Mass for Anniversary of Fr Ragheed Ganni
Posted on 27. May, 2013 by John Coughlan in Uncategorized
Mass will be celebrated on Sunday June 2nd for the anniversary of the death of Fr Ragheed Ganni, past student of the College, martyred for the faith in Iraq in 2007. The celebrant of the Mass will be Fr Efrem Luay Dinkha.
Presentation of Lenten collection to Community of Sant’Egidio
Posted on 15. Apr, 2013 by John Coughlan in Carousel
The Irish College seminarian charity officers presented a cheque for €3000, collected in response to this year’s College Lenten appeal, to the Community of Sant’Egidio, represented by Ms. Erica Borruso, after Sunday Mass on 14th April 2013. Sant’Egidio reaches out the poor of Rome and other cities with friendship, food and service, and is also involved in international peace initiatives. It was founded by Andrea Riccardi, then a university student, and a group of students in 1968, as an effort to live the Gospel. Half of the Irish College seminarians are assigned to a pastoral placement on an evening each week with the Community of Sant’Egidio. In this way, the seminarians have been enabled to give meaningful help to poor and homeless people in the city and to experience the spirituality and dynamism of one of the new movements in the Church.
Thanks to all who contributed to the appeal during Lent. Contributions were made by the Sunday Mass congregation, by those who attended the Saint Patrick’s Day play, and by the members of the Irish College community, and by other donations.
A Time for Priests: 16-21 Sept 2013
Posted on 14. Apr, 2013 by John Coughlan in Carousel
Aspect of ‘The Calling of Saint Matthew’, Caravaggio (1599)
A Time for Priests – Year of Faith
The Pontifical Irish College Rome hosted a time of reflection, renewal and relaxation, from 16th to 21st September 2013, for priests who wished to avail of an opportunity to spend some days in Rome during the Year of Faith. The course provided participants with an opportunity to visit Rome while deepening their theological awareness through lectures and lived experience of the Church and City.
Those leading this year’s course included:
Dr. Brendan Leahy D.D., Bishop of Limerick
Fr. Tim Lehane SVD, Secretary General, Propagation of the Faith
Most Rev. Eamon Martin, Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh
Fr. Paul Murray OP, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Liturgies were celebrated each day in the College Chapel with its beautiful Marko Rupnik mosaics and in other Churches and Basilicas in Rome and beyond. A general audience with the Holy Father, a trip to Assisi, a day of reflection and recollection as well as an opportunity to enjoy many of the artistic and cultural delights of Rome formed part of this year’s programme.
The course participants are pictured in the Chapel of the Irish College with Archbishop Eamon Martin, Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, after concelebrating Mass with him during the Time for Priests.
To see more photographs from the ‘Time for Priests’, click http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishcollege/sets/72157635698883225/
If you wish make enquiries about next year’s course, please telephone the Irish College on the main office number at 00 39 06 772 631 or email ufficio@irishcollege.org
‘Discovering our Baptism, The Discipleship of the Laity’ Course 2013
Posted on 14. Apr, 2013 by John Coughlan in Carousel
9th – 14th September 2013
During these days in the city of the apostles Peter and Paul, participants were afforded an opportunity to reflect on the journey of faith. The week included a series of talks, liturgies and guided visits to significant Churches and Basilicas in Rome, a day of spiritual recollection and reflection as well as a pilgrimage to the Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino. The course centred on the call to discipleship and holiness of life in this Year of Faith.
Presentations were given by the staff of the Pontifical Irish College:
- Msgr. Ciarán O’Carroll focused on Christian history with visits to significant places of interest in the early Christian story.
- Fr. George Hayes reflected on Culture and Art and their importance in the Church’s tradition.
- Fr. Hugh Clifford will offer insights into the the formation of priests, and how this relates to the call of all the baptised.
To express an interest in the course for next year, please telephone the Irish College on the main office number at 00 39 06 772 631 or email ufficio@irishcollege.org
Participants of the 2013 course with the Irish College formation staff.
For more photographs from the course, see http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishcollege/sets/72157635564842623/
Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas: Summer Course – ‘Vatican II and the New Evangelization’
Posted on 14. Apr, 2013 by John Coughlan in Carousel
Lay Centre Course description:
‘From its beginning, the Church has sought to respond to the call of God to evangelize, or to share the Good News of our faith in Jesus Christ. In the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi, Pope Paul VI goes so far as to say that evengelization is an essential part of the Church’s mission: “We wish to confirm once more that the task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church. It is a task and mission which the vast and profound changes of the present day society make all the more urgent. Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize.” (paragraph 14) This course will explore how the Church through the ages, as reflected in the art and architecture of the City of Rome, has fulfilled this mission.’
