Our next Faith Cafe will be held on Tuesday 12th March

Guest Speaker: Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly

Theme: “Grandparents, called to be Missionary Disciples”

Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly: In 1970 Archbishop Kieran began his studies for the priesthood with the Cork-based Society of African Missions. Following university studies in St. Patrick’s College , Maynooth, he was ordained to the priesthood on 17 June 1978 in the African Missions Church at Wilton, Cork. He was then appointed to pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Monrovia, Liberia.

He studied Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, from where he qualified with a licentiate in Sacred Scripture. His next appointment was to the Major Seminary of SS. Peter and Paul, Ibadan, Nigeria, where he lectured in Sacred Scripture for five years.

In 1989, he was elected as a member of the SMA Provincial Council, the body which oversees the administration of the Society in Ireland.

In 1995 at the SMA General Assembly in Rome, Archbishop Kieran was elected the SMA Vicar General. In 2001 he was elected the eleventh Superior General of the Society of African Missions a position he held until 2010 when he was appointed Bishop of Killaloe.

In November 2014 he was appointed by Pope Francis as Archbishop of Cashel and Emly.

Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly

Faith CafeThe Catholic Grandparents Association hosts a Grandparents' Faith Café online via Zoom on the second Tuesday of every month. The Faith Café sees Grandparents from around the world gathering for an hour to hear from a guest speaker, to share moments of prayer and reflection and to be together in a social space.

The Faith Cafe started in December 2020 as a response to the global Covid-19 pandemic when so much of our meeting up ministry was cancelled.

We invite the guest speaker to address us for about 15 - 20  minutes and then to be part of the discussion afterwards which is lively, social and chatty! Attendance can be anything between 50 - 100 people and we are growing all the time. The Zoom meeting is secure and strictly moderated.

We'd love you to join us each month. Keep an eye on our website and social media pages for information on upcoming speakers.

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