Courtney McGrailThe year is 1841, the date, August 23. On the pier in Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) stands a group of Loreto nuns waving off seven young women in their 20s, dressed in the habit of the Loreto Sisters and accompanied by five postulants. These 12 are embarking on a journey destined for Calcutta, India. Their journey…
Month: September 2016
Bishop Fintan: Ready to meet new challenges
Greg DalyGreg Daly talks to Bishop Fintan Monahan
Ploughing away
Cistercian College students Fiacra Murphy and Rian Boylan pictured with the papal nuncio Archbishop Charles Browne at the National Ploughing Championships.
Sniffing out new bishops is a papal priority
Pope Francis has entrusted nuncio’s with the important task of finding candidates who are ” managers, but pastors”
Catholic canon welcomes ‘symbolic’ appointment at Belfast cathedral
Staff reporter The first Catholic ecumenical canon of Belfast’s Church of Ireland cathedral has praised the symbolism of his appointment. Fr Eddie O’Donnell, who was installed as Ecumenical Canon of St Anne’s Cathedral during Evensong on September 25, told The Irish Catholic that his duties will include occasionally preaching in the cathedral and attending chapter meetings,…
Priest frauds Wexford woman is given probation
Joe Barrett A young Wexford mother of three children, who obtained a total of €750 from two parish priests in Laois while claiming to be a social worker, was given the Probation Act when her case was concluded at Portlaoise District Court last Thursday, September 22. Rebecca O’Leary (22) had already pleaded guilty to the three…
The Catholic Church and 1916 Exhibition
Irish Capuchin archivist Dr Brian Kirby and Dublin diocesan archivist Noelle Dowling point out historical documents to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin at the September 24 launch of ‘Ministry, Advocacy and Compassion – The Catholic Church and 1916’, an exhibition at St Kevin’s Chapel in Dublin’s pro-cathedral.
Belfast celebrates Faith and Life
More than 500 people attended Down and Connor’s third annual Faith and Life Convention on September 24. Taking place at Our Lady and Saint Patrick’s College in Belfast, the event gathered representatives from parishes across the diocese to hear from speakers and to participate in a host of workshops exploring the place of faith in…
Ploughing through the numbers
Greg Daly examines a recent survey of religious belief and practice in the farming community
John McAreavey thanks God for second chance
John McAreavey, whose wife Michaela Harte was murdered on the couple’s honeymoon in 2011, has remarried and thanked God for getting his life back on track. Five years after the trauma and heartbreak of losing Michaela on the island of Mauritius, John has married Tara Brennan, with whom he worked at the Michaela Foundation, the…