Cork school celebrates Ceist’s 15th anniversary On February 1, St Brigid’s Day, St Mary’s High School, Midleton in Co. Cork celebrated the 15th anniversary of the foundation of Ceist. To celebrate the occasion a representative group from St Mary’s visited the Presentation Sisters in the convent adjacent to the school. A spokesperson said: “Ceist post-primary…
Dear Editor, I couldn’t agree with Mary Kenny more that there is a case for teaching more about faith traditions which are relevant to current political conflicts [The Irish Catholic – January 20, 2022]. But let’s start with Ukraine. The dominant religion in Ukraine, east or west, is Orthodoxy. This is divided between those under the jurisdiction…
Staff reporter Prominent theologian and author Rev. Dr Vivian Boland OP has warned that the synodal process the Church is embarking upon may focus too much on “organisation and management”. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper Dr Boland said it would be useful for the synodal process to consider the entirety of the Church rather…
Father Stuart Long, who was a priest of the Diocese of Helena, Montana, is set to be the main character in a motion picture starring Mark Wahlberg as the priest himself, with Mel Gibson playing the priest’s father. The film is set to release April 15, 2022, Good Friday. Father Stu, as he was affectionately…
A cardinal who had served as an aide to now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and was present for his meetings with survivors of clerical sexual abuse said he never found in him any shadow or attempt to hide or minimise anything”. The depths of human sin and depravity “distressed him intimately, and he sometimes remained silent…
Deacon Frank Browne asks: Is the decline in priestly vocations a wakeup call to take the synodal pathway seriously? I have fond memories of student life in Clonliffe College, the Dublin Diocesan seminary in the early 1980s. There was hardly a vacant room with over 100 students. Most of my class were just out of school.…
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, is paying a local police officer a $75,000 settlement after he was suspended for praying outside an abortion clinic, according to the firm representing him. Officer Matthew Schrenger was off-duty when he stopped to pray with his father on the public sidewalk outside the EMW Women’s Surgical Center nearly a…
Fr Giuse (Joseph) Tran Ngoc Thanh, OP, was killed in a knife attack on Saturday. Fr Tran was attacked January 29 at a mission of Dak Mot, about 40 miles northwest of Kon Tum. He was hearing confessions before the last Mass of the evening, according to Ordo Praedicatorum on Facebook. The Diocese of Kon…
Driverless trucks set to take over roads in Texas A giant 18-wheel transport truck is barrelling down a multi-lane Texas motorway, and there is no one behind the wheel. The futuristic idea may seem surreal, but it is being tested in this vast southern US state, which has become the epicentre of a rapidly developing…
Pope to meet students as part of synodal process Highlighting the importance of a Church that truly listens, Pope Francis will participate in a virtual meeting hosted by Loyola University in Chicago with students from North, Central and South America. The February 24 virtual meeting, titled ‘Building Bridges: A Synodal Encounter between Pope Francis and…