gospel of today is part of Jesus’ instructions to his followers as they set...

Gospel Reflection for Sunday July 16th 2023 “Hey, did you hear the one about…..” or “that reminds me of the two men going into a pub….”! All of us know people who have the knack of telling jokes so that when the punchline comes everyone laughs. Maybe you are one of those people? I’m not,...

Our Word Youth Day preparations have been in full swing this weekend at Wistaston Hall: Oblate Retreat Centre . It’s been great to see our youth from across the province come together to share in the WYD experience. 20 young people from across the UK and Ireland gathered in Wistaston between 7th – 9th July...

Originally posted on OMI World It’s nearly World Youth Day again! And Fr. Chicho, our Superior General, will also be there! And he is so looking forward to being at the Oblate Youth Meeting in Lisbon. In the recent past, whenever there was a World Youth Day, Oblate Youth would usually gather a week before...

Good morning and welcome once again to our morning prayer from Saint Joseph’s in Colwyn Bay. We join Paul Evans for morning prayer. Our gospel reading today tells how the apostles were sent out by Jesus to heal physically and spiritually. Those they lived among, they became God’s mechanics. And God is always active today....

Good morning, you’re very welcome and thank you for joining us in our morning reflection from Saint Joseph’s in Colwyn Bay. Wherever there are two or three of us gathering in faith and in hope, Jesus is with us to guide, lead and direct our prayer and our journey through this new day with each...

Good morning, you’re very welcome and thank you for joining us in our morning reflection from Saint Joseph’s in Colwyn Bay. Wherever there are two or three of us gathering in faith and in hope, Jesus is with us to guide, lead and direct our prayer and our journey through this new day with each...

Good morning, you’re very welcome and thank you for joining us in our morning reflection from Saint Joseph’s in Colwyn Bay. Let’s begin with a prayer for guidance: Guide us, Lord, in all that we do and in all that we do. Let us do it to the glory of your name. Have you ever...

Good morning, fellow Christian brothers and sisters and welcome to morning prayer with Carl Lanigan OMI, a trainee priest in Rome. Originally from the parish of Darndale.   Today’s gospel falls at the most appropriate time. I know that students in Rome and elsewhere in the world, have just come to the end of our...

Good morning, fellow Christian brothers and sisters and welcome to morning prayer with Carl Lanigan OMI, a trainee priest in Rome. Originally from the parish of Darndale.   This morning’s message is a very simple but profound lesson, in what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. We hear that there’s a time for fasting, for feasting...