Christmas Reflection by Venerable Patrick Peyton C.S.C.
Mary’s visitation
Because Mary was ordinary – that is a really human being, unselfish, heart full of affection – this mystery tells me something remarkable about loving God. The God-Man was now divinely conceived in her womb. Keep to your quiet home, Mary, (we might have advised) and love Him, love Him alone. But Mary knows this secret about loving God: to love God alone is to love Him not at all. Of her Son’s commandment, “Love one another,” Mary’s visitation was an unconscious prophecy.
Loving God requires that I love everyone else – even those I cannot like! How do I do that? Practice seeing Christ in others, and act accordingly. “What you do for others, you do to me.” Christ meant that.
Bethlehem
“Mary and Joseph found accommodations in one of Bethlehem’s hillside caves. It offered some protection from the biting cold of a December night, nothing more. Air, heavy with moisture seeping through damp earthen walls; stifling odours of cattle; darkness made all the more emphatic by a lantern’s frail light and the smallest patch of night horizon, too low for stars – yes, there would be room here. And here, Mary and Joseph loved God as He was never loved on earth.
God can be loved – wholeheartedly – anywhere. Loving God does not depend on the kind of a place I’m in – it depends on the kind of a person I am.” Father Peyton’s Rosary Prayer Book;
May we wish all cardinals, bishops, priests, friends, benefactors, Global Rosary Relay participants, Rosary Thursday participants, Worldpriest representatives, volunteers, and all members of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate team a very happy Christmas a holy and a blessed New Year for 2024.
“May the message of Christmas fill your heart with eternal hope, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Marion Mulhall
Founder – Worldpriest Global Apostolate
As we approach the end of 2023, we reflect on yet another year of many graces and blessings, in which we experienced great success and fulfilment for the Worldpriest apostolate. This was a year that touched the lives of millions of people all around the world and brought great comfort and joy to many.
Outstanding participation in the Annual Global Rosary Relay
In 2023 we again witnessed a significant increase in participation in the Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests, as the number of people joining in prayer from all around the world rose to astonishing new heights.
There were an estimated three billion Hail Marys prayed worldwide, as more and more people joined in what is now one of the largest of the prayer events in the world. Global, national and local television broadcasts combined with mass communications media and technology-based social media platforms once again boosted participation on an unprecedented scale. This included EWTN Global Catholic TV Network USA with global, national and local broadcasts. Good News TV Karachi Pakistan, Catholic TV Network Boston USA and Radio Maria also promoted the event.
Holy Cross Family Ministries Offices in Nsambya, Kampala join the Global Rosary Relay from Africa.
Many people took the initiative at countless new local prayer locations worldwide – particularly in the United States – and organised their own Rosary Relay. As part of this additional awareness of outreach, people downloaded the Worldpriest promotional material about how to participate and how to pray on the day from our website and prayed both individually and with others in their general locality. This illustrated the speed and spread of the good news as people became aware that a special world event was taking place and ensured that they too would be part of this Global Rosary Relay prayer day.
A group from Fort Lauderdale in Florida USA prayed no less than four different times throughout the entire day, leading to a full night’s vigil of prayer and Eucharistic adoration as they gave thanks in particular for the priests by name in their local community, along with offering the intentions of all priests worldwide. This year once again every one of the fifty American states had a participating prayer location and our prayer for 2024 is that participation will spread to many deaneries within more dioceses.
Parishioners from St. John’s (Wagner) and Assumption (Dante) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, gathered to participate in the Global Rosary Relay time of prayer.
New brochure in three languages
We are now engaged in the production of a beautiful and informative new Annual Global Rosary Relay brochure which will be produced in three languages – English, French and Spanish and will become available in print format and to download online in the near future.
The realisation of this project was made possible through the financial support of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), for which we are most grateful.
