Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

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Advent Retreat Evenings

Register: Advent Evening Retreats

Brothers and Sisters All! (Fratelli Tutti) EVERY THURSDAY & FRIDAY DURING ADVENT FROM 7PM-8PM ON ZOOM These retreat evenings are offered to accompany each of us on our pilgrim way. Advent is a beautiful season that begins by firstly calling us gently to an awareness that God-with-us, and then gradually increases it’s intensity as we...

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christmas musical gathering

You’re invited: Christmas Musical Gathering

Christmas Musical Gathering with the Oblate family In these unprecedented Covid-19 times, we find ourselves experiencing long moments of social isolation, and finding it more and more challenging each day especially with the festive season of Christmas drawing near. Here is a unique opportunity to come together socially even if it means electronically via Zoom...

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laudato si webinar

Catch up: Oblate Webinars on Laudato Si’

In the month of October, during the Laudato Si’ special anniversary year, The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate offered webinars highlighting the views and the initiatives of Oblates around the world in this effort to care for the earth and to create a mindset of compassion and real conversion to God. Webinar 1: With Fr...

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bluebell november

Our Lady of the Wayside,Bluebell November Remembrance Service

Our Bluebell Parish Community prepared this year the Remembrance Service online. Although we cannot meet together in the church, still can pray and unite in good memories. May our beloved sisters and brothers rest in peace.

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darndale november

November Remembrance Ceremony: Darndale-Belcamp Parish

We invite you to join our Remembrance Ceremony for those who have died in our parish, in the past year. This year, we cannot come together, but we are here to pray for and with each other. We are here to support and encourage each other. We gather in faith and hope to remember and...

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By Edgar Jiménez from Porto, Portugal - Papa rock star, CC BY-SA 2.0

FOURTH WORLD DAY OF THE POOR

“Stretch forth your hand to the poor” (Sir 7:32) Pope Francis established the World Day in his Apostolic Letter, Misericordia et Misera, issued on 20 November 2016 to celebrate the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. On 13 June this year, he issued a message for the observance themed: “Stretch forth your hand to the poor.” “Stretch forth your...

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Online: November Remembrance Service at 7pm

Dear friends, you are welcome to join us in the Sacred Heart Church, in the Oblate Parish of Kilburn or our November Remembrance Service live online this evening at 7pm. In November we remember. May the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.   Click here to watch...

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november 2020

In November, we remember…

The month of November is the month where we remember in our thoughts and prayers all those who have gone before us, and in a particular way, those who have gone home to God since this time last year.  And while 2020 has seen many challenges and difficulties, it has been a particularly difficult time...

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Ireland News: Bilateral Meeting between the Taoiseach and Catholic Church Leaders

Bilateral Meeting between the Taoiseach and Catholic Church Leaders   The Taoiseach yesterday evening (28 October) met with leaders of the Catholic Church – Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop Michael Neary, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly SMA and Bishop Dermot Farrell. Discussion focused mainly on the effect which the current Covid-19 restrictions are having on...

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Saint Thérése

The Oblate Connection: Saint Thérése

Saint Thérése’s Feast day is October 1st December 14, 1927 Saint Thérése of the Child Jesus was proclaimed the special patron saint of missionaries, like St. Francis Xavier, although she never left her monastery. This is due to the Oblates, especially to Fr. Arsène Turquetil, an Oblate father and native of Normandy. Oblate Fathers in...

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