Priests and other parish workers should make time for parishioners, rather than erecting barriers, Pope Francis has warned. He said deacons, in particular, are called to be servants who set aside their own self-serving plans and are generous with their lives. A servant “is not a slave to his own agenda” but rather is always…
The Diocese of Cloyne and the Diocese of Waterford are co-hosting the inaugural ‘Knockadoon Boys Faith Camp’ for boys aged between 12 and 16 from Sunday, June 5 at 5pm to Saturday, June 11 at 1pm. The camp is a one-week (six nights), stay-on-site, full-board stay at the Dominican camp in the pictureque sea-side village…
‘Opening the Door of Mercy’ is the theme of this year’s ‘Course for Parishioners’ at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome from September 5-9. The five days include a series of talks, liturgies and guided visits to significant churches and basilicas in Rome, a day of spiritual recollection and reflection, a pilgrimage to a shrine…
A recent report on Catholicism may make for grim reading, but should be welcomed, writes Greg Daly
Fr Martin Whelan tells Cathal Barry about the key role priests play in the sacrament
If seminaries obsess with an ‘ideal’ candidate, there’ll be very few priests in the future, writes Fr Gerard Dunne OP
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny 1190-1610: Custom and conflict in a baronial town by Adrian Empey The middle class of Callan, Co Kilkenny 1825-45 by Pierce A. Grace Crime in the city: Kilkenny in 1845 by Fergal Donoghue (Maynooth Studies in Local History / Four Courts Press, €9.95 each)
Heraldic Dublin – The Three Castles of Dublin: An Eclectic History of Dublin through the Evolution of the City’s Coat of Arms by Michael English (Four Courts Press for Dublin City Council, €29.95)
In The Wake of The Rising: A Special edition of The Stinging Fly edited by Sean O’Reilly (Issue 33, Volume Two, €15)
The Lives of Daniel Binchy: Irish Scholar, Diplomat, Public Intellectual by Tom Garvin (Irish Academic Press, €24.99 pb / €70.00 hb)
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