Sophie Overall visits All Hallows’ commemorative exhibition and reflective garden in Drumcondra
Celebrating the Heritage of All Hallows
Month: July 2016
New Holy Sepulchre knights invested
Maynooth’s neo-gothic college chapel was the fitting setting for the investiture of five new knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem at the weekend. The solemn ceremony was presided over by Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien, Grand Master of the order who had travelled from Rome for the occasion. The order, founded…
Humble hero enters hall of fame
Greg DalyThe Catholic faith is the greatest gift any mother could give her child, according to a new inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Speaking at the induction ceremony, 12-time All-Star and former National League Rookie of the Year Mike Piazza thanked his mother “for the greatest gift a mother could give a child, the…
A medieval insight into the camino
Irish pilgrims have been going to Santiago de Compostela for over 800 years. Salvador Ryan explores how their experiences compare with today
Reduce ethnic Masses to stop ghettoisation – psychiatrist
Masses for specific ethnic groups should be reduced in the interests of integration, a leading psychiatrist has suggested. Questioning the wisdom of Dublin’s Polish community having its own church – St Audeon’s Church on High Street – Prof. Patricia Casey told The Irish Catholic she thinks it would be healthier if “there would be no…
Knock documentary opens in Irish cinemas
A new documentary film on Knock and its apparition will open in Irish cinemas on August 26. Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village looks at all aspects of Knock, from the historic apparition of 1879 to the more than one million pilgrims who visit the shrine annually and the community welcoming the faithful visitors.…
Sligo Ordination
Fr Brendan McCarrick SAC with Bishop Brendan Kelly of Achony after Dr Kelly ordained him as a Pallottine priest at Fr McCarrick’s home parish of Mullinabreena, Co. Sligo, on Sunday, July 24.
A community commemoration
Rachel Beard looks at Burriscarra-Bullintubber Parish as they celebrate Ballintubber Abbey’s 800th anniversary
Clogher Ordinations
Stephen Duffy and Kevin Malcolmson awaiting ordination by Clogher’s Bishop Liam MacDaid in Monaghan’s St McCartan’s Cathedral on Sunday, July 24. Fr Duff y and Fr Malcolmson celebrated their first Masses the following evening in their home parish churches, St Patrick’s in Tullycorbet parish and St Mary’s in Aghabog.
Council lacked permission for partial demolition of holy well
Kerry County Council lacked necessary state approval to carry out the partial demolition of an ancient holy well in Tralee, the council has admitted. Sundays Well at Lisloose, Tralee, which dates back to pre-Christian times, is believed by some to be the original “pure crystal fountain” famously mentioned in the song The Rose of Tralee.…