August as a season of interior harvest As the summer ripens toward harvest, August invites us to cultivate an interior harvest of virtue, mercy, and discipleship. Through daily readings that call us to deeper faith and saints who show us how to live it, we are reminded that the ordinary becomes extraordinary when it is […]
› Read MoreIrish Chaplaincy Community Summer Picnic 2026
Everyone is warmly invited to join us for our annual Irish Chaplaincy Community Summer Picnic, which will take place after Mass on Sunday, 19 July. This year, we invite everyone to bring enough food and drinks for themselves, along with a little extra to share with others. The picnic is a wonderful opportunity to spend […]
› Read MoreThe Regina Caeli (English)
Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For he, whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. Has risen as he said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. R. For the Lord is truly risen, alleluia. Let us pray: O God, who gave joy to the world through the […]
› Read MoreNovember: The Irish college Grave at Arcueil Cachan Blessing of the Graves
Between 1832 and 1939 more than 2 000 students passed through the Irish College in Paris, with roughly 1 500 proceeding to ordination. On November 2, 2025, Fr Jim Doyle, the Ambassador of Ireland to France, Niall Burgess and some of the Irish community in Paris visited the Cimetière de Cachan to remember the seventeen seminarians […]
› Read MoreSt Patrick’s Day 2026
Join us for a joyful celebration of St Patrick’s Day 2026 as we honour our beloved patron saint, Saint Patrick.On Sunday, 15 March at 4:00 pm, the Irish community will gather for a special Mass at the beautiful Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. All are warmly invited to take part in this uplifting celebration and to continue the festivities […]
› Read MoreOut of the Depths, “De Profundis” (Psalm 130) Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, so that […]
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