Dear Friends As spring touches this city and seems to begin to scatter the winter darkness, I hope that you are enjoying this welcome sunshine! Our pilgrimage Mass in Notre Dame de Paris will be the major event of this year and it will mark both the Year of Faith and the Irish […]
› Read MoreThere are many stories and legends about St Patrick. It is not entirely known where he was born, some suggest somewhere along the west coast of Britain but the most popular belief is that he was born in Scotland, probably in Kilpatrick, in and around 385 AD. His parents were Calpurnius and Conchessa, who were […]
› Read MoreCette « Année de la Foi » sera célébrée pour le jubilée de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris qui fête ses 850 ans. Différents groupes, paroisses, diocèses de France et du monde entier feront le pèlerinage dans cette grande icone de la chrétienté occidentale de la ville des lumières. Une structure temporaire a été installée sur le […]
› Read MoreThis Year of Faith is being marked in the city of Paris by a Jubilee of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, which is 850 years old this year. Different groups, parishes, communities and dioceses from France and from around the world will make a pilgrimage to this great icon of Western Christianity and […]
› Read MoreDuring 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 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 […]
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