Participation by children
The Children’s Rosary Group joined in prayer from many of the Worldpriest prayer locations worldwide this year and it was so wonderful to have the little children praying along with their parents and families. Since the very first Rosary Relay the children’s group has been a valid partner to the Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
A special event at Lourdes
At the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France the Global Rosary Relay was prayed in four different languages at four different times. There were live television broadcasts and full use of all social media also provided an outstanding prayer outreach achievement. So well done to all who made that landmark event happen in Lourdes.
Thank you to all our participants
A big thanks must go to all the people who through their hard work and continued commitment contributed to this great success, in particular to all the Worldpriest Global Apostolate representatives the world over who ensured that the word was spread to every corner of the globe, all contributing a beautiful gift to Our Lady in thanksgiving for our priests – men who daily serve the people of God entrusted to their care around the world.
Award to be announced
The Annual Global Rosary Relay Award winners for outstanding promotion and participation for 2023 will go to a location in the eastern hemisphere. More details of this award will follow, so watch out for big news to come.
Planning ahead to 2024
We are already well advanced in our plans for next year’s Annual Global Rosary Relay prayer event, which will take place on 7 June 2024. Worldpriest Global Apostolate will promote this event, which leads up to the special Jubilee Year preparations which have already begun as requested by Pope Francis. https://www.worldpriest.com/annual-global-rosary-relay/
Celebrating the sixth anniversary of Rosary Thursday
Worldpriest celebrates the sixth anniversary of Worldpriest Rosary Thursday, a unique prayer concept that was launched on 22 December 2017. For full details see:https://www.worldpriest.com/rosary-thursday/
Father Philip Steiner OSB from the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, Switzerland.
Thanking our Worldpriest Virtual Rosary leaders
We also celebrate the third year of the Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursdays, prayed on the last Thursday of each month as we reflect on the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary for the Sanctification of Priests, led by a priest prayer guide, with inspirational meditations attracting increasing numbers of people to join prayerfully as part of a global community united in prayer at various locations worldwide. To name but a few great priests who led the Virtual Rosary for 2023, firstly on Thursday 30 March there was Bishop François Beyrouti from the USA, who was enthroned at Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 October 2022 and whose role as prayer leader was very special. https://youtu.be/Q5NXajx2b64
On 31 August Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday was led by Father Philip Steiner OSB from the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, Switzerland. Again this was a great blessing to all who joined in that memorable time of prayer. https://youtu.be/MHot5BoFaXw
For 2024 we are already almost fully booked, with exceptional priest prayer leaders lined up to facilitate participants every month throughout the coming New Year via Zoom.
Ireland’s International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine at Knock, County Mayo.
Holy Cross Family Ministries (HCFM) Global Leadership Conference
The 2023 conference took place recently at Knock, County Mayo in the west of Ireland. Holy Cross Family Ministry priests gathered from Hollywood in California to Kampala in Africa – literally from all over the world for this very special event. For HCFM Ireland who hosted this week-long conference, it was a great gift of inspiration and mission renewal, as it included a very special visit to Attymass County Mayo, the birthplace of Venerable Patrick Peyton. We walked the roads he walked and prayed in the church where he prayed on so many occasions. We also enjoyed the beautiful scenery of such a very remote, totally unspoilt and majestic part of Ireland and visited the place of rest of his parents, just outside Attymass.
Marion Mulhall, founder of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate was invited by Father Pinto Paul C.S.C. as a guest speaker, sharing her story of vocation and outreach mission to the world, which indeed was a great honour. To meet face-to-face for the first time with so many Holy Cross priests and lay faithful representatives who had previously only been in communication with Worldpriest via social media as we planned their participation in the Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay was a source of great joy to experience.
Last Virtual Rosary Thursday for the year 2023
On 30 November 2023 Father Michael McGuckian S.J., led this special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with Father Michael McGuckian S.J., using our recording of this time of prayer. https://youtu.be/07EeD3aMhvM?si=kApQfXe6cFCg3L8y
NOTE: 25 January first Virtual Rosary Thursday for 2024
The first Virtual Rosary Thursday of the New Year will be led by Father Dave Heney, St. Bruno Catholic Church, Whittier, California, USA. https://daveheney.com/ This time of prayer will be a live broadcast by Radio Maria Ireland to 190 countries worldwide.
