William RevilleMindfulness meditation aims to help people in making healthy choices, writes Professor William Reville
Month: May 2015
We need to re-group, re-think and reform
Breda O'BrienThere was much to learn from the ‘gruelling campaign’, writes Breda O’Brien
Hands across the nation
Mags GarganA Dublin and a Limerick parish have forged a link that is set to benefit their young people, writes Mags Gargan
Dublin priest lashes Church leaders on referendum
Greg DalyA Dublin-based priest has insisted that “heads would roll” if a political party lost a vote as badly as the Church did in the marriage referendum. He also accused some of the bishops of giving “no leadership”. Fr Joe McDonald of St Matthew’s parish in west Dublin told The Irish Catholic “my difficulty is that…
Irish pilgrims enjoy ‘electric’ Oscar Romero beatification
Romero’s preference for the poor was not ideological but evangelical, participants tell Greg Daly
Pope congratulates Irish priests marking 55 years
Courtney McGrailSix Irish priests concelebrated Mass with Pope Francis in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae in the Vatican on a visit to Rome to celebrate the 55th anniversary of their ordination to the priesthood:Fr Kevin McMullan (Down & Connor diocese), Canon Brian McCluskey (Clogher diocese, living in Belfast), Fr Phil O’Connell (Kerry diocese), Fr Brian…
Ashers Bakery court judgment does not make sense
Dear Editor, The judgment that Ashers Bakery acted in a discriminatory fashion by refusing to decorate a cake with the slogan “Support Gay Marriage” raises a terrifying spectre of a future where the facile slogan “Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t get one” seems but a fond memory. I do not understand how Judge Isobel Brownlie…
Participants invited to Cork Eucharistic Procession
Cork’s annual Eucharistic Procession, now in its 90th year, will take place on June 7. Participants will start assembling in the grounds of the North Cathedral at 2.30pm to leave at 3pm and process to Daunt’s Square. An invitation has been offered to the various Catholic groups to walk in the procession. The rosary will…
Children to join record-breaking global rosary relay
Members of the Children’s Rosary, a global prayer group movement, will boost the numbers taking part in the sixth annual Global Rosary for Priests on June 12. The initiative follows an invitation from Worldpriest founder Marion Mulhall to US-based Blythe Kaufman, founder of the Children’s Rosary. Members of the group meet regularly to pray the…
Clarification
In his letter last week, Dr John Murray inaccurately stated the name of the school in which he works in Mater Dei Institute of Education. It should have read ‘School of Theology’. Dr Murray apologises for the inaccuracy in this regard. Of course, Dr Murray was writing in a personal capacity as a Catholic theologian,…