23 Sept 2025 – Tuesday of Week 25 Memorial: St Pius of Pietrelcina – Padre Pio, priest, died 23 Sept 1968, Capuchin friar, stigmatist, confessor, friend of all who suffer. St Eunan (Adomnán) (Feast in  Raphoe), born in Donegal c 624 and died in 704, a monk in Iona and abbot there from 679. Wrote…

25 Sept 2025 – Thursday of Week 25 Optional Memorial: St Finbarr (Feast in Cork), bishop, lived at Loch Irce (Gougane Barra) as a hermit, then founded a monastery at the mouth of the Lee River, became a centre of learning. 1st Reading: Haggai 1:1-8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build…