At the beginning of February, a group met in Inchicore for a JPIC workshop, led by Jane and Laura from Trocaire, about Laudato Si.   “Everything is connected. Concern for the environment needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings (LS, 91)….   A thought-provoking workshop, which started the group...

Friends, Please see below the February 2024 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...

San Antonio (Texas), February 17, 2024 Dear Oblates and members of our charismatic family. In two years, God willing, we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the pontifical approval of the Constitutions and Rules and the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, just after living the Jubilee of 2025. Both events will...

Join the Oblate Pilgrimage group for Mass at the Grotto in Lourdes on the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes. During this mass, we bring to the Grotto all the prayers and petitions of those who have asked for them over the course of the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes in the Oblate...

11th February 2024 VI Sunday in Ordinary Time, B “The Lepers next to us” – Sunday Sermon The Book of Leviticus (chapter 13) speaks this Sunday of how to treat the lepers in Jewish society back in the old days. One would be wrong, though, if one assumed that that sort of treatment is already...

February 2-11 2024 Our Lady of Lourdes: In honour of Our Lady Of Lourdes, the annual Novena takes places in Inchicore and in Kilburn, closing with the very special Torchlight Rosary Procession. We join with all those who mark these nine days of prayer ahead of the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes on...

Camino de Santiago 2024 Dates: 31 March (Easter Sunday) – 7 April (Divine Mercy Sunday) Route: Camino Portuguese last 100km Cost: €600 approx. (+/- depending on costs of flights / accommodation). Spiritual Director: Fr Eduardo Nuñez Yepez  Email: e.nunez@oblates.ie Places Available: 12 Details TBC This is a proposed plan and the outline and may be...

28th January 2024 IV Sunday in Ordinary Time, B “Does his Word still impress?” – Sunday Sermon Most of us fall into this trap of quick disappointment occasionally. That’s why St Paul gives us rather challenging words in the Second Reading today. Hearing these words at the first moment, one can easily say that it...

The appointment of Lorcan O’Reilly OMI as the next Provincial of the Anglo-Irish Province has just been announced.  We congratulate Lorcan and thank him for accepting this responsibility. We also assure him of our prayer and support. He will take office during the Provincial Assembly in June. His Council will be named in May. Oliver...

In 2024, the Oblate Family take on the theme ‘Ministers of Hope’. We recognise that each one of us is called to be witnesses of hope in communion. But to be missionaries of hope, we first must live it ourselves and then share it with everyone, with no exceptions. Teaching the way of hope as...