Jubilee 800 – Dominican Friars Ireland

Solemn Vespers – 800th Jubilee

Archivist Author — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:29:10 +0000

To specifically mark the 800th anniversary of the Dominican Order, which got its appoval from Pope Honorious III on the 22nd of December 1216, various Dominican communities had special celebrations. In St. Saviour’s in Dublin a special Holy Hour with Benediction was held in the evening, and Solemn Vespers was celebrated at 6pm. The included […]

Holy Hour in St. Saviour’s

Archivist Author — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:33:00 +0000

On Thursday 22nd, to mark the actual 800th anniversary of the day when Pope Honorius III confirmed the Order to St. Dominic as an Order of the universal Church, we have a Holy Hour in St. Saviour’s from 8.00 to 9.00, including Rosary, Benediction, and silent adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by Compline with […]

Celebrate the Jubilee of the Order in the Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena

Archivist Author — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:57:14 +0000

On Sunday 6th November the community of the Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena invited the members of the Province to join them to celebrate the Jubilee of the Order. Over 30 of the brethren attended vespers and night prayer which was followed by a festive supper together in the common room of the monastery. After the supper some […]

Jubilee Concert

Archivist Author — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 19:10:57 +0000

On Thursday September 28th the Irish Dominican Province together with the renowned Irish born composer of great distinction and reputation Patrick Cassidy co-sponsored a concert in the National Concert Hall of Ireland to celebrate the Jubilee of the Order. The guest of honor at the concert was the President of Ireland, Dr. Michael D. Higgins, also […]

Newtownards, Castlewellan and Carlingford

Archivist Author — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:46:57 +0000

Led by Fr. Noel Mc Keown, O.P, assisted by Mr. Anthony Russell, teacher, lecturer, writer and historian, a bus load of interested people left the Dominican church in Newry on Sunday, June 12, at 9.00 a.m., heading for Newtownards, County Down. En route, information was given on places of interest over the bus intercom. We arrived […]

St.Dominic’s Day

Archivist Author — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:35:39 +0000

Bishop Kevin Doran, of Elphin, joined the Dominican Community of Holy Cross, Sligo, in celebrating St.Dominic’s Day. As the Order celebrates its 800th anniversary, Bishop Kevin took the opportunity to highlight the contribution of the Dominicans to the Sligo area down through the years and expressed his thanks to the Order for their generousity in […]

Urlaur Pattern Day

Archivist Author — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:53:38 +0000

On August 4th, the traditional Feast Day of St.Dominic, the people of the Parish of Kilmovee (Achonary Diocese) in Co.Mayo, gathered at the old Dominican Church (known as the ‘Abbey’) on the shores of Lake Urlaur to celebrate their Pattern Day, which has being running since 1915. To mark the 800th Jubilee of the Order, […]

Sligo “Jubilee Commemoration Day”

Archivist Author — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:43:48 +0000

On 2nd July, the Dominican Laity in Sligo hosted a commemoration day in hour of the 800th anniversary of the Foundation of the Order. Members from the Chapters in Carlow, Kilkenny, Galway, Cork, Dublin and Tralee attended. The day began with light refreshments followed by Morning Prayer. The rest of the day was spent visiting […]

Special pilgrimage to celebrate the 800th Jubilee

Archivist Author — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:57:33 +0000

The communities of Portumna, Lorrha and Boula were visited on Saturday 6 August by a large group of Dominican followers from the Claddagh in Galway on a special pilgrimage to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Dominican Order. For the first time in nearly three hundred years a Dominican friar, Fr Donal Sweeney prior of the […]

Jubilee Pilgrimage

Archivist Author — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:17:19 +0000

As part of the Province’s celebration of the 800th Jubilee of the Order a number of the younger friars organised a pilgrimage to various places connected to the Order in Italy. The group of 51, which included six of the brethren headed first to Rome. Rome itself of course is an incredible city and many […]