In celebrating the Easter season, we decided to make a small retreat day with various kids from the Oratory and the First Holy Communion class. We headed out for a beautiful basilica dedicated to Maryja Krekenavos, where we also stayed at the basilica‘s recreational hall. Between games, talks, confessions and…
Dear friends We want to share with you the news about an upcoming publication by our Religious Family: a pilgrim’s guide to Poland following the footsteps of John Paul II in his native land. We began with this project due to the particular relationship that our Religious Family has with…
Last Friday evening, a group of youth preparing for Confirmation departed from Reykjavík to do a weekend retreat in our little town, Stykkishólmur. Father said that when the youth got into the cars, their faces were filled with dread. But after the weekend, they had changed completely and had become…
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…
