Lenten Charity 2019
Posted on 09. Jun, 2019 by John Coughlan in Banner, Carousel
On Sunday 9th June, the feast of Pentecost, our Rector, Msgr Ciarán O’Carroll announced the proceeds of our Lenten Charity Collection. The College chose two charities this year: Trócaire, which is the Irish Bishops’ Conference development organisation, and ACERO (Assyrian Church of the East Relief Organisation).
The total amount raised was €2,650 which will be equally divided between the chosen charities.
This was achieved in a number of ways: contributions from all residents of the College, from the Sunday congregation, through raffles at the St Patrick’s Day celebrations, and through our “Fasting Friday” initiative throughout Lent. We are grateful to everyone who supported these worthy causes!
For more information about ACERO please click here
For more information about Trócaire please click here
Sant’Egidio Community Lunch with Guests 2019
Posted on 02. May, 2019 by John Coughlan in Banner, Carousel
Fr Roberto Cherubini presides at Mass in the College Chapel of All the Saints of Ireland, 1st May 2019 – Images courtesy of Tino Veneziano
On the 1st of May, Memorial of St Joseph the Worker, and the festa del lavoro here in Italy, the Irish College community hosted approximately four hundred guests as well as volunteers for Mass followed by lunch. Fr Roberto Cherubini, a member of the Comunità di Sant’Egidio, and a friend of the Irish College over many years, was the chief celebrant of the Mass.
For more information about the Comunità di Sant’Egidio click here.
This time of prayer and shared meal has become a well-established annual occasion on the Irish College Calendar. It is an opportunity for us, seminarians and priests, to minister alongside the members of the Comunità di Sant’Egidio here in Rome.
Entertainment for the Guests after Lunch – Images courtesy of Tino Veneziano
All of the Irish seminarians at the College complete at least one pastoral placement with the Comunità during their time of formation in the city.
Holy Week and Easter 2019
Posted on 14. Apr, 2019 by John Coughlan in Banner, Carousel
Basilica di San Silvestro in Capite LPLT [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
The Paschal Triduum at San Silvestro
The College community will be joining the Pallottine Fathers and their community at the Basilica di San Silvestro in Capite (click on this link for a map) to celebrate the Easter Triduum.
Please scroll down for the full details of the times of liturgies.
Easter Sunday at the Irish College
On Easter Sunday, the Mass of the Easter Day of the Lord’s Resurrection will be celebrated in the College Chapel at 10am.
Times of Liturgies
The following are the times for the liturgies for Holy Week and Easter 2019. All are welcome.
Holy Thursday, 18th April: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 17.00 (San Silvestro in Capite)
Good Friday, 19th April: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 17.00 (San Silvestro in Capite)
Holy Saturday, 20th April: The Easter Vigil at 20.00 (San Silvestro in Capite)
Easter Sunday, 21st April: Mass at 10.00 (Irish College Chapel)
St Patrick’s Day 2019
Posted on 03. Mar, 2019 by John Coughlan in Carousel
The annual St Patrick’s Day Mass for the Irish in Rome, and all those devoted to St Patrick, will be celebrated at St Patrick’s Church, Via Boncompagni, 31, on Sunday, 17th March 2019 at 10.30am. To view the location of St Patrick’s Church on the map, click here.
Please note: there will not be Mass at the Irish College that day.
On Saturday 16th March, the College community welcome you to join them for a Concerto Cristologico in honour of St Patrick to be led by the Circolo di San Pietro. To conclude the evening’s celebrations in honour of our patron saint, refreshments will be served. You are invited to gather at the College from 5:30pm. The Concerto Cristologico will commence at 6pm.
Please send an email to irish.college.events@gmail.com if you intend to join us on the evening.
Christmas Arrangements at the College
Posted on 20. Dec, 2018 by Fr Hugh in Carousel
Sunday, 16th December 2018: Mass as usual at 10.00am
Sunday, 23rd December 2018: No public Mass at the College
Christmas Day, 25th December 2018: No public Mass at the College
Sunday, 30th December 2018: No public Mass at the College
Epiphany, Sunday 6th January 2019: No public Mass at the College
The Baptism of the Lord, Sunday 13th January 2019: Mass as usual at 10.00am
The community of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, wish all the members of the Sunday Mass congregation, and all friends of the College, a blessed and happy Christmas.
