Rosary – Dominican Friars Ireland

The Virgin Mary compared to the air we breathe

Archivist Author — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 10:29:11 +0000

Why would Our Blessed Lady have given the task of preaching the Rosary to St. Dominic and the Order he founded 800 years ago? We can get all caught up in the veracity of the ancient tradition which tells us that Our Blessed Lady appeared to St. Dominic and gave him the mission of preaching […]

Lourdes, the Fount of Mercy

Archivist Author — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:24:34 +0000

In the seventh apparition at Lourdes which occurred on the 25th of February 1858, St. Bernadette was asked by the Blessed Mother to go to the fountain and wash. Mistakenly Bernadette went towards the river Gave but the Lady pointed to a spot beneath the grotto. Bernadette scratched the soil and some muddy water came […]

The Mother of God

Archivist Author — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:21:43 +0000

In 431 AD, in the beautiful city of Ephesus in modern day Turkey, the bishops of the Church met to discuss various issues most notably the nature of Jesus. Interestingly, Mary had lived in Ephesus for some time after the events of that first Easter. In John’s Gospel we learn that “The Word became flesh […]

Rosary Letter – Winter

Archivist Author — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:53:22 +0000

Dear Rosarians of the Rosary Apostolate. Dominicans throughout the world have begun to celebrate the 800th Anniversary of the founding of our Order in 1216. We have proclaimed a Jubilee Year, which is in thanksgiving for eight centuries of preaching the Incarnation of Christ and his love for us in the world, first begun in […]

I didn’t expect that!

Archivist Author — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:45:07 +0000

In the 1990s there was a famous TV ad for an orange soft drink. It showed a man drinking the soft drink and then in a slow motion replay a small man covered in orange paint is seen running up to the man drinking, unbeknownst to him. After the man has taken a drink, the […]

Pope St Pius V

Archivist Author — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 04:41:59 +0000

Born in a town called Bosco in Northern Italy, and raised in the humblest surroundings of poverty and obscurity, Anthony Ghislieri was born to poor parents in the year 1504. His Baptismal Name was Anthony, as he was born on the Feast of St Anthony of the Desert (Jan 17th). After entering the Order […]