WMOF Sharon Dunne In preparation for the World Meeting of Families 2018, the Archdiocese of Armagh formed a Core Group in November 2016 after the national launch in October of that year. The purpose of the Core Group was twofold. First of all, to gather people from across the Archdiocese of Armagh, north and…
All the Red Ties: From Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland in Donnybrook 1927 to Scouting Ireland 2017 by Dermot Lacey (Carrowmore, €15.00) The development of Scouting in Ireland was shaped by the major cultural, political and religious traditions in the country. The Irish B-P scouts traced their beginnings to Lieut-General Robert Baden-Powell and the…
Increased participation of women in decision-making within the Church is a continuing process that still needs time, according to Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Speaking during a question-and-answer session in Rome after the presentation of the book A Pope Francis Lexicon, Cardinal Farrell said that a greater role for women in the Church “is going to take…
Wexford displays musical talent A treat for all music lovers in the family, the National Opera House in Wexford Town is hosting the 4th County Wexford Youth Orchestra this March, featuring performances from a multitude of orchestras from all around the country. There are a huge number of participants, with approximately 250 young performers…
Karl Henry’s Healthy Living Handbook by Karl Henry (Penguin Ireland, €14.99) Emily Keyes January may be in the rear-view mirror, but that doesn’t mean the world has forgotten the aphorism, ‘new year, new me’. Thankfully Karl Henry, one of Ireland’s most famous personal trainers, has a new book on healthy living that does not…
Under a billowing white tent in North Carolina, Christian leaders and close friends said goodbye to ‘America’s pastor’, the Rev. Billy Graham, during a private funeral service. The 28,000-square-foot tent was reminiscent of the ‘canvas cathedral’ in which the Southern Baptist preacher conducted his 1949 Los Angeles Crusade that propelled him onto the national stage.…
No community should botch its deaths. Last month a wonderful leader within the faith community in Canada died and it could profit us all to more fully receive his spirit. How do we do that? It can be helpful for us, I believe, to highlight those places where his life, his energy, and his leadership…
WMOF Janet Forbes Ardboe Parish is a community of approximately 1400 families situated on the western shores of Lough Neagh. The Parish has a history of Christian community stretching back to St Colman in 590 AD when he founded the old monastic church at Ardboe. The community has the tallest High Cross in Ireland,…
Visitors to the Chester Beatty Library have a chance to see one of the city’s religious and artistic treasures, writes Greg Daly Today’s Divine Office is a simpler set of prayers than that which previous generations of Catholics were faced. Putting forward a new revised Liturgy of the Hours in 1970, Pope Paul VI…
Parents can help protect their children online, writes Colm Fitzpatrick A few decades ago the most useful safety advice given to children was that when out and about you should never speak to strangers. This message was often summed up by the useful adage ‘stranger danger’, which stressed that all strangers can be potentially dangerous. This…
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