Another Novena Parish

On their way home from the seminary, our students broke their trip with Fr. Francis Wadsworth in Saint Marie's parish in Bury, near Man...
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The Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer

A very happy feast of our Most Holy Redeemer to all the readers of our blog! Thou hast redeemed us O Lord in Thy Blood and made of us a king...
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The Holy Scapular

“On this day Mary took to Herself, by means of the Holy Scapular, sons of love.” (Preface of the Mass of the Scapular feast, Missale Carme...
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Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Succour

On Saturdays we have the Perpetual Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Succour. The Perpetual Novena was begun by the Redemptorists and it sti...
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Facts of Life -"wheat for paradise.... or chaff for hell...?"

St Alphonsus, Useful Doctor, Tireless Preacher This evening I received an email from a reader of The Alphonsianum who was struck to the q...
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Cut and Dry...almost

Br. Matthew Mary, F.SS.R. takes charge of the hay-making this year. The grass is first cut and then must be turned regularly until it is dr...
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Ecclesiae Unitatem

APOSTOLIC LETTER ECCLESIAE UNITATEM OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI GIVEN MOTU PROPRIO 1.The goal of guarding THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH,...
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Lights out

A few days ago it was reported that the lighthouse on Papa Stronsay was out. So yesterday, two technicians were dispatched to try and fix t...
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Sing me a happy song!

One day within thy courts... Today I was informed that we must now wait until after the Summer Holidays (October, December ...) before anyt...
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An interview by "Inside The Vatican"

Rev. Fr Michael Mary, F.SS.R. and Br. Magdala Maria, F.SS.R. were interviewed by Dr. Robert Moynihan, Editor of Inside The Vatican . Below i...
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Fuel-run

As you know, we have no electricity lines, no water or gas...or anything in fact coming over to Papa Stronsay from the neighbouring islands....
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