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Lent 2021 – Giving or Offering up?

Penance and Restitution? For me, crisps, coffee, wine and chocolate are the vices I usually give up during lent. Unfortunately for the first few days I find myself drinking more tea to account for the caffeine my body craves from my lack of coffee! It’s all very well giving up something for a few weeks…
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November – Month of Holy Souls

Will you pray for those who have died this year? 2020 will be a year that will be remembered for the limitations, challenges and restrictions caused by Covid-19. Worst of all was the pain and suffering experienced by those who became sick and subsequently died suddenly leaving behind grieving families who didn’t get to be…
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The annual Novena to Our Lady of Knock

The annual Novena to Our Lady of Knock commences on 13 August and finishes on 21 August, the anniversary of Our Lady’s apparition. Knock held a special place for Dad for many reasons. Did you know that in 1879, the parish priest at the time Archdeacon Bartholomew Cavanagh offered 100 consecutive Masses for the repose of the…
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