Tackling homelessness must be a priority in Ireland’s new programme for government, leading campaigners have warned. The calls come after 134 families became homeless last month, bringing Ireland’s total number of homeless families to 769. Previously, the highest monthly total for newly homeless families had been 84 in August last year. The comparable figure for…
A ‘come & see’ event to promote vocations to the priesthood in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore “exceeded all expectations”, according to a priest-organiser of the initiative. President of St Patrick’s College in Thurles, Fr Tom Fogarty, said the 19 men that attended the event were “fantastic”. “Their enthusiasm and interest was very obvious…
Staff reporter Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor is set to return to his Irish parents’ birth place to address parishioners on Pope Francis and the Year of Mercy. The Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster and former President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales will give a lecture in Christ the King Church, Turners Cross, Co. Cork…
When considering your vote, Christians should consider the concept of the ‘common good’, writes Editor Michael Kelly Voters in the Republic go to the polls next week to elect the members who will make up the 32nd Dáil. To this point, it’s been a particularly dull election campaign and many of the party leaders are…
Dublin city centre parishes have vowed that Easter Sunday Masses will go ahead after severe security measures in place for the 1916 centenary parade forced their Protestant counterparts to take the unprecedented step of cancelling Easter services. A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Dublin told The Irish Catholic that “Mass will be celebrated in the…
‘Finally, we are brothers’, Pope tells Orthodox Patriarch “Finally, we are brothers,” Pope Francis declared in Havana on Friday, February 12, as he met Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill. The two-hour meeting, culminating in the signing of a joint declaration, was the first time the leaders of Christianity’s two largest Churches have ever met. Although there are many areas of serious disagreement between…
Staff reporter The director of the company involved in the production of the daily ‘Angelus’ for RTÉ has said its settlement for more than €90,000 with the Revenue Commissioners was a “precautionary voluntary disclosure” to ensure it was tax compliant. Fr Finbarr Tracey of Kairos Communications Ltd told The Irish Catholic that the pay-out, amounting to…
Youth workers for the Dublin archdiocese took a novel approach to evangelisation kick-starting Lent this year. The diocese’s youth evangelisation team took to the streets outside the newly opened St Paul’s church on Arran Quay inviting people in to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday. The team promoted the event using the hashtag #AshtagWednesday on social…
The phenomenon of speed-dating was the inspiration behind a new initiative aimed at attracting young women to consider a vocation to religious life. A pop up café, which is being backed by eight religious congregations in conjunction with Vocations Ireland, will open its doors next week to women aged between 20 and 35. ‘The Sisters’…
The Mercy Sisters have rejected suggestions that they sought to block the provision of modular homes for homeless people. In The Irish Times in a February 15 article headed ‘Nuns lodge objection to modular housing’ it was reported that the Mercy Sisters were among those who had “lodged objections to the planned provision of 135…
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