Advent Carol Service 2018
Posted on 07. Dec, 2018 by John Coughlan in Carousel
Advent Service and Carols 2017
An Advent Service and Carols will take place this Sunday, 9th December, at 5pm in the College Chapel. All are welcome to join us!
Ministry of Acolyte
Posted on 21. Nov, 2018 by John Coughlan in Carousel
Fr Paul Finnerty, Fr John Coughlan, Fr Tom Norris, Mr John McEneaney, Archbishop Patron Wong, Mr Joseph Keegan, Fr Paul Gitter, Msgr Ciarán O’Carroll
On Wednesday 21st November, Archbishop Jorge Patron Wong, Secretary for Seminaries at the Congregation for the Clergy, visited the College. He celebrated the Eucharist with the community and conferred the Ministry of Acolyte on two Irish Seminarians, Mr Joseph Keegan and Mr John McEneaney.
The Ministry of Acolyte is a significant stage on the path towards ordination as a priest. The Acolyte’s ministry is a service at the Altar. It is complimented by the Ministry of Lector, which is a service to the Word, generally received before the Ministry of Acolyte. These two ministries – at the Altar and of the Word – are fundamental to the ordained ministry of the priest.
Fr Ragheed Ganni Memorial Soccer 2018
Posted on 18. Nov, 2018 by John Coughlan in Carousel
The Annual Soccer Tournament in memory of Servant of God, Fr Ragheed Ganni, took place on 17th November 2018. The winners this year were a new team from the University of Notre Dame Global Gateway who beat the Irish College in a great final. We wish them every congratulations!
Thanks to Fr Bernard Healy for the photos which can be found here and to the Pontifical Scots College for the video above.
Visit to Campo Verano – 1st November 2018
Posted on 01. Nov, 2018 by John Coughlan in Carousel
As is customary in Rome on the Solemnity of All Saints, the College Community gathered in the Cimitero Verano to remember and pray for the dead. In a particular way, we remembered those students and staff of the College who died here in Rome and whose remains are interred in the Irish College plot.
Servant of God, Fr Ragheed Ganni
Posted on 27. May, 2018 by John Coughlan in Carousel
Opening the Cause of Servants of God, Fr Ragheed Ganni and Companions
Servant of God, Fr Ragheed Ganni, in the Sanctuary of the College Chapel of the Pontifical Irish College around the time of his priestly ordination in 2001. Credit for the photo: http://www.asianews.it
On Sunday next, 3rd June, the 11th Anniversary of the deaths of Servants of God Fr Ragheed Ganni and his companions, Fr Rebwar Basa, a priest of the Chaldean Patriarchal Archeparchy of Baghdad, will preach the homily at the Sunday Eucharist to be celebrated at the Pontifical Irish College.
It was with great joy that the Community at the Pontifical Irish College became aware that the cause of Fr Ragheed Ganni, and his three companions, has officially been opened at the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. Fr Ganni was a student at the Irish College from 1996 until 2003. He completed his formation for the priesthood here, and he was ordained a priest of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul in 2001.
After ordination Fr Ragheed continued his studies at the Pontifical Irish College, and he gained a Licentiate in Ecumenical Theology from the Pontifical University of St Thomas, the Angelicum. In 2003 he elected to return to his home country of Iraq. On June 3rd 2007, after celebrating Mass, he was murdered along with his three companions who were subdeacons, one of whom was his cousin.
There are a number of steps involved in the recognition and canonization of saints. With the opening of Fr Ganni’s cause, the first stage has begun and he is now officially known as “Servant of God”. Competency in the cause has been transferred from the Archeparchy of Mossul of the Chaldeans to the Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit of the Chaldeans. What has now begun is a diocesan inquiry into the life, the martyrdom and intercessory power of the Servants of God Ragheed Aziz Ganni, Priest of the Archeparchy of the Mossul of the Chaldeans, and 3 Companions, Subdeacons of the same Archeparchy, killed in hatred of the Faith in 2007.
The Postulator of the Cause is Rev. Dr. Luis F. Escalante, JCD
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