Registration for this program is open to the public who would like to audit this summer theology program. For more information, please contact Prof. Robert White: white@laycentre.org
For a more details from the Lay Centre website, see http://www.laycentre.org/vaticanII_newevang_2013.html
Four Deacons ordained at Pontifical Irish College, Rome
Posted on 02. Apr, 2013 by John Coughlan in Carousel
Photo: (left to right): Fr George Hayes, Vice Rector, Mons. Ciarán O’Carroll, Rector, Rev. Dominic McGrattan, Rev. Patrick O’Donoghue, Archbishop Dermot Clifford, ordaining Bishop, Rev. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rev. Liam Boyle, Fr Hugh Clifford, Director of Formation, Fr Brendan Kelly CSsR, Spiritual Director.
On Easter Tuesday, 2nd April 2013, four seminarians from the Pontifical Irish College in Rome were ordained deacons in the fourth century Basilica of Saints John and Paul by Archbishop Dermot Clifford of Cashel and Emly. During the ceremony, attended by over one hundred family members and friends from Ireland, Archbishop Clifford recalled his own diaconate fifty years ago during the time of the Second Vatican Council.
Archbishop Clifford reminded the new deacons that the life of a deacon is a life of service, particularly service of the poor. He praised the candidates for their courage in undertaking a lifelong commitment to celibacy and service. He reminded the four new deacons that the election of Pope Francis has signalled a time of hope and joy for the universal Church.
Liam Boyle (25) of the Diocese of Raphoe entered the seminary following completion of his secondary education. Three of those ordained are graduates of Trinity College, Dublin. Brian Fitzpatrick (35) of the Diocese of Dromore is a medical doctor and past winner of the Young Scientists competition. Dominic McGrattan (29) of the Diocese of Down and Connor is a graduate in law while Pat O’Donoghue (35) of the Diocese of Cloyne is a pharmacy graduate. All four deacons are currently studying theology at the Jesuit-run Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome following previous seminary studies for three of them at St. Patrick’s College Maynooth and for the other at St. Malachy’s College, Belfast. Ordination to the diaconate is most often received one year prior to ordination to the priesthood.
The Irish College in Rome dates from 1628 and has been educating generations of priests for service in Ireland’s twenty six dioceses since then. The four deacons were among students of the Irish College who assisted newly elected Pope Francis during the Good Friday liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday last. Commenting on the ordination of the four deacons, the Rector of the College, Msgr. Ciaran O’Carroll, said that “it is heartening to witness the courage and dedication of these four men as they begin their life of ministry and service of the Gospel and the Catholic Church in Ireland”.
Ordination of Deacons – Easter Tuesday 2013
Posted on 31. Mar, 2013 by John Coughlan in Uncategorized
On Easter Tuesday, 2nd April 2013, Most Reverend Dr Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, will ordain four seminarians of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, to the Diaconate. The Mass of Ordination will take place at 10.30am in Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo. Those to be ordained Deacons are: Liam Boyle (Diocese of Raphoe), Brian Fitzpatrick (Diocese of Dromore), Dominic McGrattan (Diocese of Down and Connor), and Patrick O’Donoghue (Diocese of Cloyne).
‘Deacons are ministers ordained for tasks of the Church; they do not receive the ministerial priesthood, but ordination confers on them important functions in the ministry of the word, divine worship, pastoral governance and the service of charity, tasks which they must carry out under the pastoral activity of their bishop.’ – Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1596
Good Friday serving with Pope Francis
Posted on 31. Mar, 2013 by John Coughlan in Carousel
On Good Friday, 29th March 2013, the seminarians of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, served at the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord with Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Basilica.
‘Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world.’
For photographs, click here.
Irish College seminarians serving with Pope Francis, Good Friday
Posted on 29. Mar, 2013 by John Coughlan in Uncategorized
The seminarians of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome will be serving at the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord with Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday 2013 at 17.00 (16.00 Irish time).
To watch the ceremony, see
http://www.vatican.va/video/index.html
or
http://www.ewtn.co.uk/content/live-tv
Holy Week 2013 at the Irish College
Posted on 22. Mar, 2013 by John Coughlan in Uncategorized
The liturgies of Holy Week and Easter at the Irish College are open to the public. All welcome. Please note that the Good Friday Celebration of the Passion of the Lord will not be celebrated at the Irish College this year because the seminarians of the College have been asked to serve at the Celebration with Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica. The Irish College community will therefore attend that ceremony at the Vatican.
The times are as follows:
Palm Sunday, 24th March 2013
Mass – 10.00
Holy Thursday, 28th March 2013
Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 18.00
Good Friday, 29th March 2013
Not being held at the Irish College due to seminarians serving at the Vatican.
Holy Saturday, 30th March 2013
Easter Vigil – 21.00
Easter Sunday, 31st March 2013
Mass – 10.00