Bro. John Conway, a Jesuit, working in Zimbabwe in the fifties, conspired with the British colonial government to undermine the independence movement, claiming the natives needed the British in order to have their souls saved. Someone once told me that Michael Collins, upon initially hearing of Dev’s reaction to the Treaty, he actually agreed with…
A healthy body and a healthy soul,” said 87-year-old Fr Aodhán McDunphy, OCSO of Our Lady of Silence monastery, after his 545 kilometre and 11 day cycling journey on the Camino. Liz Smyth, a Dominican Sister from Belfast, runs every week with the Cherry Orchard Running Club and is currently preparing for the Dublin marathon.…
It’s not easy trying to hurl in the Kingdom of Kerry. That’s something Maurice Leahy, or ‘Mr Kerry Hurling’ as some might call him, knows all too well. In a county overflowing with Sam Maguire success, within a province where the sliotar reigns supreme everywhere but home, Leahy has spent his life fighting an uphill…
As the Catholic Church continues its synodal journey, Irish Catholics are being invited to rediscover something essential about Christian unity. It’s not simply a destination or a hoped-for future moment when all Christians will be visibly united. It’s already happening in every prayer we share, every dialogue we engage in, and every moment of encounter…
Dear Editor, The Irish Catholic has noted the Government’s intention to pay tribute to Daniel O’Connell in 2029, an intention without reference to his achievement of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. It’s best to leave the State to do its own thing. It believes it can celebrate O’Connell as an accomplished human rights activist while it itself…
They keep telling me that I have to be neutral about Gaza. Come with me to Gaza, talk to my people who have lost everything and then tell me that I must be neutral…” With these words, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, once again took a clear stance, reinforcing the Catholic Church’s opposition…
An invitation which I extended to students in Navan to join me as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ with Pioneers at Lough Derg this summer developed in the space of a few weeks from two to twenty – a case of beirt … triúr … seisear… deichniúr … fiche. Each pilgrim joined the group at the invitation…
The core of greed is fear for oneself. It reflects a lack of trust in God, writes Fr Dominick Domagala Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23 Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 Luke 12:13-21 At a time when many people use their holidays to regain physical strength for work, the Church reminds them of what is essential. It thus…
The summer months bring an increased flow of pilgrims to the Eucharistic and Marian Shine at Knock in Co. Mayo, one of the encouraging signs of Irish people’s enduring faith. Devotion to Our Lady in particular has always been a feature of Irish piety and a day in Knock is a means of revitalising that…
Imagine spending your life contained inside an opaque bubble. Everything that you need – or, at least, everything that you think that you need – is there in the bubble with you. You were placed within the bubble when you were born, and since the day of your birth you’ve never had any interaction with…
Fr Dominik Domagala