Dear Editor, Our poor priests are run off their feet. Soon they will all be gone unless something radical is done. I cannot see the Church surviving, the way it is going. When discussions of the shortage of priests arise two solutions are always presented – ordaining married men and ordaining women. However, neither of…
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An awesome wonder of faith
The Church of St Aengus, Burt, Co. Donegal: Celebrating Half century (1967-2017) ed. by Donal Campbell and others To mark the first 50 years of their church a group in Fahan, Co. Donegal, have produced a fine illustrated book which celebrates not just the church, its architect and its building, but the whole span of…
Deep thoughts from Down Under
Teresa Whitington The Boy behind the curtain: notes from an Australian life by Tim Winton (Picador £16.99) When he was nine years old, Tim Winton travelled by car with his family from Western to Eastern Australia: from the city of Perth to the city of Melbourne. One of the institutions the family visited was the…
Clerical changes are taking on a very different meaning
Fr Vincent Sherlock He pulled in to get petrol. The back seat of his car was filled with bits and pieces from his home – the bits, over and above, what the van had taken away earlier that day. The young petrol attendant, seeing the packed car said: “Are you the new man?” The priest, telling the…
New nuncio welcomed to Ireland
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, the new Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, arrived at Dublin Airport on Monday where he was greeted by several Irish bishops including Cardinal Séan Brady. Archbishop Eamon Martin is currently on pilgrimage in Fatima and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is on summer vacation. Photo: John McElroy
From one generation to the next
The handover of the Mission Light from the oldest SVD priest in Ireland, Fr Norman Davitt, 70 years of priesthood (1947-2017), to the youngest, Fr Joseph Yang who was ordained last month.
Lighting the way in Knock
The outdoor candlelit procession at Knock Shrine, during the opening night of the annual Knock novena on Monday. Photo: Stephen Farragher
Blunt message from Venezuela
A man in Caracas, Venezuela, walks past graffi ti that reads, ‘Down with Trump…rot’. Photo: CNS
Leo offers no warm house for social conservatives
Fr Andrew McMahon “I have no problem with civil partnership…I do think that marriage is separate…And I would be of the view that it doesn’t have to be the case for everyone, but the preferable construct in a society is the traditional family, and the State through its laws should protect that and promote that.…
News in Brief
Aware calls for more volunteers Ireland’s leading mental health organisation, Aware, which provides support for those suffering from depression and bipolar disorder, is asking for 40 more volunteers following a 20% increase in the volume of calls to their support line. With 450,000 people in Ireland living with depression, as well as 45,000 people experiencing…