Society of St. Oliver Plunkett

27 November 2015

Annual Candlelight Rosary Procession - Feast of the Immaculate Conception 8th December

The annual Candlelight Rosary Procession, organised by the Kilkenny Fatima Apostolate will take place in Kilkenny on Tues.,8th December,the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The procession will leave the Parade, Kilkenny at 8pm, proceed through the town and finish at the Black Abbey for Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and investiture in the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. All are invited to attend.

Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us!

26 November 2015

29th November - First Sunday of Advent

First Sunday of Advent
Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
Sunday 29th November at 5pm
St.Patrick's Church,
College Rd. Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

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To Thee have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God,
I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my
enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on
Thee shall be confounded.

18 November 2015

22 November - Last Sunday after Pentecost

Last Sunday after Pentecost

Celebrant: Rev.Thomas O'Toole P.P.

Sunday November 22nd at 5pm

St.Patrick's Church,

College Rd.,Kilkenny.

Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

The Lord saith: I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction:
you shall call upon Me, and I will hear you; and I will
bring back your captivity from all places.

10 November 2015

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany - Sung Mass

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Resumed)
Sung Mass with Gregorian Chant
Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
Missa Cantata at 5pm Sunday 15th November
St.Patrick's Church
College Rd. Kilkenny

The Lord saith: I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction:
you shall call upon Me, and I will hear you; and I will bring
back your captivity from all places.

05 November 2015

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

                Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Resumed)
                  Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
                            Sunday 8th November at 5pm
                          St.Patrick's Church
                                 College Rd. Kilkenny
                     Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

The Lord saith: I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction:
you shall call upon Me, and I will hear you; and I will bring
back your captivity from all places.

28 October 2015

1st November - All Saints

Feast of All Saints
Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole
Sunday 1st November at 5pm
St.Patrick's Church
College Rd. Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Let us all rejoice in the Lord celebrating a festival-day in honour of all
the Saints: at whose solemnity the Angels rejoice, and give praise to the
Son of God.

21 October 2015

25th October - Feast of Christ the King

Feast of Christ the King

SUNG MASS WITH GREGORIAN CHANT

Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole PP

Sunday 25th October at 5pm

St.Patrick's Church

College Rd. Kilkenny

HAIL REDEEMER, KING DIVINE!

The Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive the power and
divinity and wisdom and strength and honour: to Him be glory
and empire forever and ever.

15 October 2015

             TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
                     Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole PP
                               Sunday 18th October at 5pm
                                      St.Patrick's Church
                                           College Rd. Kilkenny
                              Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

All things are in Thy will, O Lord; and there is none that can resist Thy will:
for Thou hast made all things, heaven and earth, and all things that are
under the cope of heaven: Thou art Lord of all

13 October 2015

The Miracle of the Sun

Today marks the 98th anniversary of The Miracle of the Sun. The Miracle of the Sun was an event which occurred just after midday on Sunday 13 October 1917, witnessed by around 70,000 gathered at the Cova da Iria near Fatima, Portugal. It was seen by people up to 40km away.

Some of the thousands who witnessed the miracle

The people gathered because the three shepherd children: Lucia, Francesco and Jacinta had said that Our Lady had promised a miracle at noon on the 13th day of that month. At the appointed time, in the middle of a rainstorm the clouds broke up and the sun was seen as an opaque, spinning disc in the sky, throwing off great rays of fantastic colours. It then careened towards the earth, madly zig-zagging, much to the terror of the crowd below. Many feared that it was the end of the world. Witnesses said their previously wet clothes became "suddenly and completely dry, as well as the wet and muddy ground that had been previously soaked because of the rain. The event lasted approximately ten minutes.

The event was officially accepted as a miracle by the Church on 13 October 1930, exactly 23 years later.

On 13 October 1951, the papal legate, Cardinal Tedeschini, told the million people gathered at Fatima that on 30 October, 31 October, 1 November, and 8 November 1950, Pope Pius XII had witnessed the miracle of the sun from the Vatican gardens.

Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us!

08 October 2015

         TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
                 Celebrant: Rev. Thomas O'Toole PP
                            Sunday 11th October at 5pm
                                   St.Patrick's Church
                                               College Rd. Kilkenny
                                Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

All that Thou hast done to us, O Lord, Thou hast done in true judgement: because we have
sinned against Thee, and we have not obeyed Thy commandments: but give glory to Thy
Name, and deal with us according to the multitude of Thy mercy.

Benedict XVI on the Litrugy

“The Church stands and falls with the Liturgy. When the adoration of the divine Trinity declines, when the faith no longer appears in its fullness in the Liturgy of the Church, when man’s words, his thoughts, his intentions are suffocating him, then faith will have lost the place where it is expressed and where it dwells. For that reason, the true celebration of the Sacred Liturgy is the centre of any renewal of the Church whatever.”

"The Holy Mass, celebrated in the respect of the liturgical norms and with a fitting appreciation of the richness of the signs and gestures, fosters and promotes the growth of Eucharistic faith. In the Eucharistic celebration we do not invent something, but we enter into a reality that precedes us, more than that, which embraces heaven and earth and, hence, also the past, the future and the present."

"This universal openness, this encounter with all the sons and daughters of God is the grandeur of the Eucharist: we go to meet the reality of God present in the body and blood of the Risen One among us. Hence, the liturgical prescriptions dictated by the Church are not external things, but express concretely this reality of the revelation of the body and blood of Christ and thus the prayer reveals the faith according to the ancient principle 'lex orandi – lex credendi."

"And because of this we can say "the best catechesis on the Eucharist is the Eucharist itself well celebrated" (Benedict XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Sacramentum Caritatis," No. 64).
"It is necessary that in the liturgy the transcendent dimension emerge with clarity, that of the mystery, of the encounter with the Divine, which also illumines and elevates the "horizontal," that is the bond of communion and of solidarity that exists between all those who belong to the Church."

"In fact, when the latter prevails, the beauty, profundity and importance of the mystery celebrated is fully understood. Dear brothers in the priesthood, to you the bishop has entrusted, on the day of your priestly Ordination, the task to preside over the Eucharist. Always have at heart the exercise of this mission: celebrate the divine mysteries with intense interior participation, so that the men and women of our City can be sanctified, put into contact with God, absolute truth and eternal love."