Dear Editor, Every week The Irish Catholic supplies us with words of wisdom, but your September 15 issue surpassed itself when I found two paragraphs on Pages 34 and 35, which were worth the €2.50 price of the paper on their own. The first was written by Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap, and read: “Forget…
Chai Brady, Ruadhán Jones and Jason Osborne Nine students have begun formal seminary studies for the priesthood for Ireland’s 26 dioceses this month. It is up on the six who entered seminary last year. A further ten men will also begin a preparatory programme – known as a propaedeutic year – with the hope of…
Staff reporter An ecumenical event was held at Kilmore Cathedral in Cavan which involved the planting of crocus bulbs on the front lawn of the cathedral which will spell out ‘Hope’, to celebrate the Season of Creation. The crocus bulbs were planted by young parishioners on Sunday to illustrate the need to address the impact…
Frank Duff’s house opens for Culture Night The house of Servant of God Frank Duff will be open to the public for Culture Night on Friday, September 23. The house on Morning Star Avenue has been preserved to maintain its original look and contents since Blessed Duff died in it in November 1980. Frank Duff…
Kimmage Manor open to all for Culture Night A public exhibition is due to take place in Kimmage Manor, home to the Irish Province of the Spiritans, as part of Culture Night 2022. The exhibition will tell the story of the Holy Ghost Fathers in countries they’ve served in, such as Angola, Ethiopia and Kenya.…
Staff reporter The Mayor of Cork Cllr Deirdre Forde has launched a Solidarity Garden dedicated for use by migrant families on the grounds of Ardfoyle Convent, Cork. The Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles offered a plot of land which is now used by seven migrant families in Direct Provision to grow food crops from…
Pope Francis in his Angelus address on Sunday honoured an Italian missionary sister who was killed by Islamist terrorists in Mozambique. Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace on September 11, the Pope said: “In this moment of prayer, it is dear to me to remember Sr Maria de Coppi, Combonian missionary, killed in…
After bishops blocked a vote demanding changes to the Church’s teaching on sexuality at the German Synodal Way September 9, organisers voiced their displeasure with the outcome and vowed to “take it to” Rome. One of two presidents of the Synodal Way, Bishop Georg Bätzing, expressed “personal disappointment” that a blocking minority of bishops prevented…
Estella Solomons: Still Moments, Room 31, NGI, continues to January 2023. Appreciation by Peter Costello This free exhibition, curated by Niamh MacNally, is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. This new show at the National Gallery of Ireland is a small, of select…
Doreen Abi Raad In Lebanon, teetering on the abyss of a socioeconomic crisis, the future of Catholic schools is at risk. Melkite Fr Youssef Nasr, secretary-general of Lebanon’s Catholic schools, said the school year was opening amid “a major life and existential crisis that stifles the breath of the entire nation and threatens the future…