Father Lawrence Lew O.P.,
Father Lawrence Lew O.P., a native of Malaysia, is a teenage convert to Catholicism who has lived and worked in three continents. He currently lives in Blackfriars in Oxford, England, having joined the English Dominicans in 2005. He has a degree in English civil law, and before joining the Order he was a diocesan seminarian in England, and then a lay missionary in the slums of Manila, the Philippines. His theological formation as a Dominican friar took him to Cambridge, Oxford, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington DC. He has been a university chaplain in Edinburgh, served for 7 years as Rector of the Rosary Shrine, London and then concurrently as Pastor and Prior there for 3 years. Since 2019 Fr Lawrence has been the Dominican Order’s global Promoter General of the Holy Rosary, and he travels internationally leading pilgrimages, and giving parish retreats and missions, workshops on Our Lady, the Rosary and prayer, and using photography, sacred art, and beauty as instruments of evangelisation. Fr Lawrence’s photos are updated daily on Flickr.com/photos/paullew, and he actively promotes beauty and the Gospel on social media through Instagram, X, and Facebook. He is a published author with the Catholic Truth Society and Our Sunday Visitor, and his third book on signs and symbols in Catholic churches was published in 2024.
Register here for the 30 October 2025
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 at18.30 hours.
Attention please. The following time zones will assist your time of prayer reflecting the daylight-saving time change for October 2025
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 13.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 12.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 11.00
SOUTH AFRICA – 18.00
UK/IRELAND – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
Blackfriars Chapel in Oxford, England
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to our 30 October 2025 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday led by Father Lawrence Lew O.P.,
Our prayer leader will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Father Lawrence Lew O.P.,
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Lawrence Lew O.P., Prayer responder Angela McClellan Director of Evangelization National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, PA USA www.padrepio.org
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Lawrence Lew O.P., Prayer responder Dermot Mannion International Coordinator Global Rosary Relay and Worldpriest Global Apostolate Associate.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Lawrence Lew O.P., Prayer responder. Ivette Margarita Valle Konstantopoulou, a friend to Worldpriest from Pyrgos in Greece and Worldpriest Representative for Greece.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Lawrence Lew O.P., Prayer responder John O’Grady a friend to Worldpriest Global Apostolate from Chicago USA.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Lawrence Lew O.P., Prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 30 October 2025 by Father Lawrence Lew O.P., to all prayer participants and to all who will pray via YouTube later.
Register here for the 30 October 2025
To register, just click on the link provided here.
On the 25 September 2025 Father Michael Ruddy SS.CC. Led our September Virtual Rosary Thursday, praying with the Worldpriest Global Apostolate prayer community. At any time of your choosing please do pray this time of prayer via YouTube https://youtu.be/mzorCseU7Qg
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc.
Fr Michael Ruddy ss.cc. is a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The Order was founded during the French Revolution, by a Diocesan Priest: Fr Coudrin, who at the time was in hiding, as he refused to take, the ‘the Oath of Allegiance’ to the State. It was while in Adoration, in a cramped attic of a grain loft and after celebrating Mass, that God gave him a vision of a group of men & women who would spread the Love of God throughout the world through devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The order’s most well known and loved member is the ‘leper priest,’ Fr Damien of Molokai. Michael, who hails from north Mayo, is a published poet. Fr Michael has served in various ministries including: parish, vocations, retreats, school and military chaplaincy, Spiritual Direction and as Provincial for the Ireland-England Province of the Order.
The Sacred Heart Church of the parish where Fr Michael now ministers, houses a First Class relic of Saint Damien. The photo shows the Church display: ‘In the Footsteps of Saint Damien,’ that tells the story of the life and vocation of this great Saint, who inspired countless men throughout the world to become priests.
Register here for the 25 September 2025
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 at18.30 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
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to our 25 September 2025 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday led by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc.
Our prayer leader will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc.
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc. Prayer responder Niall M. Kennedy KCSG Chairman of Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc. Prayer responder a parishioner.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc. Prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc. prayer responder Gloria Bautista a prayer friend to the Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc. Prayer responder a parishioner.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 25 September 2025 by Father Michael Ruddy ss.cc. To all prayer participants and to all who will pray via YouTube later.
Register here for the 25 September 2025
To register, just click on the link provided here.
On the 28 August 2025 Deacon James Friend led our August Virtual Rosary Thursday, praying with the Worldpriest Global Apostolate prayer community. At any time of your choosing please do pray this time of prayer via YouTube https://youtu.be/0neesKOFlWc
28 August 2025. Reflections on the Luminous Mysteries for the Sanctification of Priests. By Deacon Jim Friend. click to read text.
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com