Courtney McGrailStaff reporter An Irish production company is set to launch a major crowd-funding campaign for a feature documentary on Knock. Underground Films is aiming to raise €70,000 in 40 days to help fund a motion picture on Ireland’s national Marian shrine which is set for the silver screen in Easter 2017. The Dublin based company,…
Month: July 2015
Confronting evil in our fractured and fragile world
Michael KellyNot in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks (Hodder & Stoughton, £20.00)
Outnumbered 100 to 1 by campettes
Tyrone senior football manager Mickey Harte was guest speaker at the recent Michaela Camp in Derry. The Michaela Foundation was established by John McAreavey to honour the life and values of his wife Michaela McAreavey after her tragic murder during their honeymoon in 2011. It runs summer camps across the island of Ireland to help…
Woman reunited with wedding ring puts luck down to prayer
A woman reunited with her lost wedding ring has put her luck down to prayer and her faith in Our Lady. Cora Maguire issued a public appeal over the radio after she lost the ring recently ago in Dunnes Stores, on Dublin’s Henry Street, and thought all hope was lost until it was found. “I’ve…
Kenyan orphans set for trip of a lifetime
Staff reporter An Irish charity is set to welcome to Dublin this week a group of Kenyan children who are abandoned, orphaned and living with AIDS. Kenyan Orphan Aid will for the tenth time host the youngsters from the Nairobi-based Nyumbani home as part of the charity’s annual holiday project. The 21 children and their…
‘I wanted whatever these people had’
Through Youth 2000, I found a real relationship with God, writes Ciara Ferry
Archbishop Sheen statue to inspire new generation
An Irish artist commissioned to craft a life-size monument of Archbishop Fulton Sheen for New York’s famous actors’ chapel hopes the work will inspire a new generation of devotees to the archbishop. Dublin-based Dony Mac Manus is currently working on the 10-foot piece which it is hoped will be installed at St Malachy’s Church, which…
The nun who inspired Bono
Mags GarganMags Gargan speaks to a missionary sister about her work in Malawi
Priests welcome Limerick jobs boost
Limerick city priests have welcomed the announcement of the creation of 300 new jobs as a “boost for the city and the people”. Uber, an online on-demand car service is to hire 150 people by the end of the year and another 150 when the operation is up and running. It has also signed a…
Golf star thanks God for talent after winning Open championship
Cathal BarryGolf star Zach Johnson has credited God for his talent after winning the prestigious British Open this year. Speaking after his win at St Andrews at the 144th British Open, the US golfer said God had “blessed” him with the talent to play the game. “I feel like God gave me the ability to play…