Father Bernard J. McGuckian S.J.
Like many millions of people across the globe you may already be praying the Rosary on Thursdays. Worldpriest is now naming each Thursday as Rosary Thursday and invites you to offer your Rosary on that day for the sanctification of priests, which is also the Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay prayer intention. On the last Thursday of each month The Worldpriest Global Apostolate is planning a virtual Rosary Thursday.
This prayer time for Rosary Thursday will take the form of a virtual Rosary at 6 p.m. local Rome time, being prayed for the sanctification of priests and the intentions of Pope Francis. Everyone around the world – regardless of their location – will be very welcome to join in this important time of prayer However; all participants will need to register by simply clicking on the link below.
Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, Ireland
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome and introduction to our Rosary Thursday Prayer time by Bernard J. McGuckian S.J.
Bernard J. McGuckian S.J. is an Irish Jesuit priest, currently working at the People’s Church, Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare. Since ordination in 1970 his main apostolate has been as Director of the international Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and editor of Pioneer, its monthly magazine (founded 1948). The membership of this Jesuit-inspired Association is mainly to be found in English-speaking countries, especially in Africa, where the growth in recent years has been phenomenal. The members commit themselves to life-long abstinence from alcohol and daily prayer to the Sacred Heart for victims of alcohol abuse. A Jesuit apostolate since its foundation in 1898 it has recently been entrusted to laity in December 2019.
During 1989-91 Fr McGuckian was based in Africa where he was directly involved in the establishment and spiritual direction of the Sisters of Emmanuel, now a thriving religious congregation in Kenya. Over the years his special interest has been Sacred Heart spirituality. He is one of three brothers who are Jesuit priests. Michael is currently based in Ankara, Turkey and the youngest, Alan is Bishop of the Diocese of Raphoe Ireland.
Father Barney McGuckian was appointed Chaplain to the Worldpriest Global Apostolate in November 2019.
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This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. It will open at 17.50 hours, local Rome time; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours, concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer reflecting the daylight-saving time change.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
The following people will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with guided meditations for each decade by Father Barney McGuckian S.J our Worldpriest Chaplain.
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – To be prayed by Father Barney McGuckian S.J. Prayer responder John and Bridie O’Grady friends of Worldpriest from Chicago USA.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – To be prayed by Father Barney McGuckian S.J. Prayer responder Isabel Gillis Worldpriest Representative for Canada.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – To be prayed by Father Barney McGuckian S.J. Prayer responder Anne Brady Worldpriest Director Ireland.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – To be prayed by Barney McGuckian S.J.– Prayer responder Dermot Mannion International Coordinator for Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay and Worldpriest Associate.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – Barney McGuckian S.J. Prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
Final prayers by Father Barney McGuckian S.J. with a final blessing.
On the 26 October 2023 Father Willie Purcell from Ireland led our special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your selecting pray with Father Willie Purcell with our recording of this beautiful time of prayer
https://youtu.be/4NXSG4ih7RY?si=BaHoZ7Zrv5vf_N99
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Marion Mulhall
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Fr. Willie Purcell
Fr. Willie Purcell is the parish priest of Clara, Kilkenny; Ireland he also works as the national vocations coordinator for Diocesan Priesthood for Ireland at the Irish Conference of Catholic Bishops and is a member of the Council for Immigrants for the Irish Conference of Catholic Bishops. He holds a master’s degree in Theology from St. Patricks College Maynooth and has taught in secondary and third level colleges.
