Pope Francis writes to Parish Priests - 2nd May 2024...

Dear Brother Priests,

The International Meeting “Parish Priests for the Synod”, and the dialogue with all of you who have taken part, provide me with the opportunity to pray for the parish priests the world over.To all of you, I address these words with great affection.

It is so obvious as to sound almost banal, but that does not make it less true: the Church could not go on without your dedication and your pastoral service.So before all else, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for the generous work that you do each day, sowing seeds of the Gospel in every kind of soil (cf.Mk4:1-25).

As you have experienced in these days of sharing, the parishes in which you carry out your ministry vary widely, from those on the outskirts of great cities – as I know personally from Buenos Aires – to those in sparsely populated areas that are the size of vast provinces.They range from those in town centres in many European countries, where ancient basilicas house dwindling and aging communities, to those where celebrations are held beneath the branches of great trees and the songs of birds mix with the voices of small children.

Parish priests are well aware of this, since they know from within the life of God’s People their joys and hardships, their resources and their needs.For this reason, a synodal Church needs its parish priests.Without priests, we will never be able to learn how to walk together and to set out on the path of synodality, “the path which God expects of the Church of the third millennium”.^[1]

We will never become a synodal and missionary Church unless parish communities are distinguished by the sharing of all the baptized in the one mission of proclaiming the Gospel.If parishes are not synodal and missionary, neither will the Church be.The Synthesis Report of the First Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is very clear in this regard.Parishes, beginning with their structures and the organization of parish life, are called to think of themselves “primarily as being of service to the mission that the faithful carry out in society, in family life and the workplace, without concentrating exclusively on their own activities and their organizational needs” (8.1).Parish communities increasingly need to become places from which the baptized set out as missionary disciples and to which they return, full of joy, in order to share the wonders worked by the Lord through their witness (cf.Lk10:17).

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Provincial's Letter 1st May 2024...

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St Alphonsus CSsR among the Jesuits SJ...

One must 'doff ones biretta' to the Jesuits as at their famous school in Lancashire, Stonyhurst College, in the beautiful church, there is a magnificent stained glass window of our Holy Father and Founder,

St & Dr Alphonsus Maria de'Liguori.

A Pentecost Message from Fr General CSsR...

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A CSsR Pilgrimage to the South of Italy May 2025...

How would you fancy walking in the footsteps of

St Alphonsus - a great Founder, Bishop and Doctor of the Church -

and St Gerard - the patron of mothers, pregnancy and young babies -

through many beautiful spots in Italy, including

Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Scala, Pagani, and Materdomini to name but a few....?

We are planning for May 2025

If you interested then please do drop an email to 

and we will get back in touch.

CSsR EPCs 4 Provinces NWE...

The Extraordinary Provincial Councils (EPC) of

London, Dublin, St Clemens and Vienna-Munich

met recenlty in our Monastery of St Mary's Kinnoull Perth

to discuss and plan further for

there to be a Federation among our four Provinces.

It was a good meeting and much ground was explored.

We await the next steps!

Our Four Provinces consist of many countries and a few languages,

Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Netherlands, North Germany,

Belgium, Switzerland, South Germany and Austria

- not the mention the overseas Missions!