September 24, 2018
Mercy Day
On Friday, 21 April, leading into the weekend, MIA Leaders and Board Members will receive a copy of the MIRP Report .Coordinators will then commence circulating the MIRP Report through their congregations and institutes .
22-23 April this year is Mercy2Earth weekend. As part of our Mercy global response to the 'cry of the Earth and the cry of the Poor', we have created resources for use on this weekend and beyond.
Gospel readings for 2,9,16,23,30 April 2017
Each time we cycle round to preparing for Holy Week, memory carries me back to my childhood and the surprising Holy Week reforms of 1955.
Gracious God, you have heard the cries of your suffering people
Since 2010 MIC has presented the Sr Catherine McAuley Perpetual Cup to the highest marked performer at the Dublin Feis Ceoil (Festival of Music) from the combined scores of the Advanced Organ, Senior Organ and Stanford Prize competitions.
Planning to be in Dublin during Holy Week? The Orlagh in the City Congregation which has celebrated Lectio Divina Mass at Baggot Street each Sunday since last November, at which all are welcome, will be conducting the Holy Week ceremonies here.
There are fourteen standard stations, which can be found on the walls of just about any Catholic church in the world. But some variations from this form exist, including one more closely following the scriptures, approved by Pope Benedict in 2007.
The Jesuits in Britain have produced eight conversations for Holy week to take us back to those tense and frightening days in Jerusalem and place us alongside the apostles as they try to make sense of the political and mystical forces at work...