The Church’s crisis pregnancy support agency is restructuring its services to meet changing patterns of use, writes Greg Daly Cura Crisis Pregnancy Support Services has announced the closure of its Kilkenny, Tralee, Ennis, Thurles, Limerick, Athlone and Wexford centres over the coming months. All Cura services, including drop-in services, will from now on be delivered…
Most of the 26 dioceses across the island of Ireland have organised a WYD pilgrimage Mags Gargan, Cathal Barry and Greg Daly Nearly 1,500 young Irish pilgrims are travelling to World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow this July, nearly 10 times the number who went to Rio de Janeiro in 2013. Most of the 26 dioceses across the island of Ireland…
Green Fingers “From sweet April showers, do spring May flowers,” said Thomas Tusser. We might get hail, sleet or snow, but ideally what we need now is warm showers and sunshine to get things really moving fast. If you are growing rhododendrons, azaleas or camellias on acid soil they will benefit from a general purpose…
Post-natal depression can affect any mum, writes Alison Canavan, so don’t be hard on yourself or afraid to ask for help Alison Canavan There is no denying that having a baby is a very special time in a woman’s life. You want everything to be perfect and we all want to be great parents. We…
Simon Flint describes his first three months as a VMM lay missionary teaching in Africa Simon Flint I came here in November into the searing heat of the warm heart of Africa as Malawi is sometimes called. My first month was spent with Damian and Bridgett who are both volunteers working with Network for a…
As Jesus is being crucified he utters these words: “Forgive them, they know not what they do.” It is not easy to say these words and it is perhaps even more difficult to grasp them in their depth. What does it mean, really mean, to understand and forgive a violent action against you? There are…
Singer Nicole Scherzinger has revealed she regularly prays before making important decisions in her life. The former X-Factor judge told the Daily Record that she was a “very spiritual girl” and “grew up in a religious family”. Scherzinger, who is a Catholic, has previously spoken about how faith helped her overcome her battle with bulimia.…
Knights ride to the rescue of Crux The Catholic news platform Crux is to become an independent news outlet run in partnership with the Knights of Columbus. The announcement comes just days after The Boston Globe announced that due to a lack of advertising revenue it would no longer support Crux financially; the Globe is turning its assets over to veteran…
“Jesus has, indeed, broken through the barrier of death to new life, and where he has gone, we will follow”, writes Fr Martin Delaney At the heart of the Easter story is a most extraordinary idea. The incomprehensible notion that someone dies but comes to new life. This claim has then led to a belief…
Cathal Barry takes a look at who receives and who administers the Sacrament of the Sick The Church teaches that Anointing of the Sick “is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point of death”. “Hence, as soon as anyone of the faithful begins to be in danger of death from sickness…
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