During Lent the Irish Chaplaincy of Paris will be supporting the Trócaire Lenten campaign. For 39 years the Trócaire box has been a part of the Irish tradition and is one of the oldest and most established fundraising campaigns in Ireland, which raises approximately €8 million to fund Trócaire’s long-term development programs. Trócaire works in […]
› Read MorePresident Michael D. Higgins visited the Irish College during his official visit to Paris. The President was greeted by members of the Fondation Irlandaise and by members of the staff on his arrival. He visited the Old Library where the seminary collection is housed and then he came to the Chapelle Saint-Patrick. He was greeted […]
› Read MoreIn an interview broadcast on KTOTV on February 13, 2013, the French Catholic television station, the Irish Chaplain Fr Sean Maher spoke about the increasing peace, solidarity, and charity among the Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Fr Sean spoke about how the people […]
› Read MoreOn Wednesday, February 20, 2013 the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins visited the Collège des Irlandais as part of his official visit to France. Accompanied by his wife Mrs Sabina Higgins and the Irish Ambassador to France, Mr Paul Kavanagh, President Higgins visited the Chapelle Saint-Patrick where he was given a tour by the […]
› Read MoreLent: The work of Samuel Beckett, the Irish playwright, has often been described as a depiction of the journey from birth to death. His famous work, Waiting for Godot, shows two tramps who pass their time with a discussion of a series of useless topics as they await this character Godot who never appears. One […]
› Read MoreMen and Women: the new deal Last November 22 – 25, 2012 the the Semaines Sociales held their annual open university in the Parc Floral, Vincennes. The participants came from all over France but there were also quite a few foreign delegations from Belarus, several Eastern European countries, Germany, Spain and Ireland. Bishop Noel Treanor […]
› Read MoreThe beginning of February has a very strong symbolism in the Irish Celtic and Christian tradition. After the long, dark, and cold winter February 1 is the beginning of spring when we look forward to longer, warmer, bright days, and the new growth of plants, trees, flowers and vegetables. February 1 also marks the Feast […]
› Read MoreThere will be Mass on February 13, 2013 at 19h30 in Chapelle Saint-Patrick for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent with the distribution of ashes.
› Read MoreEach year many thousands of pilgrims from Ireland and other countries across Europe and indeed the world make their way to the small island of St Patrick’s Purgatory on Lough Derg to do the Three-Day Pilgrimage. According to tradition the first abbot of the monastery of Lough Derg was St Davog, a disciple of St […]
› Read MoreThe St Joseph’s Church Parish Pilgrimage to Notre Dame will take place on Saturday, February 23, 2013. A group will walk from St Joseph’s Church on 50, avenue Hoche to Notre Dame. Most people will gather at 9:15am on the parvis in front of Notre Dame for Mass at 10:00. You are all welcome to […]
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