Born into an aristocratic family in Barcelona, Spain, Joachima was 12 when she expressed a desire to become a Carmelite nun. But her life took an altogether different turn at 16 with her marriage to a young lawyer, Theodore de Mas. Both deeply devout, they became secular Franciscans. During their 17 years of married life […]
Statement of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference on the publication of the Framework Document for a return to the public celebration of Mass and the Sacraments
https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2020/06/09/statement-of-the-irish-catholic-bishops-conference-on-the-publication-of-the-framework-document-for-a-return-to-the-public-celebration-of-mass-and-the-sacraments/ Terry Mc Namee
June 9 – St Columba (Colmcille)
St. Jacques Berthieu Feastday: June 8th
Saint Jacques Berthieu was a French Jesuit priest working in Madagascar when he was martyred by rebel tribesmen hostile to his faith.Saint Berthieu was born in France on November 27, 1838, as one of seven children. As you youth, he felt a strong calling to serve God and he joined the Jesuits in October of […]
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
June 6 St. Norbert
Saint Boniface Saint of the Day for June 5 (c. 675 – June 5, 754)
St Boniface: Born in Devon (England) about 675; died in the Netherlands on this day in 754. A monk and teacher who went to evangelise the Germanic peoples. He was ordained bishop and given wide-ranging papal commissions throughout Germany and Gaul. He founded monasteries and established dioceses, presided at synods, and maintained close associations with various […]
Bishop Brennan announces Diocesan Appointments.
The Bishop of Ferns, Dr Denis Brennan DD has announced the following clerical changes to be effective on the weekend of 8th/9th August 2020 Fr. Richard Redmond CC Ferns to be PP Ramsgrange. Fr. Ricky O Connor CC New Ross to be CC Ferns. Fr. Chris Hayden CC Coolfancy to sabbatical leave. Fr. Richard Lawless PP Craanford to […]
June 4 Saint Clotilde (475 – 545)
Saint Clotilde by François Séraphin Delpech, 19th century. Royal Collection. Clotilde was a Burgundian princess who in about 493 married Clovis, King of the Franks. Brought up a Christian, she had their children baptized, and in due course Clovis himself was baptized, somewhere between 496 and 499, marking the beginning of Christian France. When Clovis […]
June 3 Saint Kevin (- 618)
Saint Kevin (- 618)He founded a monastery at Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland, which spawned a number of monasteries. The area of Glendalough later became a great centre of pilgrimage. Terry Mc Namee