November 28th, 2021 Today is the First Sunday of Advent. This day marks the beginning of the Church year. The first Sunday of Advent gives us the opportunity to centre our thoughts on hope. It's a time to remember the hope God offers to our world, and that He has given it to us through Jesus. As we prepare our hearts to celebrate Jesus’ arrival as a gift to all humanity; let’s stir up in our hearts and homes a sense of anticipation. We light the candle of Hope today and we pr

Misean Cara have announced St Mary Magdalen Parish, Riwoto, South Sudan as one of the two winners of the individual Climate Action Awards! Congratulations to Fr Tim Galvin, Sr Mary and everyone at St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Riwoto. It is a fitting acknowledgement of all the work the parish are doing at community grassroots level on climate action. “I’ve come to understand how we are so dependent on Earth, for everything, food, medicines,” says Fr. Tim Galvin, Parish Priest of

November 2nd is the feast of All Souls, when we remember all those who have gone before us ‘marked with the sign of faith’. However, we can say that in the popular faith of the people the whole month of November is a time when we feel a particular closeness to our dead relatives and friends. Our tradition is to remember them by name and so we have the custom of the ‘dead list’ in many parishes. We write down on paper the names of our loved ones who we wish to be in eternal pe