SMA Ireland

St Therese Novena 2011 – Day 6 homily

Blessed Louis and Blessed Zelie Martin, Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux As they left Mass after the priest had preached about marriage, the...
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St Therese Novena 2011 – Day 4 homily

St Thérèse - My Vocation is Love Sr Eileen Cummins OLA, from Galway, was a missionary in Nigeria for many years. Later she was...

St Therese Novena 2011 Day 3 homily

Homily preached by Rt Rev Bishop Timothy Carroll SMA, emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria for the 3rd night of the SMA National Novena...
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St Therese Novena 2011 Day 1 homily

St Thérèse at Prayer Fr Malachy Flanagan preached on the first evening of the SMA National Novena in honour of St Thérèse, the Little...
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Silver Jubilee celebration 2011

Silver Jubilee Celebrations in Dromantine At the conclusion of the annual SMA Retreat in the Dromantine Retreat & Conference Centre, Newry the Irish Province marked...
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Knock Pilgrimage 2011

Knock Pilgrimage 2011 The 31st SMA Pilgrimage to Our Lady's Shrine at Knock took place, as usual, on the fourth Saturday of May. Though the...

St Therese of Lisieux & the Little Way

Saint THERESE of LISIEUX and the THE LITTLE WAY In his general audience in St. Peter's Square today, attended by more than 10,000 people, Benedict...
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Knock Pilgrimage 2011

SMA National Pilgrimage to Knock  The annual SMA Pilgrimage to Our Lady's Shrine at Knock takes place on Saturday, 28 May, the ninth and...

Homily for Bishop John Moore SMA

Homily delivered by Rev Fr Fachtna O'Driscoll SMA, Provincial Leader of the Irish Province23 January 2010 Readings:    Isaiah 52: 7-10, read by Mrs Joan Moore, sister-in-law...

SMA History Extra

PROVINCIALS OF THE IRISH PROVINCE Stephen Kyne (1912-1913) Maurice Slattery (1913-1918, 1925-1931) William Butler (1918-1925) Stephen Harrington (1931-1946) Patrick Kelly (1946-1952) John Creaven (1952-1968) Laurence Carr (1968-1976) Joseph Donnelly (1976-1978) Cornelius Murphy (1978-1989) John...

SMA History Irish Province

SMA - History - the Irish Province 1856: The SMA was founded by Bishop Melchior de Marion Bresillac on 8 December 1856. 1858: Less...

Profile John Dunne

Fr John Dunne SMA Profile: 1944: Born in Knockaneavan, in north Co Cork, Ireland 1963-1971: Studies with SMA at Cloughballymore,...

Profile Michael McGrath

Fr Michael McGrath SMA PROCLAIMING GOOD NEWS For most of his 40 years as a missionary Michael has been on assignment in Kaduna, Nigeria....
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Profile Jim Kirstein

Fr Jim Kirstein SMA It's never too late to start Fr Jim Kirstein SMA comes from Cork City and was brought up very close...

Messages from Father Zimmermann

Message from Father Zimmermann "I can say that throughout the year I was unable, even on Saturdays, to take supper with the others because...

Homily Fr Larry Skelly

Fr Larry Skelly SMAFuneral Homily - 22 January 2005 (Preached by Fr Fachtna O'Driscoll SMA, Provincial Superior) Readings:Macc 12: 43-45Heb 7:25-8:6Matt 11: 25-30 The...

Homily Fr John Hannon

Homily: Memorial Mass for Fr John Hannon SMA RIPat Newmarket-on Fergus, Co Clare, December 10th, 2004.Homily preached by Fr Fachtna O'Driscoll SMA, Provincial Superior....

Funeral Homilies 2004

SMA FUNERAL HOMILIES 2004 Fr Bob Hales SMAFr Eugene Casey SMAFr Jim Flanagan SMAFr Mattie Gilmore SMA Funeral Homily 3/11/2004 Fr Bob Hales SMA...

Funeral Homilies 2003

SMA FUNERAL HOMILIES 2003 Fr Sean O'Connell SMAFr Owen Francis Sweeney SMAFr Denis Slattery SMAFr Robert V Wiseman SMAFr Michael Higgins SMAFuneral Homily 28/11/2003...

Fr Maurice Slattery (1874 – 1957)

Born on 22 September 1874 at Laccamore, Abbeydorney, Co Kerry, in the diocese of KerryDied on 11 May 1957, of heart failure, while holidaying in Tralee,...

Fr Steven Kyne (1872 – 1947)

Born on 31 December 1872 at Togher, Hollymount, Co Mayo, in the Archdiocese of Tuam.Died at St. Joseph's College, Wilton, Cork, on 30 January...