Communications Down

I am afraid that communications in Rathkenny have broken down!  On Sunday my telephone line and internet went down and despite my efforts to get help from our telecommunications company, there is no sign of anyone coming to fix the problem.  So this is why I have not been online.  I hope it will be fixed soon.  I am posting from an internet cafe! 

Just a reminder to all our members and friends in the London area - the St Genesius Eucharistic Holy Hour starts tonight in Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, at 8pm - come one, come all, and spend time with the Lord in adoration, and join Genesius in offering prayer for those in theatre, cinema and the arts, and of course the sick.    Tuesday of next week - Dublin Film Club - we are watching Hitchcock's I Confess - that should get a discussion going.

Normal posting will resume when I catch the man in the white van.  In the meantime, may I do the Father Z (peace be upon him) and ask your prayers for a number of intentions?

Calling All Londoners!

News for all our members, and others, in the London area.  The Fraternity has finally completed arrangements for starting a St Genesius Prayer Group in London. 

The Prayer Group, open to everyone regardless of whether they are members or not, will consist of a Eucharistic Holy Hour, with prayer and song before the Blessed Sacrament, followed by Benediction.  It's a simple format, but it works.  During the Holy Hour we will remember those who work in theatre, cinema and the arts, but also the sick, those in need of healing, and for the Church and her renewal.

So, dates, times!  The first Eucharistic Holy Hour will take place in Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane (Covent Garden) on Thursday 13th October at 8pm.  It is hoped that the Holy Hour will then take place on the second Thursday of every month.  So calling all Londoners!  Come and join us in prayer, bring your musical instruments if you have any, and join us in song.

I will like to extend a special invitation to those who work in the theatres and the arts in London to join us, regardless of religious affliation. Prayer will be offered on their behalf, for their needs and intentions, and so we offer an oasis of prayer and retreat on that Thursday evening.

Thursday is, of course, the perfect night for such prayer as it was the day on which the first Holy Hour took place - that of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.  His disciples fell asleep on that occasion, but we hope to stay awake and watch one hour (or a little more) with him, offering to him in prayer, those who are in need.  Corpus Christi Church is also the perfect place to have the Holy Hour - not only because it is dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament, but it is the actor's church in London, and it was there that the Fraternity was "born". 

I would like to thank in a special way the Parish Priest of Corpus Christi, Fr Alan Robinson, who has graciously allowed us to use the church for our devotions.  We will also remember him and his parish in our prayers.

So spread the word!   And yes, there will be a first class relic of St Genesius present at the Holy Hour - so if there is anyone who wants a blessing with the sacred bones of the great Roman actor and martyr, come along.

That's a bit of good news in the midst of all the misery!  Thank God. Please keep it in your prayers. 

News on pilgrimage to Rome coming soon.

Back To The Catacombs?

Back to where we started?  Christians arrested during Mass in the Catacombs



Remember how the secularists tell us believers that they just want religion out of the public space, but we are quiet free to practice our beliefs privately and behind the closed doors of our homes?  Well, we don't swallow that one nor agree with it, but if were to take the secularists at their own word, we see that they really don't mean what they say: and here is a good example which proves that point: a Californian family have been fined for hosting a Bible study group in the privacy of their own home.  

So now, dear people, did you ever think you needed a permit for a private prayer group at home?  Do we now need a licence for the family rosary?  Perhaps even planning permission for the May altar?  And, God forbid, perhaps even an act of parliament to permit a house Mass!  Ah, the freedom our friends the secularists offer us!  Where would be be without it?  Free, that's where!

On that note: anyone interested in starting St Genesius prayer groups in the home?  Get a few friends together for the rosary, some prayers and friendship?  If so give us a shout: info@stgenesius.com.