Every Saturday, after the oratory we bring the children who would like to attend the Holy Mass to the parish church. We know that the Eucharist is “the source and summit of all Christian life “[1]. For some children it is difficult to remain quiet for forty-five minutes for the…
“The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities.”* For Christmas our girls group “Daughters of Mary” did a small work of mercy by visiting the sick of our parish in Pumpėnai. On December 29th we went…
In her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta said, “I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing.” In a time when we are plagued with so many reports of war and violence…
Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love… “In the sacred Host, He is present, the true treasure, always waiting for us. Only by adoring this presence do we learn how to receive Him properly – we learn the reality of communion, we learn the Eucharistic celebration from the…
For the last two weeks in Stykkishólmur we´ve been preparing the children in various ways for the joy of Christmas. With our oratory, we held the traditional Icelandic „Christmas Crafts“ called „Jólafundur“ and we spoke to the children in the chapel about how we can make Baby Jesus´s crib softer…
Responding to the invitation of our Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich on the 8th of November 2015, and in collaboration with the pastoral service in the diocese of Luxembourg, we were able to take part in the March for Evangelization for the second time. The theme was “Marching Together to the Tomb…
A month ago, we moved to a new house in the center of The Hague to fulfill the new mission that our bishop has entrusted to us. Inspired by the love that he demonstrates for the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist, he has invited us for a new challenge: to start…
Our community in Stykkishólmur, Iceland has begun our fall apostolates, including our children´s Oratory „Child Jesus“. All the children in our town are welcome to participate. We oratory with some free time for games and this week we played with Play-Doh. Trying our best to be creative, we made fruit,…
Every Saturday we have a jammed packed day with activities for children. Children from Pumpėnai and the surrounding villages come to the IVE parish for several hours. The girls start coming around 1pm. We begin the afternoon with a little girls group called Daughters of Mary. The goal of the…
A Christian’s vocation is sanctity, in every moment of life. In the springtime of their youth, in the fullness of summer at the age of maturity, and also after in the autumn and winter of old age, and at last, at the hour of death.” (Pope John Paul II) The…
