Monthly Archives: April 2015

Statement from the Redemptorist Community, Rathgar

29 Apr 2015

After much consideration and deliberation we, the Redemptorists, have decided to sell our entire property at Marianella, Rathgar. Some years ago we were planning to sell part of the property and build a smaller monastery on site. However our circumstances have changed considerably in recent years and brought us to this present position. Like most […]

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Fr. Flan Daffy C.Ss.R. RIP

27 Apr 2015

Please pray for the happy repose of the soul of Fr. Flannan Daffy, C.Ss.R., Redemptorist Community, Esker who died peacefully at University Hospital Galway on Sunday 26th April 2015. Funeral arrangements: Reposing at Esker Monastery, Tuesday, 6.30 pm -7.30pm, Removal to Esker Church at 7.30pm. Funeral Mass at 12.00 noon in Esker Church on Wednesday […]

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The number of Catholics worldwide has increased: 1,254 million

23 Apr 2015

The Annuarium Pontificium 2015 and the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2013 have been issued this morning (16.04.2015). The former reveals some new aspects of the life of the Church that have emerged between February 2014 and February 2015, and the latter illustrates the changes that took place in 2013. The statistics referring to the year 2013, […]

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Easter Message from the Superior General

02 Apr 2015

  Roma, 2 April, 2015 Holy Thursday – Paschal Triduum Prot. Nº 0000 116/2015 Dear Confreres, Sisters, Lay Associates and Friends, This evening with the celebration of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, we begin the Sacred Paschal Triduum of the Lord’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Each year, we are invited to enter into this […]

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