St. Patricks College Maynooth Ireland
He hosts a Saturday morning religious programme ‘spirit alive’ on Community Radio Kilkenny City and also writes for national magazines on religious and social affairs topics. Fr. Willie directs retreats and parish workshops in Ireland, England and the USA
On the last Thursday of each month The Worldpriest Global Apostolate is hosting a virtual Rosary Thursday. In 2002 Pope John Paul II invited Catholics to pray the Mysteries of Light on Thursdays. These mysteries focus on the public life of Jesus.
View of Kilkenny City
This prayer time for Rosary Thursday will take the form of a virtual Rosary at 6 p.m. local Rome time, being prayed for the sanctification of priests and the intentions of Pope Francis. Everyone around the world – regardless of their location – are most welcome to join in this important time of prayer.
However; all participants will need to register by simply clicking on the link below.
Register Here
This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. Zoom room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours, concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer reflecting the daylight-saving time change.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 19.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
Worldpriest team members and prayer friends will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations for each decade by Father Willie Purcell.
The following people will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with guided meditations for each decade by Father Willie Purcell.
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Willie Purcell prayer responder Jim Friend USA. Jim is a Candidate for the Permanent Diaconate in the Diocese of Allentown and has served the Church in his career through ministry and philanthropy for over 30 years. In his full-time role, he serves as Director of Mission Advancement for the Saint John Vianney Center USA www.sjvcenter.org,
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Willie Purcell prayer responder Amelia only 9 years old and a member of the Children’s Rosary Group. www.childrensrosary.org
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Willie Purcell prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate. https://www.worldpriest.com/
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Willie Purcell prayer responder Kristin Friend has a prayer ministry called Kristin’s Crosses and in 2020, she launched her YouTube Prayer Channel www.YouTube.com/@KristinsCrosses dedicated to our Blessed Mother. To Kristin’s surprise, the videos went viral, and people all over the world found Christ through our Blessed Mother by praying the Rosary with the Friend family. Since then, Kristin has published hundreds of prayer and devotion videos, including a daily scenic rosary, the daily gospel reading, and a reflection by her husband Jim.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Willie Purcell prayer responders Liam and Mary Murphy friends to Worldpriest Global Apostolate from Ireland.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Willie Purcell to our virtual Rosary Thursday prayer community.
On the 28 September 2023 Father Benedict Croell OP https://angelicum.it/ led our special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with Father Benedict Croell OP with a recording of this beautiful time of prayer https://youtu.be/5jTdWJouC3Q?si=I5kM9SQtBpfP23pq
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If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
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This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome and introduction to our Rosary Thursday Prayer time by Father Benedict Croell OP from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas the ANGELICUM in Rome, Italy.
Father Benedict Croell, O.P., a Dominican friar, hails from Colorado (USA). He has served in parish, university and itinerant preaching ministries. He also served five years in the Dominican Order’s East African missions where he was novice master for friars in their initial stage of formation from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Southern Sudan, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. He served as Director of Vocations for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph (USA) from 2010-18 in Washington, D.C. – during which 100 young men entered their novitiate. He is co-author of a book for young men: A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life He currently serves as Director of Development & Mission Advancement for the ANGELICUM https://angelicum.it in Rome, the Roman alma Mater of Father Karol Wojtyła, who later became Saint John Paul II. Fr. Benedict was named a Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis in 2016.
The Angelicum Rome, Italy
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This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. It will open at 17.50 hours, local Rome time; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours, concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
The following people will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with guided meditations for each decade by. Father Benedict Croell O.P.,
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Benedict Croell OP prayer responder Matt Meeks. He has advised Hollywood studios, game developers and publishers, celebrity talent and tech start-ups . http://www.catholic.ventures/
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Benedict Croell OP prayer responder Cathleen Ojeda (EPPC) Cathleen is an Advancement Operations Consultant for the Ethics and Public Policy Centre in Washington, DC.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Benedict Croell OP prayer responder Ben O’Neill Director of Mission Advancement, for the Napa Institute. https://napa-institute.org/
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Benedict Croell OP prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate. https://www.worldpriest.com/
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Benedict Croell OP prayer responder Pia di Solenni Pia de Solenni, SThD, is a moral theologian, ethicist, and cultural analyst. http://moralthelogian.com/
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Benedict Croell OP to our virtual Rosary Thursday prayer community.
