The worldwide head of the Dominican Order, Fr Gerard Timoner OP, visited Killacloghane Wood, Milltown, Co. Kerry, last weekend to mark the 372nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Venerable Fr Tadhg Moriarty OP, Prior of Tralee Abbey. Fr Timoner, the Master of the Order of Preachers, celebrated open-air Mass at the historic Mass Rock where…
While Mount Melleray Abbey may be empty after it was closed in January, a new hostel has breathed life into the 190 year old monastery. St Declan’s Way Hostel, settled beneath the Knockmealdown Mountains, along the holy path of St Declan, is a site for “the days between destinations,” catering to travellers who are looking…
The Pro Life Campaign hosted its annual national conference last weekend in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, under the theme ‘Pathways to Progress – Working for a Pro-Life Future’. The event, chaired by broadcaster Wendy Grace, gathered hundreds of activists determined to keep hope alive for Ireland’s pro-life movement in the years following the repeal of…
“The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion – protected under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – is not only under pressure, in many countries it is disappearing,” warned Regina Lynch, Executive President of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International and native of Co. Tyrone. Ms Lynch expressed…
Two major gatherings last week — the Pre-Synodal Assembly in Kilkenny and the Researchers in Catholic Education Conference at Marino Institute — offered snapshots of a Church in motion: hopeful, energetic, and sincere, yet still wrestling with its deeper anxieties. Both spoke of renewal. Both faced the same unspoken question: does the Irish Church have…
Who would have predicted, in 1534, when Henry VIII broke with Rome, that 491 years later, Henry’s successor, Charles III, would embrace, and pray with, the successor to Clement VII, Pope Leo XIV? What a historic moment this meeting has been, and what reflections it prompts about the course of history. Consider the long years,…
“Leaving the meeting I felt strangely flat and disappointed” I was privileged to be a participant at the recent (October 18th) pre-synodal National Assembly in Kilkenny. It was good to be there, as many people said in the course of the day. The meeting had been meticulously prepared and was smoothly run on the…
A recent announcement by The Pillar, a US online Catholic publication, caught my eye. It already offers what it calls ‘indefinite maternity leave.’ It keeps paying for maternity leave until the mom is ready to return to work. It is now going to commit to paying 75% of all employee family adoption costs, and of…
At the time of writing it looks like it’s going to be President Connolly in Áras an Uachtaráin for the next seven years, though there may be a late surge of support for Heather Humphreys that could surprise us all. Catherine Connolly is a sincere and principled person, I believe, and I have always found her…
Leadership is one of the most written and discussed subjects of our time. About 45,000 books on Amazon include ‘leadership’ in the title, alongside countless definitions and models. While studying for an MBA in International Business from 2009 to 2011, I examined leadership theory extensively, later deepening that knowledge through an MSc in Strategic Procurement…
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