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 LOVING ADORATION:
Because of his great love for the Eucharist, the Spanish friar Paschal Baylon is patron of Eucharistic Congresses. As the Dublin Eucharistic Congress draws closer (June 10-17) Tom Russell, OFM, tells Paschal's story.
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 FRANCIS: THE JOURNEY AND THE DREAM
It is 40 years since American friar, Murray Bodo, OFM, wrote his famous life of St Francis: Francis: The Journey and the Dream, a best seller in many languages. He shares the origin of the book and its impact.
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 HOLY LAND PILGRIM:
Paddy Pender shares her happy experience on the Irish Franciscan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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 NEW BISHOP:
Friar Michael Lenihan, OFM, from Co. Limerick, has been appointed by the Holy See as first bishop of La Ceiba in Honduras, Central America. We congratulate Michael and assure him of our support and prayers as he undertakes the responsibility of organising the new diocese.
The new diocese of La Ceiba covers an area 4,640 kmq, with a population 547,709, of whom 398,800 are Catholic. There are 22 priests and 42 religious ministering in the area. Michael was former vicar general and parish priest in the diocese of Comayagua, Honduras. The bishop-elect was born in Abbeyfeale in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1980. Before going to work in Central America in 1989 he was stationed at Mulyfarnham, Co. Westmeath, and Wexford friary.
Michael will ordained bishop on 11 February.
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 CALIFORNIAN MISSION:
Adiran Peelo, OFM, a Dublin friar, tells of ministering in San Luis Rey, California.
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