Author: Patrick Muldoon

Summer life on Mission

I was certainly blessed with an outpouring of the Holy Spirit throughout my missionary year in Rome and on Pentecost Sunday (May 20th) I had a great day in the sunshine of Rome, one of the many highlights of the…

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Dublin Mission – the International Eucharistic Congress 2012

The Emmanuel School of Mission spent 17 days in the Dublin Diocese doing evangelisation as part of the 50th Eucharistic Congress. Along with the members of the Emmanuel Community in Ireland we facilitated a week long parish mission in St. Martin’s Parish…

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Cultural Evenings at the ESM

The nine cultural evenings were one of the most enjoyable aspects of Community life at the Emmanuel School of Mission. For me personally the opportunity of presenting Irish culture to the other students from around the word was very exciting. It…

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Easter in Rome

 Celebrating Easter at the heart of the Church in Rome with other young Catholics from around the world was a huge privilege and a very enriching faith experience. The School hosted an Easter Tridium retreat for young people from Holy Thursday…

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Meeting the Holy Father and IEC 2012

On Wednesday 14th March 2012, I had the wonderful privilege of meeting the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI when I had the fantastic opportunity of accompanying a delegation from the International Eucharistic Congress, consisting of the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin, the Secretary General of IEC2012 Fr Kevin…

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