Author: Patrick Muldoon

The gift and joy of World Youth Day

I recently went on pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Krakow. I travelled to Poland with a wonderful group from the Archdiocese of Dublin. It was a fantastic experience to be a pilgrim at World Youth Day for the fifth…

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A marathon of gratitude in Rome

I recently completed in the 22nd Maratona di Roma – it was a special Jubilee Edition of the marathon dedicated to the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, currently being celebrated in the Church. This was my third marathon and running in the…

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Meeting Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration

I am a member of the Emmanuel Community. The profound grace of the community comes from Eucharistic Adoration. Members of the community commit themselves, as far as possible, to a long period of daily adoration. It is in Adoration that…

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Urnaí agus Soiscéalaíocht san Eaglais

Táim i mo bhall den gComhluadar Imeánuéil, comhluadar atá bainteach go mór le soiscealaíochta san eaglais. Tógann an comhluadar a ainm as scriptúr: “Beidh an mhaighdean torrach agus béarfaidh sí mac agus tabharfar Imeánuéil mar ainm air,– ainm a chiallaíonn:…

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‘Come away and rest for a while’

I recently attended a retreat day organised by the Lay Retreat Association. The LRA, a Jesuit apostolate, has been offering retreats to lay people for over sixty years. Based in Milltown Park, Dublin 6, it organises approximately fifteen short retreats annually,…

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