Good morning, Today we bring you a morning reflection on today’s scripture readings from: Br Michael Moore for Friday, 28th March 2025, during the 3rd Week of Lent. Br Michael writes for us a small thought on today’s reading from Mark 12.28-34 .  He reminds us that “Being a follower of Jesus is about being a member of a family,...

Gospel Reflection Sunday 30th March 2025 | 4th Sunday in Lent An ‘eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth’ is one of the most basic instincts we have. It lies deep in our psyche and has evolved over millions of years. It ensures our survival and protects us from attack by telling...

Gospel Reflection Sunday 16th March 2025 | 2nd Sunday in Lent | Luke 9:28b-36 At some point in the ministry of Jesus there must have come a moment when he realised for the first time that the inauguration of the Kingdom of God would very likely demand his own death. It must have been for...

Gospel Reflection Sunday 9th March 2025 | 1st Sunday in Lent | Luke 4:1-13   As a child going to school, I always loved the story of the ‘temptations of Jesus’. They were just so exciting and imaginative. Imagine being taken to stand at the very top of the temple, knowing you could jump off...

As we prepare for the holy season of Lent, we are excited to share our special Lenten Program with you.  During this Jubilee year we are called to be ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, and so, we share this journey as an Oblate family through prayer, community, and reflections. This will include a small change to the...

OMIWORLD Centred on Jesus Christ, celebrating our Constitutions and Rules Letter of the Superior General 17 February 2025   LJC et MI Dear Oblates and all the brothers and sisters of our charismatic family. We are living in a time of grace that illuminates our pilgrimage. The celebration of the Jubilee Year of the Catholic...

Lighting our pilgrimage candle for your intentions at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes A small group of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage team are currently present in Lourdes, planning for September’s pilgrimage and celebrating Our Lady’s Feast Day. We have brought your prayers and intentions to the Grotto, and we continue to remember them...

Friends, Please see below the February 2025 issue of Oblate Connections in PDF format and a new interactive format called Epub which is used for digital books and is supported by many e-readers, and compatible software is available for most smartphones, tablets, and computers. When you open the PDF version, you may be given an option...

Fr John McFadden OMI 25th May 1966 – 15th January 2025 We invite you to watch the recording of the Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Fr John McFadden OMI which took place in St Ninian’s parish church, Gourock on Wednesday 29th January at 11.30am. 

OMIWORLD Letter on the 209th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Rome, January 25, 2025 Dear brother Oblates and dear members of the Oblate family! With joy and gratitude, we remember and celebrate the birthday of our Congregation, the beginning of our community life. On January 25,...