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Father Philipp Steiner OSB a Benedictine priest from the Abbey of Our Lady of
Einsiedeln in Switzerland www.kloster-einsiedeln.ch. On the 31 August 2023 led our special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with Father Philipp Steiner OSB with the recording of this beautiful time of prayer.
Father Philipp Steiner OS
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
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Father Philipp was born in 1985 and grew up in the town of Brunnen on the beautiful shores of Lake Lucerne. Since 2007 he has lived in the Benedictine Abbey of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, where he is responsible for the pilgrimage office and the monastery church. In addition, he serves confessor, tour guide, is member of several committees of his community and teaches a small part-time at the grammar school of his monastery.
Einsiedeln Abbey was founded in the year 934 at the place where the hermit St. Meinrad (+861) lived and is the most important Marian pilgrimage site in Switzerland. The famous Black Madonna and the beautiful baroque monastery buildings are visited by around 800,000 people every year. The 41 monks of the Benedictine abbey in the Pre-Alps near Zurich cultivate Gregorian chant, work in various parishes and open their monastery to guests. Further information at www.kloster-einsiedeln.ch.
Einsiedeln Abbey
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This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. It will open at 17.50 hours, local Rome time; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours, concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to Father Philipp Steiner OSB.
Prayer leader and prayer responders will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations before each decade by Father Philipp Steiner OSB.
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Philipp Steiner OSB. Prayer responder Patrick Novecosky. Patrick is one of America’s most accomplished Catholic communicators. Patrick Novecosky
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Philipp Steiner OSB. Prayer responder Berni Neal a Worldpriest Global Apostolate team member from Orange County CA USA.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Philipp Steiner OSB. Prayer responder Montse Alvarado President & COO, EWTN News Host, EWTN News In Depth.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Philipp Steiner OSB. Prayer responder Patrick Novecosky. Patrick is one of America’s most accomplished Catholic communicators. Patrick Novecosky
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Philipp Steiner OSB. Prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Philipp Steiner OSB. To our Rosary Thursday prayer community.
The famous Black Madonna
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Father Moreno from Bogota Colombia. On the 27 July 2023 led our special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with the friends of Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with Father Moreno recording of this https://youtu.be/O46VWgLgM18 beautiful time of prayer.
FATHER ASTOLFO MORENO
Father Astolfo Moreno is a Colombian priest in the service of the Archdiocese of Bogotá, ordained on 1 December 2001. He holds a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the University of Navarra (Spain, 2021) with a thesis entitled: Dostoyevsky in the Theology of the 20th Century. He holds a master’s degree in Canon Law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia, 2008), a degree in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Italy, 2013), a Bachelor’s degree in Theology (2001) and Philosophy (1998) from the University of Navarra (Spain). He is also an industrial engineer from the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia, 1996), with a qualification in management development from INALDE Business School (Colombia, 2021).
He currently serves as parish priest at Jesus Christ Redeemer of the Archdiocese of Bogota, where he has been since December 2018. He has been president of the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need, ACN Colombia, since October 2014.
He initiated, along with other priests, the Emmaus Retreats for priests, which have been attended by more than 1,000 clergy from various countries around the world. He accompanies various apostolates in Colombia, organising many pilgrimages to the Holy Land and other shrines and the Medjugorje Centre in Colombia.
Always at the service of the Archdiocese of Bogota, he served as parish priest at San Pio de Pietrelcina and at the Primate Cathedral of Colombia. He was also a local collaborator of the Apostolic Nunciature in Colombia. Among other posts, he has also been chaplain to the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia; a member of the Commission for the Ongoing Formation of the Clergy; an initiator of the María Auxiliadora Chapel of the Congress of the Republic; auxiliary Notary of the Episcopal Vicariate of Espíritu Santo; parochial Vicar in Santa María de Jerusalén; chaplain of the Manuel María Camargo Gymnasium and of the Interparochial College of El Santo Cura de Ars.
