Based on the Oberammergau script and adapted for stage performances, a huge cast of amateur actors and a talented choir from Camross and several areas of the diocese will bring to life the story of Christ in Camross Hall in Wexford. Under the stage direction of Michael Stafford and musical direction of Vicky Barron and…
The Notebook Fr Vincent Sherlock The Lent has passed and hopefully it treated you well. Looking back we might well identify moments of great grace and moments of failure but, combined, they are the story of Lent and the pathway to where we now gather. Easter Sunday can be unfairly seen as the poor…
A zoo like no other After spending time over Easter reflecting on your faith and the importance of family, you can wrap up your Easter Weekend with a visit to the Electric Zoo, which returns to the Wells House and Gardens in Gorey on Easter Monday. The Electric Zoo is full of fun, drivable electronic…
Writing in this newspaper in 2008, Fr Jim Good, who died last week, discussed his clash with the Bishop of Cork, and their eventual reconciliation in Africa I am the only person familiar with the last two years of Bishop of Cork and Ross Cornelius Lucey’s life, so I feel some record should be written…
Bishop Francis Duffy of Ardagh and Clonmacnois has defended the Eighth Amendment as a “life-affirming constitutional provision” and has argued that the issue merits discussion from the perspective of Church teaching. In the pastoral letter released on March 23, the bishop said that human life begins at conception and that nobody has the right to…
Knights of Malta suspend ‘Dictator Pope’ author The author of a highly critical book about Pope Francis, entitled The Dictator Pope, has been suspended by the Knights of Malta. In a statement the order said it disassociated itself from the book and condemned the “vile attack against the Pope”. The order said author Henry Sire has been suspended pending the results of…
Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency Pope Francis said today that the Easter Triduum is the most important time of year for Christians and stressed that those who truly allow themselves to be transformed by Jesus’ resurrection, while still being sinners, cannot be corrupt. “A Christian, if he truly allows himself to be washed by Christ,…
Bishop Denis Nulty has paid tribute to the tireless work of priests – many of them elderly – in parishes across the country. Speaking at the annual Kildare and Leighlin Chrism Mass on Monday of Holy Week, Dr Nulty referred to the fact that it is an occasion for priests to renew the commitment of…
The Society of St Vincent de Paul has welcomed moves by the Central Bank to strengthen measures to protect customers of licenced moneylenders. The proposed measures announced by the Central Bank, if properly enforced, should provide much needed protection to the 340,000 licenced moneylender customers in Ireland, according to the SVP. The society was responding to…
In Episode 7 of The Irish Catholic Podcast, John Quinn meets Jonny Somerville of Scripture Union Ireland, host of the NUA Film Series. The guys discuss how NUA is like a series of Christian FAQs, the centrality of relationship to youth ministry, and promoting in young people “a heart-response to Jesus”. For more on NUA,…
