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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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
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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
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If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
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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.
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If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
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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.
Father Timothy Naples is a native of Oneonta, NY who came to Vermont in 2003 to work for the Diocese of Burlington at Camp Holy Cross summer camping program, while discerning a vocation to the priesthood. From August of 2003 to May of 2009 he studied at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland. May 30th of 2009 he was ordained a priest at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral in Burlington (now St. Joseph’s Cathedral). In his priestly ministry he has served for various churches in the Rutland, VT area and the “Northeast Kingdom” of Vermont, as well as teaching and administrating in Catholic Schools. He became pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in July 2019, and currently serves as a chaplain at Rice Memorial Catholic High School, and as State Chaplain of the Vermont Knights of Columbus. St. John Vianney – South Burlington, VT (stjohnvianneyvt.org)
Saint John Vianney Parish Church
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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 Timothy Naples
Prayer leader and prayer responders will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Father Timothy Naples
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Timothy Naples prayer responder John J. O’Grady a friend to Worldpriest from USA.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Timothy Naples prayer responder Mabel McCormick a friend to Worldpriest from the UK.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Timothy Naples prayer responder Niall Kennedy KCSG Chairman of Worldpriest
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Timothy Naples prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Timothy Naples prayer responder Valerie Parzyck Parish Catechetical Leader/Director of Youth Ministry at Saint John Vianney Church Vermont USA a friend to Worldpriest
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Timothy Naples
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Bishop François Beyrouti so prayerfully led our special Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday prayer event on Thursday 30 March 2023.
Join and pray with Bishop François Beyrouti at any time of your choosing on any Rosary Thursday. YouTube link https://youtu.be/Q5NXajx2b64 recording of this time of prayer.
Bishop François Beyrouti was born in Beirut, Lebanon and raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
He attended St. Edmund’s Elementary School from kindergarten to Grade 7 and grades 8–12 at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in North Vancouver.
He entered the Seminary of Christ the King in Mission, British Columbia in 1989.where he completed a BA in 1993. He then moved to Ottawa, Ontario and in 1996 completed a Civil and Ecclesiastical Baccalaureate in Theology in Eastern Christian Studies at the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at Saint Paul University.
In 1997, he completed a Master of Arts in Theology and Biblical Studies and in 1998 a Licentiate in Theology and Biblical Studies, both at Saint Paul University (Ottawa, Ontario).
In 2013, he received a Ph.D. (The University of Ottawa) and D.Th. (Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario) for his thesis on Origen of Alexandria’s Commentary on the Gospel of John, focusing on Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4.
Bishop Sleiman Hajjar ordained him a priest on 4 October 1998 and appointed him as assistant pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Melkite Catholic Church where he served until 31 January 2010. There he focused on building up pastoral programmess, developing strong youth and young adult ministries, leading marriage preparation programmes, media work with newspapers, radio, and television stations, and engaged political leaders on religious topics. He has also completed workshops in conflict resolution and youth ministry and served as vocations director and member of the College of Consultors.
He has taught the following courses: ‘Christianity in the Middle East’ (2000), ‘Hermeneutics and Exegesis in Eastern Christianity’ (2000, 2003, and 2015), ‘The Synoptic Gospels’ (2008), ‘The Eastern Catholic Churches at Vatican II’ (2014), and online courses on the Gospel of Saint Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the Bible in the Divine Liturgy, the Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus, and Foundational Bible resources.
On the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth to the throne, he was awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal in a ceremony at the Parliament of Canada on 1 November 2002.
He was incardinated into the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Newton, USA on 2 December 2011, and served on the Presbyteral Council and College of Eparchial Consultors.
From November 2012 to October 2022, he was the pastor of Holy Cross Melkite Catholic Church in Placentia, California (HolyCrossMelkite.org)and since 2015, served consecutive terms as president of the Eastern Catholic Pastoral Association.
On 23 June 2022, he was elected a bishop by the Melkite Catholic Synod held at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome, Italy. On 20 August 2022, Pope Francis confirmed the episcopal election of bishop-elect François Beyrouti to shepherd the Melkite Catholic Diocese of Newton for the Melkite Catholic Church in the United States of America. The announcement was simultaneously made by His Beatitude, Patriarch Joseph Absi, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Melkite Catholic Church.
Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Cathedral Boston USA.
He was ordained a bishop On 12 October 2022 at St. Anne’s Melkite Catholic Church in North Hollywood, California and Bishop François Beyrouti was enthroned at Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 October 2022.
His homilies, presentations, and interviews can be found at Melkite Catholic TV – YouTube
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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 Bishop François Beyrouti.