For the last three years he has distinguished himself as a Catholic influencer on social networks and digital communication channels, where he evangelises and brings the true hope of Jesus Christ to different audiences.
Jesus Christ Redeemer Church of the Archdiocese of Bogota
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This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. It will open at 17.50 hours, local Rome time; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours, concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to Father Astolfo Moreno.
Prayer leader and prayer responders will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations before each decade by Father Astolfo Moreno.
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Astolfo Moreno prayer responder Montse Alvarado President & COO, EWTN News Host, EWTN News in Depth.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Astolfo Moreno prayer responder special guest to be announced.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Astolfo Moreno prayer responder. Niall Kennedy KCSG Chairman of Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Astolfo Moreno prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Astolfo Moreno prayer responder Valerie Mullen Pletcher, MinstF (Adv Dip) Sr. Director of Philanthropy at FOCUS – Fellowship of Catholic University Students
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Astolfo Moreno to our Rosary Thursday prayer community.
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If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
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Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C. On the 16 of June 2023 led our special Worldpriest Virtual Global Rosary Relay time of prayer for Pope Francis along with the directors of Worldpriest Global Apostolate from the USA and Ireland.
At any time of your choosing pray with Father Fred Jenga https://youtu.be/kSBiXnKTAf8 recording of this beautiful time of prayer.
Welcome to our friends the world over who follow the Worldpriest Global Apostolate and its many initiatives. And a special welcome to all our Annual Global Rosary Relay participants and our Rosary Thursday prayer friends.
On 16 June 2023 the next Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests will take place, on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This unique event started fourteen years ago when the Worldpriest founder received an inspiration of ‘Twenty countries and twenty mysteries. It has now grown into a truly global ‘avalanche of prayer’, inspiring millions of people on each continent to make a huge success of this unique global prayer event.
Worldpriest extends an open invitation to all people to join a world community at prayer. This includes individuals, families, children and members of the more elderly population to pray from their homes or from any other locations of their choice. Locations include local cathedrals, churches, grottos, schools, colleges, hospitals, nursing homes or any other venue suitable for individual or collective prayer. Regardless of your faith, age or local culture, please join this truly inspiring event. Pray the Rosary, unite with your country and truly encircle the world in prayer.
A special message from the Vatican
‘The Holy Father asks you to convey his cordial greetings to all taking part in the ‘24-Hour Rosary Relay for Priests’. With great affection and appreciation for priests, His Holiness commends them and those joining in this event to the loving intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary, and willingly imparts his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of grace and peace’. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State
Please contact your local church representative to join the relay at your local prayer location or find your most convenient prayer place on the Participating Prayer Location List – World Priest
The Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay 2023 promotional video is launched.
This specially-commissioned video promotes the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay 2023 for the Sanctification of Priests and is now formally launched. Please widely share this video on your social media networks, your diocesan and all parish websites. It was produced by Colm Flynn of EWTN to encourage as many people as possible to pray the Rosary around the world on 16 June, regardless of their location. Annual Global Rosary Relay – World Priest
This video is based on images of Our Lady painted by religious artists from around the world. The results speak powerfully of the truly worldwide phenomenon that is the Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests.
What started as a modest prayer event for the sanctification of priests now encompasses the entire world in a twenty-four-hour period and touches the lives of millions as they collectively pray the Rosary in a real time relay that is truly spiritual.
An opportunity to pray for Pope Francis this year
On 16 June 2023 Worldpriest hosts a special Virtual Global Rosary Relay invitation to pray for Pope Francis at the Vatican time slot led by Father Fred Jenga, CSC President of Holy Cross Family Ministries USA, along with Worldpriest directors and our Worldpriest prayer community praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary through the use of Zoom technology.
Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours, local Rome time, with the prayers beginning at 18.00 hours and concluding at 18.30 hours.
Click this link if you wish to register and pray on the day. Rosary Thursday – World Priest
Rome, Vatican 16.00 GMT local prayer time (18.00 hours) – the Sorrowful Mysteries.
Other notable prayer events on 16 June
- Prelude of prayer from The Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe in Mexico
- Prelude of prayer from Pakistan – Church of St Christopher, Karachi Pakistan.
- Botswana South Africa Deaneries of Gaborone Diocese participating in the Annual Global Rosary Relay with fifty parish prayer locations participating.
- The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes is praying at four different times in four different languages, which is a great gift to The Global Rosary Relay 2023. https://www.lourdes-france.com/en/lourdes-tv-platform/
- In front of historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris a group will pray the Luminous Mysteries at 8.30 pm.
Every continent will have extensive participation, all praying at their allocated times.
The rosary begins at Our Lady of Magadan in Russia and in a real time relay visits every national Marian Shrine worldwide, along with all participating basilicas, cathedrals and churches, with family prayer groups the world over participating. The relay will end at the Thomas Aquinas College in the Our Mother of Perpetual Health Chapel (New England Campus) for those who pray on the east coast of the United States and at the same time Thomas Aquinas College will close the day of prayer for 2023 at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula California at Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel (California campus).
Media coverage of the Global Rosary Relay 2023
National, global and local television broadcasts by EWTN, with a number of radio broadcasts by Radio Maria from Guatemala with a national broadcast. A similar Radio Maria broadcast will also take place from Ireland.
Remember – when a prayer location prays, they are praying for their parish, their diocese, their county and for the world.
Media Contact or questions
Marion Mulhall
Info.worldpriest@gmail.com
www.worldpriest.com
Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C. is the new President of Holy Cross Family Ministries, a worldwide family of Catholic ministries founded by Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., in 1942 as Family Rosary and later in 1947 as Family Theatre Productions. Holy Cross Family Ministries continues the legacy of Venerable Patrick Peyton, the “Rosary Priest” and Catholic media pioneer. Father Peyton spent 51 years of his priesthood (1941-1992) serving the spiritual needs of families, particularly encouraging them to pray together daily, especially the Rosary. Today, Father Fred leads and oversees all ministries of this international organization, focused on promoting prayer life and family prayer.
Father Fred was born in the Jinja District of Uganda. In addition to his native language of Lusoga, he speaks English, Luganda, Kiswahili and Rutooro. He is currently learning Spanish. Father Fred is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross and made his solemn vows in 2005 and was ordained a priest in the same year. He earned a Bachelor of Philosophy from Pontifical Urban University in Rome in 1999, Bachelor of Theology from Catholic University of East Africa in 2005, Masters in Journalism and Communication at Makerere University of Kampala in 2013, Masters in Communication Studies at San Francisco State University in 2016 and a PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.
Father Fred has served as a teacher in Africa, China, and the United States. He was also a family life minister with Holy Cross Family Ministries in Uganda and spent seven years as the East Africa Region Director of the ministry. For the past five years, he has been a member of the Corporate Board for Holy Cross Family Ministries.
Passionate about helping families pray and grow spiritually, Father Fred serves with a team of professionals pioneering innovative ways to benefit 21st century families. Guiding all of Holy Cross Family Ministries’ efforts is the recognition that “The Family that Prays Together Stays Together” and “A world at prayer is a world at peace.”
Holy Cross Family Ministries, Father Peyton Centre MA
Join with the world to pray for Pope Francis from your particular location or register online via ZOOM and pray with the Worldpriest prayer community in praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.
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16 June 2023 special Virtual Global Rosary Relay invitation to pray with
Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C. will make use of Zoom technology. It will open at 17.45 hours, local Rome time; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours, concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
This special virtual Annual Global Rosary Relay will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C.
