The past weekend, Sacred Heart church, in Kilburn, London, was home to the Sinulog 2023 celebrations. The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is a big festival held on the third Sunday of January every year in the Philippines and, as you can see from these photos, was well-celebrated by the Filipino communities here!

Pope Francis will preside at the Requiem Mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Thursday 5th January. The Mass can be watched live from 8.30am here:  The Booklet for the Funeral can be downloaded here https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/libretti/2023/20230105-libretto-esequie-sepoltura_pont-emerito.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1o8PfJ9_GlHCFDUbDQQl_1j9uIMqI5PIUD1z_xrmDZ6kgo4Bgg4uCNVu4

Originally Published on OMIWORLD.ORG The Superior General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Fr. Luis Ignacio Rois Alonso, visited the Delegation of Ukraine from the 3rd to the 9th of December 2022. Accompanied by the Provincial of Poland, Fr. Paweł ZAJĄC, and the superior of the Ukraine Delegation, Fr. Vitaly Podolyana, he visited many Oblate communities...

The next World Youth Day is fast approaching and we’d like you to join us for this amazing pilgrimage, to be with hundreds of thousands (possibly millions!) of other young Catholics and see the Pope. When? 31 July – 9 August. Who? This pilgrimage is for those aged between 18-35 years. How many? Just 25...

On Saturday 17 December, at Mary Immaculate church in Inchicore, Dublin, there will be a special musical event – Christmas with The Three Tenors! Tickets are €30 each and are now on sale from the following five outlets: Mary Immaculate Parish office, Inchicore (mornings only) Oblate Mission office, Inchicore (10am – 4pm closed for lunch)...

When we last updated you (in August), we said that we would be back to you with a further update “by the end of the summer.” We didn’t quite make that deadline that we set for ourselves!  And we’re sorry about that! Having said that, the lack of an update to you does not indicate...

Oblates continue to stay close to the suffering people First published  www.OMIworld.org on Tuesday 8 November 2022 UKRAINE Fr. Witalij Podolan, O.M.I., the Delegation Superior of Ukraine, wrote the following letter explaining the current situation in the country. Dear Brothers! We wish to express our eternal gratitude for your support of our ministry in Ukraine...

The names of those we will remember this evening, 7pm, at our annual memorial service in Sacred Heart Church, Quex Road, Kilburn Join us in person or online at: https://www.churchservices.tv/kilburn

­Aisling O’Connor is part of the Oblate House of Retreat community in Inchicore. Bringing new life to the gardens and grounds ever since she started working with us, the community very much appreciate Aisling’s commitment and contribution. During the Covid-19 pandemic everyone was restricted in their movements. Right throughout lockdown and restrictions, we appreciated the...

This past weekend, the community at the church of the Sacred Heart had their blessing of the pets, where parishioners brought in their cats, dogs and others to receive a blessing. Lively animals aren’t the easiest to photograph, but we did our best!