Author: MSA Reception

Brigid of Ireland – New Booklet by John J. O’Ríordáin, C.Ss.R.

‘Brigid of Ireland, The saint and the goddess’ has just been published in January 2015, by John J. Ó Ríordáin, C.Ss.R., the well-known Redemptorist and Celtic scholar. This small booklet of 56 pages explores: Chapter 1: The saint and the goddess.  Chapter 2: The ‘Life’ by Cogitosus. Chapter 3: A Saint of the 21st Century.   Chapter 4: Claims and Counterclaims.  Chapter 5: Rituals and Relics.  It concludes with a selection of Prayer and Hymns.

 

Cost €2, and can be purchased at, (or ordered from, plus p&p), The Monastery Shop, Redemptorists, Mount St. Alphonsus, South Circular Road, Limerick, Rep. of Ireland.  Telephone: +353 (61) 315099; Email; msa@redemptorists.ie

Feast of St. Blaise – Tuesday, 3rd February

Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from ailments of the throat and from every other evil. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Blessing throats after 8am, 10am, and 7.15pm on Tuesday, February 3rd.  Also at 1.15pm, in church, without Mass.  Otherwise, call to monastery office / shop between 11am and 12.30pm or between 3pm and 5.30pm and ask for the priest on duty.

A Cuppa for Sarnelli House this weekend at Mount St. Alphonsus

Sarnelli House is an orphanage for abandoned children, and children with HIV/Aids.  It is located in Nong Khai in North-Eastern Thailand and is a ministry of the Redemptorists.  The Redemptorists, and the worshipping congregation at Mount St. Alphonsus, Limerick have also contributed to supporting the ministries at Sarnelli House.

We will be raising funds for Sarnelli House this weekend of 24th/25th January.

You are invited to drop into the Confraternity Room after any of the weekend Masses, have a cuppa, and make a donation, however small.