Prayer leader and prayer responders will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Bishop François Beyrouti
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Bishop François Beyrouti prayer responder Berni Neal a team member to Worldpriest INC USA.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Bishop François Beyrouti prayer responder a friend to Worldpriest.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Bishop François Beyrouti prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Bishop François Beyrouti prayer responders Molly and Richard Jesse friends to Worldpriest from Vermont USA.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Bishop François Beyrouti prayer responder Anne Brady Director of Worldpriest Ireland.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Bishop François Beyrouti
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If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
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We were so blessed to have, Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD who so prayerfully led our Rosary Thursday prayer event on Thursday 23 February.
Join and pray with Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD at any time of your choosing on Rosary Thursday. Youtube link youtu.be/EZvsuhv2MNI from the recording of this time of prayer.
Greetings to our prayer communities, all our Annual Global Rosary Relay participants, our Virtual Rosary Thursday prayer friends and our friends the world over who follow the Worldpriest Global Apostolate and its many initiatives. We would like to announce that the next Annual Global Rosary Relay will take place on 16 June 2023, once again on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is a truly worldwide prayer event, which started fourteen years ago when the Worldpriest founder received an inspiration of ‘Twenty countries twenty mysteries’. What started as a relatively modest prayer event has now grown into a truly global avalanche of prayer, inspiring millions of people on every continent once again to contribute to the magnificent success of this unique Worldpriest Global Apostolate event.
The greater the level of prayer, the greater the blessings. So Worldpriest is now extending an open invitation for the largest possible numbers to play their part this year by joining 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, including their local cathedrals, churches, grottos, schools, colleges, hospitals, nursing homes or any other venue suitable for individual or collective prayer. This invitation is extended to all, regardless of faith, age or local culture. So pray the Rosary, unite with your country and help encircle the world in prayer.
Promoting the Global Rosary Relay 2023
A specially-designed Annual Global Rosary Relay 2023 promotional poster has been produced for the widest possible distribution to promote awareness this year. Click Promotional Material – Worldpriest to view in six languages. Participants at all prayer locations around the world will be encouraged to download this poster and to circulate it widely as a preliminary promotion. This will be followed by a more targeted local promotional poster. As always our marketing awareness plan will begin early in May 2023 which will invite a broader recognition and participation at local level of this upcoming event. In addition, social media channels, radio and television will also be used to bring awareness of this worldwide event to an enormous growing audience around the globe.
To all our participating prayer locations we take this opportunity to reach out to you to engage actively as you so loyally have done each year in the past as you begin your planning as a gift of gratitude to Our Lady, while praying for the sanctification of priests the world over.
The grotto at Our Lady of Lourdes, where the Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette.
Events at Lourdes shrine on 16 June
The shrine rector Father Michel Daubanes at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France tells us that the shrine has chosen to pray at four different times on 16 June this year. This unique event at Lourdes will see pilgrims praying in four different languages at four different times from all over the world as the prayer time is live streamed. What a great way to expand the Rosary prayer in a very creative way. This will now become an example and guide for others to follow. Lourdes will pray the Rosary Mysteries at 15.00 prayed in English, followed by Rosary prayers in French at 15.30, followed by Rosary prayers in Spanish at 16.15 and finally Rosary prayers in Italian at 18.00.
Father Harry O’Carroll SSC (left) and Ms Margareta Maria Yuko Sakanashi, present the award to Father John Naoaki Sakurai at Our Lady of Japan Catholic church.
Japan wins the 2022 Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Award
We would like to congratulate the people of the Kumamoto region of Japan, where a dedicated group of parishioners along with Ms Margareta Maria Yuko Sakanashi, President of Kumamoto Catholic Women’s Association, and its many members achieved an outstanding level of promotion and participation in the Global Rosary Relay during June 2022.
The award presentation was made to Father John Naoaki Sakurai by Father Harry O’Carroll SSC and Ms Margareta Maria Yuko Sakanashi at Our Lady of Japan Catholic church, Tetori, Kumamoto City on 8 December 2022. Commenting on this proud event Father Harry O’Carroll SSC – who has served in Japan for some fifty years – said the following about the presentation: ‘There was a great turnout at the award presentation, despite Covid-19 special spacing being in place. It featured in our parish monthly magazine, with lots of photographs. This material will be used to promote the 2023 event. We are looking forward to hearing from Worldpriest coming up to next June when the world will be once again prepare to be united in prayer for priests. God Bless and peace to all’.
VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA DEL BOLETÍN
VERSION ANGLAISE DU BULLETIN
VERSIONE ITALIANA
DEUTSCHE VERSION DES NEWSLETTERS
https://youtu.be/PHwKhftlwUY
Bishop Fintan Monahan Diocese of Killaloe Ireland endorsement promo video for the Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
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Led by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD
Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD, is a Papal Missionary of Mercy, the Pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land, South Carolina, an Adjunct Professor of Theology at Belmont Abbey College, and a Senior Contributor to the Crux news site. He is a recognized leader in evangelization and adult catechesis.