Relay details
33A: USA: South Dakota (GMT 16.00)
Local prayer time 11:00 a.m.
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Wagner, South Dakota
Luminous Mysteries
Receive from
34: Rome, Vatican 16.00 GMT
Local prayer time (18.00)
Join with the world to pray for Pope Francis from your particular location.
Sorrowful Mysteries
Share with
34A: Botswana (GMT 16.00)
Local prayer time (18.00)
Saint Bernadette’s Parish Church, Gaborone Southern Botswana
Glorious Mysteries
Prayer leader and prayer responders, will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations for each decade by Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C.
- Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate:
First Sorrowful Mystery: The agony in the garden. - Dermot Mannion Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay International Coordinator.
Second Sorrowful Mystery: The scourging at the pillar. - James Diroff director of Worldpriest INC Texas USA.
Third Sorrowful Mystery: The crowning with thorns - Anne Brady Director Worldpriest:
Fourth Sorrowful Mystery: The carrying of the cross. - Niall Kennedy KCSG Chairman of Worldpriest
Fifth Sorrowful Mystery: The crucifixion.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C. to our prayer community on this special 2023 Global Rosary Relay Day for the Sanctification of Priests.
View this very powerful Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay video promo for16 June 2023 professionally produced by our Worldpriest Director Colm Flynn. To view and share please post on your parish websites and all social media. http://youtu.be/nJhjChca4Wo
Register here
To register, just click on the link provided here.
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
Father Adrian Crowley led our special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday prayer event on Thursday 5 May 2023. Join and pray with Father Adrian Crowley at any time of your choosing on any Rosary Thursday. YouTube link https://youtu.be/NPm1tyL0cUg recording of this time of prayer.
Father Adrian Crowley was ordained in 1995 and served in the Dublin Archdiocese for six years. I then felt a calling to work with the poorest of people, so from 2001 to 2009 I worked in Lima, Peru. It was in a shanty town Pueblo joven, situated in a desert area. An old Irish missionary who was a legend in the area told me: ‘There are treasures in the sand here! The people!’
Peruvians are very warm-hearted. In 2009 I went to a monastery in South Carolina to pray and be open to God’s next step. Afterwards I was invited to Liberia, West Africa with Mary’s Meals. I was there for seven years, including during the Ebola virus epidemic. It was wonderful to see how African people have such faith and are so open to God. Mass was a real celebration. Quality time was given to worship, with nobody appearing to be in a hurry.
In 2017 I went to the Philippines with the Cenacolo Community, helping to open a new house for the addicted there. Again it was a rewarding experience. There are 90 million Catholics in the Philippines and they have tremendous faith qualities. Now I am back in Ireland and enjoying parish life in Mulhuddart Dublin.
Saint Mary’s Pro Cathedral Dublin City Ireland
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This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. It will open at 17.40 hours, local Rome time; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours, concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to Father Adrian Crowley.
Prayer leader and prayer responders, will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations before each decade by Father Adrian Crowley
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Adrian Crowley prayer responder Doctor Timothy P. Flanigan Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals and Brown Medical School, USA.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Adrian Crowley prayer responder Deirdre Rudden a friend to Worldpriest Global Apostolate Dublin, Ireland.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Adrian Crowley prayer responder Dermot Mannion International Coordinator Global Rosary Relay and Worldpriest Global Apostolate Associate.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Adrian Crowley prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Adrian Crowley prayer responders Liam and Mary Murphy friends to Worldpriest Global Apostolate Dublin, Ireland.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Adrian Crowley to our Rosary Thursday prayer community.
Register here
To register, just click on the link provided here.
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
Father Timothy Naples led our special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday prayer event on Thursday 27 April 2023. Join and pray with Father Timothy Naples at any time of your choosing on any Rosary Thursday. YouTube link https://youtu.be/E1eE20qmOF8 recording of this time of prayer.