Mass in Knock for the protection of the sanctity of marriage, family and life and for Ireland

Monday, April 20, 2015

Mass in Knock for the protection of the sanctity of marriage, family and life and for Ireland

Mass for Ireland - The Lamb Will Conquer - in Knock Basilica, Sat 25th April at 3 pm for protection of the sanctity of marriage, family and life and for Ireland.

Stations and rosaries from 2 pm. Celebrant Fr John Mockler with fellow priests. Prayer groups and banners welcome. Please come and unite in prayer for Ireland at this crucial time. If you are coming to the mass on Sat, please stay over / come back for day of Eucharistic Adoration on Sunday.

Notice is short, however, this was the only date available.

So far buses are running from the Dioceses of:

Cashel and Emly,

Cork and Ross,

Clogher,

Cloyne (overnight bus),

Down and Connor,

Galway (free bus)

Kerry,

Limerick.

Please consider attending and uniting with others in prayer to The Holy Family for Ireland.

Please share this information with your friends and prayer groups.

More information together with posters or flyers is available from:

N Orla 07545452362,

S Mary 0876325406

E Catherine 0874199249

W Bernie 085-1661754.

Pat Buckley

I was born in Galway, Ireland where I attended first Scoil Fhursa and then St Ignatius (Jesuit) College. My family moved to Cork in 1960 and I spent my last year at the Christian Brothers College in Mc Curtain street Cork (CBC).

I came to Dublin in 1963 where I met and married my wife Philomena. We have lived in Dublin since then and have been blessed with seven children and 17 grandchildren (so far). When I finished school I studied architecture through the professional institutions and I am a retired Member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (MRIAI). I also hold a BSc. in psychology and political philosophy.

I currently lobby pro-life and pro-family issues at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and occasionally at the European Parliament and Council of Europe. I am a member of the pro-life, pro-family coalition operating within the international institutions and I am a consultant to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children SPUC on UN and related matters.

Between 1978-85, as a married couple Philomena and I were involved in the presentation of Marriage Encounter Weekends and pre-marriage courses. We also represented Worldwide Marriage Encounter on a committee for the family in the Dublin Archdiocese. Between 1985-1988. I was appointed National Secretary and then President of the Catholic Secondary Schools Parents Association (CSPA). I have been lobbying pro-life issue at the UN for upwards of 12 years.

I am a past President of the National Association of Catholic Families (NACF)

Publications:

1997: Anthology of pro-life verse

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Monday, April 20, 2015

Mass in Knock for the protection of the sanctity of marriage, family and life and for Ireland

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