Irish golfing legend Christy O’Connor Jr’s strong faith “came to his rescue” after his teenage son’s death, his funeral was told on Tuesday. The 67-year-old, known for playing a lead role in Europe’s Ryder Cup win in 1989, had been on holiday in Tenerife when he died in his sleep on Wednesday, January 6. At…
The Irish-born Bishop of Dallas has criticised as “cowboy” the gun culture in the US. Bishop Kevin Farrell, who was born in Dublin, insisted the “cowboy mentality” that existed in the US with regard to guns was leading to thousands of deaths in the country every year. Dr Farrell told The Irish Catholic that he…
The success of the peace process in Ireland may offer a template for a long-term solution to tension and violence in the Holy Land, Bishop John McAreavey has suggested. Speaking after a trip to the region which included stops in Gaza and the West Bank, the Bishop of Dromore told The Irish Catholic he feared…
The Diocese of Ossory has launched a Confirmation Retreat Programme which is led by teenagers as instructors and guides to the Confirmation children. Named ORC (Ossory retreat programme for Confirmation) the new programme is based at St Mary’s Cathedral Campus, Kilkenny and is being co-ordinated by Fr Brian Griffin, a newly-ordained priest, along with at…
“perhaps the fact that ordinations are now rarer make them more valued”, contemplates Mary Kenny Two new priests recently ordained in Galway were photographed all smiles after their ordination ceremony on the Feast of the Epiphany. Fr John O’Halloran is 38 and Fr Michael King is 39 and their stories attracted interest because they had…
The popular Augustinian retreat centre, Orlagh, in Dublin is to be sold. The Augustinians have been on the site since 1872 when they acquired the property for use as the novitiate for those who wished to join their ranks. For more than a decade, however, Orlagh has been a retreat centre offering a programme of…
Ulster rugby players to speak on Christian faith Three well-known Ulster Rugby players – Ruan Pienaar, Wiehahn Herbst and Paul Marshall – will be talking about their faith at a service in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Monday, January 25, at 8pm. Ruan Pienaar has 88 caps for South Africa and played for the South African team that won the World Cup…
A strong sense of faith inspired veteran Derry civil rights campaigner Paddy ‘Bogside’ Doherty, according to tributes paid to the 89-year-old who died at home last week following an illness. Paddy Doherty was a driving force behind the Inner City Trust which rebuilt many of the buildings in Derry destroyed during the Troubles. His close…
Mrs Agnus Lenihan and Mrs Marie Dempsey presenting stoles to newly ordained priests Fr John O’Halloran and Fr Michael King on behalf of the St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society, with Bishop Martin Drennan (centre), at their ordination ceremony in Galway Cathedral. Photo: Lane Studios, Galway
A senior Vatican official has paid tribute to rock legend David Bowie who has died this week at the age of 69 from cancer. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, tweeted lyrics from the singer’s 1969 hit Space Oddity. The British rocker has previously spoken about the importance of spirituality…
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