Today should have been our Patron day in Ballymurn. But because of the Corona Virus Pandemic we are taking all the precautions necessary and not having large gatherings. The two cemeteries are beautifully decorated for the occasion. Today and throughout the week we are also praying for all the people from Ballymurn who are buried […]
Fr Peyton at Our Lady’s Island.
Our Lady’s Island today. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, August 15, 2020
Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us! Feast Day: August 14th
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us!Feast Day: August 14th–––––––––––––––––––––––HOMILY AT THE CANONIZATION OFST. MAXIMILIAN MARY KOLBEBy Pope St. John Paul IIOctober 10, 1982 “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). From today on, the Church desires to address as “Saint” a man who […]
St. Jane Frances de Chantal.
Saint Clare of Assisi.
Saint of the Day for August 11th (July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253) Saint Clare of Assisi.
Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Saint of the Day for August 9th (October 12, 1891 – August 9, 1942) Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was a brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began […]