The Diocese of Down and Connor has made an appeal for good quality, low rent accommodation in Belfast for newly arrived refugees. The Diocesan Refugee Response team, appointed by Bishop Noel Treanor, is working closely with officials in Stormont who are making arrangements for a group of some 50-100 refugees expected to arrive before Christmas.…

Pictured at the announcement that Gaisce – the President’s Award – and Irish Girl Guides (IGG) have launched a partnership to encourage young women to reach for the sun, moon and stars were Griff een Valley Rangers Erin McElwee (17), Sarah Connolly (16) and Amy Dunne (16) at Dunsink Observatory in Dublin. Recognising the similarities…

The fall-off in the number of priests is significantly greater than official statistics show, The Irish Catholic can reveal. Figures listed in the most recent edition of the Irish Catholic Directory record the number of deaths of priests and some religious brothers at 160. However, figures compiled by Fr John Leogue of the Diocese of…

The homelessness crisis is spreading well beyond the capital, a charity at the forefront of helping hard-pressed families has warned. According to Focus Ireland’s Roughan MacNamara there are now a constant number of between 70 and 80 families in Dublin becoming homeless every month, and, he warned, “this situation is starting to develop in other…

The first in a series of contemporary spiritual music concerts at St Paul’s Church, Arran Quay in Dublin will be performed by liturgical composer, Ian Callanan.  Ian, who is known for his work with the Emmanuel, Seinn and Music Ministry Together initiatives, will perform a concert on Thursday, November 26 at 8pm. The support act…

“It will change the way of life here in the short term, but God only knows what the longer term is going to be.”

A Dominican run secondary school in Dublin has come under fire for its decision to invite a group which is publicly hostile to Catholicism to address its students. Theologian Dr John Murray warned the principal of St Dominics College, Cabra, to be “cautious” following the school’s decision to reissue a previously cancelled invitation to Atheist…

A religious charity advocating for the rights of refugees has called on the Government to formally announce an acceleration in the processing of asylum applications. Eugene Quinn, National Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service said the Government “seems to have informally given prioritisation to processing applications for people living in direct provision for five years…

A short video by a group of pro-life students, has received more than 24,000 YouTube views. Beginning with a group of students saying they had voted ‘Yes’ in May’s marriage referendum, ‘Equality starts here’ records them challenging how pro-choice campaigners sought to co-opt the referendum result in the poll’s immediate aftermath.  “I was frustrated about…