A group of friends from L’Arche and Focolare joined with the members of Corrymeela for their annual working weekend from 23rd-25th August. The weather was favourable and alongside the physical effort of gardening and clearing up the grounds there were many opportunities to catch up and share stories and experiences of living out our Christian […]
[more]On Saturday 24th August 20 people gathered in the Focolare Centre, Curryhills, to update their skills and begin the preparations for youth activities during the coming year. A highlight of the day was the updating from Jucemara Belli, on the recent European training course for adolescent development, Teen Star, which took place in Baar, Switzerland […]
[more]Congratulations to Fr. Brendan Purcell, who was honoured with the publication of the of a collection of essays: The Human Voyage of Self-Discovery: Essays in Honour of Brendan Purcell. It was launched in UCD by Professor Teresa Iglesias on August 14th. Edited by Bishop Brendan Leahy and Professor David Walsh, the book contains a collection […]
[more]Rev. Dr Thomas Norris, a Priest of the Diocese of Ossory, has been appointed as the new Spiritual Director of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome. Fr Tom, an alumnus of the Irish College, is former Professor of Systematic Theology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. More recently recently, he has been Paluch Professor of Theology at Mundelein Seminary, Chicago. Fr […]
[more]Homily of Bishop Brendan Leahy
[more]In Belfast a celebration to farewell Renate Komorek and welcome Irenen Jovaras and Francesca Operti was a joyous occasion in the lovely Parish Centre of St. Brigid’s Church. All parts of the Focolare Community in Northern Ireland were represented and the laughter and craic were a tribute to Renate’s dedicated love and care over the […]
[more]The latest international conference call was on 13th April. The spiritual thought on Universal Brotherhood was as follows:
“Chiara: Universal brotherhood, universal brotherhood. This is what I have been asked these days. “Let’s work to establish it!” Even this terrorism, I think that this terrorism will be won over by universal brotherhood, because the real root […]
