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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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Life at ESM Rome and celebrating my birthday

Our latest field trip in Rome was to Trastevere where we visited a number of Churches including the Church of San Francesco a Ripa – the main residence where Saint Francis when he visited Rome when he was in Rome seeking approval for his rule…

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Praying to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at Paray-le-Monial

We spent a very enjoyable week in Paray-le-Monial in France from February 22nd -29th. The weather was somewhat cooler than the warm spring temperatures of Rome but we were more than happy to exchange the busy city life for the…

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