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The Marian Movement of Priests

“Through this Movement, I am calling all my children to consecrate themselves to my Heart, and to spread everywhere cenacles of prayer.” (473 i: May 13, 1992)

Welcome to the official website of the Marian Movement of Priests (MMP) in Oceania

Fr Gobbi and Fr Donal McIlraith, Sydney 1993

The Annual MMP Retreat for Oceania at Kensington in 2017

Priests at Annual MMP Retreat for Oceania, Kensington 2018

Priests at the Annual MMP Retreat for Oceania at Kensington in 2018

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MMP Retreat for Oceania at Galong in 2019

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The 2022 Retreat at Galong

The International MMP Spiritual Exercises for priests in 2017 at Fatima, Portugal

UPCOMING EVENTS

ZOOM CENACLES

The MMP is conducting a range of internet (zoom) Cenacles each week (note the Wednesday Cenacle now starts at 4.40pm, not 4.45pm):

  • a zoom Cenacle each TUESDAY at 7.00pm (Sydney time) led by Fr Hugh Thomas (the priest responsible for the MMP in NSW).  To join-in, the link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6583562187?pwd=dnpMT2o1WTZCZitOdUR0bk51WHM3dz09 (or use Meeting ID: 658 356 2187 Passcode: MqK1Zq); and
  • a zoom Cenacle each WEDNESDAY at 4.40pm (Sydney time) led Fr Andrew Grace (the priest responsible for the MMP in Australia). Participants are joining remotely into a cenacle being prayed by local members in the Sacred Heart Church in Griffith NSW). To join-in, the link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6583562187?pwd=dnpMT2o1WTZCZitOdUR0bk51WHM3dz09 (or use Meeting ID: 658 356 2187 Passcode: MqK1Zq); and
  • a zoom Cenacle each WEDNESDAY at 8pm (Sydney time) led by Fr Pieter Ferwerda (the priest responsible for the MMP in Victoria). To join-in, the link is: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73290782597?pwd=VHR0MWVBYnZDc0N3amdTMllDY0ZlUT09 (or use Meeting ID: 732 9078 2597 and Passcode: 1BEY7b).
  • a Cenacle each THURSDAY at 8pm (Perth time) the WA MMP. This Cenacle is on an application called ‘Jit.se‘ (similar to zoom). To join in, you can either download the application or simply choose (when asked) to join through your internet browser (if you have difficulties joining-in, call Marina on 0419 227 733). The link is: http://meet.jit.si/MMPWestoz333.

NOTE that the zoom Cenacle with Fr Donal McIlraith on Saturdays has ended for now.

NOTE if you have not been able to participate ‘live’, there are some recorded cenacles with Fr Donal McIlraith and Fr Andrew Grace on the website. You can join-in and pray the cenacles whenever it suits you. You can access these recordings on the ‘ZOOM CENACLES‘ page on this website (under ‘CENACLES‘), or by clicking HERE.

KEY DATES TO REMEMBER

ANNUAL RETREAT FOR THE MMP IN OCEANIA IN 2023

The MMP will hold its Annual Retreat for Oceania at the Redemptorist Retreat Centre at Galong from 31st July to 4th August 2023 (inclusive). The Retreat will be led by Fr Donal McIlraith, the Fiji-based Columban Priest who is responsible for the MMP in Oceania. More details are available here and on the ‘RETREAT 2023‘ page on this website, but REGISTER NOW so you don’t miss out!

NEW YEAR'S EVE

Our Lady has asked that we spend NYE in prayer rather than in frivolous celebrations. Accordingly, the MMP is running NYE Cenacles:

  • in St Dominic’s Parish Church in FLEMINGTON, Sydney [the 28th Annual MMP New Year’s Eve Prayer Vigil commences with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 8pm. During the night there are MMP Cenacles at 8.30pm, 9.30pm, and 10.30pm, followed by Benediction and then followed by midnight MASS. Confessions are available from 8pm. A light supper will be available in the Parish Hall (kindly bring a plate to share). The Church is air-conditioned, and is located on the corner of The Crescent and Hornsey Rd Homebush West, opposite Flemington Railway Station. There is plenty of parking available, and trains run all night]; 
  • in St Joseph’s Church CESSNOCK NSW (with Eucharistic adoration until midnight after the 6pm vigil Mass; 8pm Evening Prayer of the Church; 9pm Rosary; 10pm Office of Readings; 11pm Rosary; Night Prayer of the Church 11.45pm); and 
  • in the Sacred Heart Church in GRIFFITH NSW (begins at 9pm with Adoration and a Cenacle and concludes with a Mass at 11.30pm followed by a light supper).

OTHER NEWS

MMP OCEANIA NEWSLETTER FOR 2023

The MMP OCEANIA NEWSLETTER FOR 2023 is available here and on the ‘Newsletters‘ page on this website, as are Newsletters from previous years.

ARTICLES IN RELATION TO THE TRIUMPH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY BY THE YEAR 2000

Attached are two illuminating articles that address the concerns some have in relation to the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary by the Year 2000 – one of these articles is by Fr Gobbi himself and the other by Fr Gaughran. Well worth reading!

TALK BY FR DONAL McILRAITH: "OUR PRIESTHOOD: A DIVINE MYSTERY OF LOVE"

The above talk, which was given at the International MMP Retreat in 2022, is attached here for your interest.

RE-LIVE THE MMP'S ANNUAL RETREATS FOR OCEANIA IN 2020 and 2021

All program events in the 2020 and 2021 Annual Retreats for the MMP in Oceania were recorded. You can easily catch-up on program events you may have missed, or re-watch each event whenever you like and as often as you like, by visiting the Retreat 2020 page or the Retreat 2021 page on this website.

DOCUMENTARY ON THE MMP AND ITS LINKS TO FATIMA

A comprehensive DOCUMENTARY ON THE MMP and ITS LINKS TO FATIMA has been made by Fr Michael Maher, the Priest responsible for the MMP in Ireland. It is approximately 1.5 hours long and narrated by Fr Maher who has previously led MMP Retreats in Oceania.

TESTIMONY by FR ANDREW GRACE on his PATH TO THE PRIESTHOOD

Fr Andrew Grace’s testimony on his PATH TO THE PRIESTHOOD is available on the ‘Other Resources‘ page of this website. His testimony was given at a Medjugorje Conference at Concord West on 8 December 2008.

TALKS BY FR FRANCIS GEREMIA & FR MICHAEL GAUGHRAN

A number of excellent TALKS by FR FRANCIS GEREMIA and FR MICHAEL GAUGHRAN, both long-term leaders of the MMP internationally and both of whom have previously led MMP Oceania retreats, are being progressively added to the ‘Other Resources‘ page on this website.