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Celebrating Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day.

Celebrating Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day. Pakistan celebrates its 75th Independence Day today.  It is a special national day and is celebrated annually on 14th August. On this day in 1947, Pakistan became the world’s first Islamic Republic when it gained independence from British rule. Pakistan had been part of the colony of India since the...

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Eid al-Adha Mubarak

Eid al-Adha Mubarak. Today we wish Muslims all over the world, peace, harmony, happiness, good health and prosperity on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.  Eid al-Adha عيد الأضحى, is the second and biggest of the two main Islamic holidays celebrated in Islam. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience...

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World Refugee Day. Dublin City Interfaith Forum Prayer Service.

Dublin City Interfaith Forum. World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day was celebrated on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin beside the Famine Memorial which depicts a collection of haunting figures commemorating the most profound disaster in Irish history which saw the population of the country halved through death and emigration. It was designed...

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Earth Day 2022

Let Every Day be Earth Day.

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Easter 2022. Do not lose hope. Pope Francis.

Pope’s 2022 Easter wish: Do not lose hope, the real hope, that doesn’t disappoint.                                                Pope Francis in an interview with Bianchetti before Easter says that, despite the horrific war in Ukraine and...

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Wishing Charlie and his supporters a safe climb to the top of Croagh Patrick.

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International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking Feb. 8th 2022

International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking – Tuesday 8 February 2022 Christians are invited to join an online Prayer Marathon on 8 February for an economy without human trafficking.  By Vatican News staff writer    All Christians are invited to participate in an online Prayer Marathon on  Monday, 8 February, marking the...

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Thanksgiving Day.

A Proclamation on:  Thanksgiving Day, 2021 by President Joe Biden.   Dear Friends, We wish to share with you the Proclamation given by President Biden on this Thanksgiving Day 2021 as we unite in Spirit with our Sisters in the U.S. today. “Thanksgiving provides us with a time to reflect on our many blessings —...

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St. Columban’s Day 2021

Inner Pilgrimage Invitation. Quotes from St. Columban.    ‘Life is a real road, broad for some, narrow for others.’      (St. Columban Sermon 5)  ‘We do not seek a God dwelling far off but a God who abides in us.’  (St. Columban Sermon 1)  ‘Understand the creation if you want to know the creator.’  (St. Columban...

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Fifth World Day of the Poor

Fifth World Day of the Poor Sunday, November 14, 2021     Today November 14 sees the fifth celebration of the World Day of the Poor. An initiative strongly desired by Pope Francis in order to urge the Church and the faithful to ‘go out’ to encounter poverty in the various ways it manifests itself in the...

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