Oblate News
Morning Prayer with the Oblates on the Feast of Our Lourdes, February 11th
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is also the World Day of the Sick. Today is our opportunity to ask Our Lady of Lourdes to bring healing to our world. The Message of Lourdes is not limited to the words Bernadette heard at the Grotto. It has been handed down to...
Novena in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes from Inchicore
We have journeyed these days together praying for our intentions and each other. Your candles are lighting at home as ours are here. Join us in prayer on this day of celebration as Mary invites us to listen to her son as she said to Bernadette, “listen to him”. Music credit: the opening hymn “The...
Annual Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes February 2-11 2021
Dear friends, we invite you to join us online for this year’s Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes. There are a number of different events taking place in our Oblate parishes each day, please do join us over the nine days beginning on February 2nd and ending on February 11th, feast day of Our Lady...
Laudato si’ webinar no. 3
January 23, 2021 Input talk by – Joe Gunn (Executive Director Centre Oblat – A Voice for Justice) With a video presentation about “Project GRACE” at the Oblate parish of Our Lady of Grace in the Philippines. Date and Time – January 23, 2021 3:30 PM – IRELAND / UK (GMT) 10:30 AM – EASTERN STANDARD...
The Social Oblate: Vocation Story
On the 17th each month, The Social Oblate releases an interesting conversation on one topic: vocations. Why? Because for our Oblate family this is the day of our special prayer for the new vocations in the Church as well as to support those who are discerning God’s call already. Today, the guest of our blog...
Thank you for your support for the Covid Emergency Appeal
Greetings and peace in the Lord! I hope and pray that you are well. I hear from BBC news the painful experiences in Europe and around the globe, caused by the 2nd or 3rd wave of COVID-19, pandemic. Please accept my sincere thanks for your wonderful and loving gesture for clothing our people during winter....
#ChristmasCribs – thanks for sharing your cribs with us.
Today is the feast of the Epiphany and the memorial of the visitation of the Magi to the Baby Jesus, where they worshipped Him and acknowledged Him as the Christ-child, our Saviour – and many of our cribs are now completed with the addition of the figures of the Three Wise Men! We invite you...
Christmas Blessings and Greetings from the Oblates!
Fr Johnson, Fr Pashal, Fr Tom and Fr Ray all wish you a very happy and blessed Christmas wherever you are. Join for a few minutes of prayer this Christmas day as we celebrate with joy the birth of Christ our Lord!
Christmas Eve at 5pm: Prayers and Carols at the Crib in Kilburn
Dear friends, join Fr Terry online at 5pm with the parishioners and children of the Sacred Heart Parish, in Quex Road, Kilburn, London, for prayers and Christmas Carols at the Crib. We place the Baby Jesus in the Crib with Mary and Joseph on Christmas Night and we join together in hope and faith as...
Mission With Youth Advent Series: Week 4
Fourth Week: The Lord is With Us! Theme: The Lord is with us! (Luke 1:26-38) In the last meditation prepared by Therese, Jenny, Adalbert, Gerard and Fr Dominick, the Oblate Mission with Youth invites us to stop and meditate for a while on the words Archangel Gabriel spoke to Mary: “Do not be afraid.”...