Fr Jamie Twohig SAC, at his ordination on Saturday, July 16, in St Joseph’s Church, Little Island, Cork, accompanied by the Pallottine Provincial Fr Derry Murphy SAC, his grandfather Dan Twohig, his mother Clodagh, Bishop John Buckley of Cork and Ross, and Fr Michael Irwin SAC.
Bohermore, Co. Galway’s Fr Daniel Gallagher, pictured with his parents Patricia and Alan after his ordination on Sunday, July 17, in St Patrick’s Church, Galway.
The death has taken place of Fr Pat Murphy C.S.S.p. He was 85. Born in Coachford, Co. Cork, Fr Pat was ordained in 1960 and appointed to the Collège du St Esprit in Mauritius, where he taught for 15 years before moving to pastoral ministry and over three decades as a parish priest. He returned…
Msgr Kieran Harrington, vicar of communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York delivers the invocation during the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Both the Democratic and Republican parties in the US regularly invite clergy of different denominations to open their conventions. Photo: Tannen Maury
Dear Editor, Paul Gracey (IC 14/07/2016) writes that describing the EU as a stable and accountable body is “like passing off a broken-down old Volkswagen as a Rolls Royce”. It’s an amusing image, but even if it were fair, it doesn’t for one moment tackle how post-Brexit Britain is preparing to embark on a journey…
Dear Editor, Your stories of July 14, ‘Irish nuns defy danger to stay in South Sudan’ and ‘Dublin football star praises ‘powerful’ work of priests’, were welcome reminders of the continuing and vital work of missionaries to Africa. Far from being a thing of the past, as we are often led to believe, the reports…
Dear Editor, It was refreshing to read the thoughtful comments of Fr Hugh Kennedy and the Latin Mass Society’s Michael O’Donovan in response to Cardinal Robert Sarah’s call for priests to celebrate the Mass facing East (‘Back to the Future?’ IC 14/07/2016). Too often debate on these matters has a kneejerk character that’s dogmatic in…
Dear Editor, Text may be the substance of a newspaper but a picture is still worth a thousand words. So thank you for the beautiful photograph you published on page 2 last week (IC 14/7/16) of the newly-ordained Fr Conor McDonough OP giving First Holy Communion to his nephew, James, while his parents looked on.…
Dear Editor, How wonderful to know that 1,500 young Irish Catholics are preparing to depart for World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland with Pope Francis. The secular media are very quick to tell us stories that reflect badly on young people. Let’s hope the papers will be happy to report on this news. At least…
Sophie Overall learns about an exciting youth art initiative on Dublin’s north side