Welcome to Nine Nights of Blessing and Hope
🕯️ Nine Nights of Prayer to Saint Anne: A Journey of Grace and Friendship
Each year, as the warm embrace of summer settles in, the faithful gather to celebrate the Novena to Saint Anne—a cherished tradition of nine nights steeped in prayer, reflection, and spiritual renewal. Beginning on the 18th of July at 7:30pm, this sacred time invites hearts to draw closer to God through the gentle intercession of Saint Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus.
✨ Spiritual Blessings Await Over these nine nights, grace flows abundantly:
- Healing of the heart: A chance to unburden your soul, forgive, and be forgiven
- Strengthened faith: Reignite the spark of belief, even in life's quiet struggles
- Peace and clarity: Moments of prayer that silence the noise and illuminate your path
- Deeper connection with Mary and Jesus: Through Saint Anne’s maternal love
👫 Bring a Friend, Share the Blessing One of the most beautiful ways to honor this Novena is by inviting someone to join you. Perhaps a friend who’s searching for hope, a neighbor seeking community, or a loved one who’s quietly longing for peace. Share the experience—not just the prayers, but the joy of being together in faith. You never know how deeply one night can touch a soul.
🙏 A Short Prayer to Saint Anne
Saint Anne, beloved mother and grandmother,
Bless us with your gentle guidance.
Help us open our hearts to the light of God's love.
May our prayers rise like incense,
Carrying our hopes to heaven.
Intercede for us, and for all those we love. Amen.
Whether you attend every night or just one, this Novena offers a quiet sanctuary from the noise of everyday life.
Welcome Fr Eamonn Salmon to the Diocese of Ferns
Short Extract from Bishop Ger’s homily for the
Ordination of Eamonn Salmon
Dear Friends, it is a great privilege to be here this afternoon to confer on Eamonn the Sacrament of Priesthood, to welcome him as he joins us who are ordained and takes up the unique role of service to the people of God that priesthood is. Eamonn I welcome you sincerely not just to this sacred moment but to membership of a family, the family of the priests and deacons of the Diocese of Ferns. Eamon, I welcome your family who together with your late wife Antoinette was your first vocation. I welcome your sons, Brian, Edward, Terence, your daughter Gillian, your grandchildren who are here with us, Ralf, Alex and Heidi and family and friends who have travelled from Europe and the USA.
Eamonn, we thank you for your generosity of spirit and faith which encouraged you to take this path to priesthood after the death of Antoinette. It is a measure of your awareness that all lives are given to be lives of service of God and of others and by taking the road to priesthood, you affirmed your continued commitment to a life of service begun in marriage and family life and now continued in priesthood.
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May He Rest in Peace Brother Kevin.
President Michael D. Higgins has led tributes to Brother Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Franciscans, who passed away yesterday at the age of 90. The order said that Br Kevin, who devoted over five decades to serving the poor and marginalised, died at Mount Desert Nursing Home in his home county of Cork.
He founded the Capuchin Day Centre, a homeless service in Dublin, in 1969, which was visited by Pope Francis in 2018. Br Kevin’s funeral Mass will be held at St Mary of the Angels on Church Street in Dublin at 11 am on Saturday 5th of July.
‘In 1969, he founded the Capuchin Day Centre, where he worked selflessly and with good humour for 53 years, providing help to vulnerable people. He truly lived the gospel. His compassion, devotion, and non-judgmental approach to helping the marginalised was unwavering. May he Rest in Peace
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