The success of the synod in Limerick was that it listened to people, writes Cathal Barry The decision to convoke a diocesan synod back in September 2014 was a bold move by Limerick’s Bishop Brendan Leahy who at the time was little over a year in office. After all, until last weekend there had not…
To mark his 25th year in the priesthood, Fr Gary Donegan CP, rector of Holy Cross Ardoyne in Belfast, has committed to a ‘Silver Jubilee Climb’ of Croagh Patrick on Saturday, May 14 to raise money for the MS Society NI and Marie Curie. To donate visit www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-events/fr-garys-croagh-patrick-challenge-1 Photo: Hugh Russell/The Irish News
Catholic chaplains have rejected suggestions that low Mass attendance at institutes of technology might provide a meaningful way of measuring the contribution of chaplaincies to college life. Following Freedom of Information requests to 13 institutes of technology, Atheist Ireland criticised how third level colleges annually provide over €1.5 million for Catholic-run chaplaincies. Citing an average…
“We have been called to inform consciences, not to replace them”. “Where love is concerned, silence is always more eloquent than words. It is an encounter with a face, a ‘thou’, who reflect God’s own love and is man’s ‘best possession, a helper fit for him and a pillar of support’, in the words of…
The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has said any suggestion that negotiations for a new government would be held up by discussions on abortion “is astonishing given the lack of support for a referendum that emerged in the recent election”. Sinead Slattery of the PLC said “the feedback from the recent election was that the abortion…
The €14m sale of a former seminary to Dublin City University has been completed, amid speculation that the campus grounds will become home to an Educate Together school. All Hallows College in Drumcondra signed preliminary contracts with DCU in June last year, accepting the bid after, it is understood, turning down offers of over €20…
Bishops must answer Pope’s challenge on sex education, writes David Quinn Amoris Laetitia is a long and complex document with many parts dealing with diverse topics, but all relating in the end to the family, the Church’s concept of the family and how people can be led, sometimes bit by bit, to see the wisdom…
Staff Reporter Boxing champ Anthony Joshua’s mother skipped her son’s world title fight at the weekend, opting instead to stay at home and pray for his safety. Rather than cheering her son on as he challenged Charles Martin for the IBF heavyweight title in front of a 20,000 crowd at London’s O2 Arena, Yeta Odusanya remained…
Bishop Kevin Doran has announced his intention to establish a Diocesan Council for Marriage and the Family. The Bishop of Elphin told The Irish Catholic the idea for such a council “arises particularly at the moment because of the need to engage in some form of pastoral response following from the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia…
“What must be borne in mind is the fact that daily Mass is a (praiseworthy) devotional exercise”, writes Editor Michael Kelly Chaplains at universities and other third level institutions in the Republic were getting it in the neck this week. Atheist Ireland – a body which, oddly, seeks to present itself as the representative organisation…
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