Next weekend, Sunday 20th October, is World Mission Sunday. It’s a way, chosen by Pope Francis, that gives support to those suffering within our Church family. On the 20th, every single parish worldwide will give what they can. It will be used to support overseas missionaries, many of whom work in some of the world’s most impoverished communities. Next week, if you can, please be extra generous during Mass. If you can’t give on World Mission Sunday, you can donate €4 right now by texting the word “Mission” to 50300. (Texts cost €4. World Mission Ireland will receive a minimum of €3.60. You can also donate online at www.wmi.ie/donate World Missions Ireland, the Church’s charity for overseas mission, is responsible for the coordination of Mission Month.

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Cardinal Newman declared a saint by the Pope

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PRAYER OF CARDINAL NEWMAN

May the Lord support us all the day long,
Till the shades lengthen and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over,
and our work is done.
Then in his mercy may he give us a safe lodging,
and holy rest, and peace at the last.

 Amen.

Rome saw four other saints canonised: Sister Mariam Thresia, an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic; Sister Giuseppina Vannini, the Italian founder of the Daughters of St Camillus; Marguerite Bays, a Swiss member of the lay Franciscan order, who developed stigmata; and Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes, the first officially recognised Brazilian saint, who was a Franciscan sister known also as St Dulce of the Poor.

Monday 15th April 2019

Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Eamon Martin as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Dromore



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