Father Kirby holds a doctorate in moral theology from the Holy Cross University in Rome and a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
In 2016, Father Kirby was recognized by Governor Nikki Haley and granted the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, for his service to local communities and young adults throughout the state.
Father Kirby has authored several books, including Lord, Teach Us to Pray; Kingdom of Happiness: Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life; We Are the Lord’s: A Catholic Guide to Difficult End-of-Life Questions; Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord’s Prayer in Everyday Life; Manual for Suffering, and, the award-winning Doors of Mercy: Exploring God’s Covenant with You.
In 2022, Father Kirby co-hosted the miniseries, The Christian Way, on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). The miniseries addressed pressing moral issues in our society today.
More information on Father Kirby can be found at Fr. Jeffrey Kirby | A Priest of Jesus Christ (frkirby.com). He can be followed on Twitter @fatherkirby.
Our Lady of Grace Church
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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 Jeffrey Kirby, STD.
Prayer leader and prayer responders will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD.
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD. prayer responder Marianne Johnpillai a friend to Worldpriest from Sri Lanka.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD. Prayer responder James Coffey President of the Papal Foundation USA, A friend to Worldpriest from the USA.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD. prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD. Prayer responder Liam and Mary Murphy friends of Worldpriest.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD. Prayer responder Niall Kennedy KCSG Chairman of Worldpriest
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD.
To all prayer participants.
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If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
We were so blessed to have, for the first Virtual Rosary Thursday of 2023, Archbishop Eamon Martin, Primate of all Ireland, and President of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, who so prayerfully led our Rosary Thursday prayer event on Thursday 26 January.
Join and pray with Archbishop Eamon Martin at any time of your choosing on Rosary Thursday. https://youtu.be/7AzGOGKQ_YM
Led by Archbishop Eamon Martin
Eamon Columba Martin was born in Derry in 1961; his late parents, Catherine Crossan and John James Martin were both from Inishowen in Donegal and his grandparents came from Counties Donegal and Fermanagh. He has six sisters and five brothers.
Eamon went to St Patrick’s Primary School and St Columb’s College, Derry where he developed a great interest in singing and later playing the trombone! He proceeded to study for the priesthood at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth during which time he took degrees in Mathematical Science and Theology. During his seminary training he was a senior cantor and leading member of the seminary choir – in his final year he was Acting Director of Sacred Music in Maynooth. His postgraduate studies were at Queen’s University Belfast, the Institute of Education in London and the University of Cambridge.
After ordination on 28th June 1987, Fr Eamon was appointed to Templemore Parish in Derry City, serving as curate at St Eugene’s Cathedral. In 1990 he went to teach Mathematics and Religion at his old school, St Columb’s College. He became Head of Religious Education in 1997 and eventually President (Principal) of the College, a post he held for eight years.
After leaving St Columb’s in 2008, Fr Eamon was appointed Executive Secretary of the Irish Bishops’ Conference but he returned to his native diocese as Vicar General just over two years later. Also in 2010 he was appointed Chaplain to His Holiness. Upon the retirement of Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Monsignor Eamon was elected as Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Derry.
On 18 January 2013 it was announced that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Monsignor Eamon as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh. He was ordained Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh on 21 April 2013 in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh and on the retirement of Cardinal Seán Brady, succeeded as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland on 8 September 2014. To mark the occasion a Mass, to ask God’s Blessing on Archbishop Eamon and on the people of the diocese, was celebrated on 7 October 2014.
Archbishop Eamon was elected President of the Irish Episcopal Conference in October 2014 . He also serves as Chairman of the Council for Communications of the Conference. In April 2019, in addition to his duties in Armagh, he was appointed by Pope Francis as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Dromore.
Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Archdiocese of Armagh (armagharchdiocese.org)
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh
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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 Archbishop Eamon Martin.
Prayer leader and prayer responders will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Archbishop Eamon Martin.
- First Luminous Mystery –The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Archbishop Eamon Martin prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Archbishop Eamon Martin prayer responder Joe Farrugia Worldpriest Representative for Malta.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Archbishop Eamon Martin prayer responder Isabel Gillis Worldpriest Representative for Canada.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Archbishop Eamon Martin prayer responder Dermot Mannion International Coordinator Global Rosary Relay and Worldpriest Associate.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed in Greek by Margarita Valle Konstantopoulou Worldpriest Representative for Greece, prayer responder in Greek Anastasia Konstantopoulou.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Archbishop Eamon Martin to all prayer participants.
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To register, just click on the link provided here.
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
Christmas Reflection – The Nativity
“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; 1984, p.5.
May we wish all cardinals, bishops, priests, friends, benefactors, Global Rosary Relay participants, Rosary Thursday participants, Worldpriest representatives, volunteers, and members of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate team a happy Christmas and a holy and a blessed New Year for 2023.
Marion Mulhall
Founder – Worldpriest Global Apostolate