Broadcaster and producer Andrea Hayes shares her experience of living with chronic pain In December 2013 I took a phone call that would change my life for ever. Having spent more than half of my life looking for an explanation for the constant pain I have had since my teens, it suddenly seemed as if…
Bishop Kevin Doran has announced his intention to establish a Diocesan Council for Marriage and the Family. The Bishop of Elphin told The Irish Catholic the idea for such a council “arises particularly at the moment because of the need to engage in some form of pastoral response following from the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia…
Staff Reporter Boxing champ Anthony Joshua’s mother skipped her son’s world title fight at the weekend, opting instead to stay at home and pray for his safety. Rather than cheering her son on as he challenged Charles Martin for the IBF heavyweight title in front of a 20,000 crowd at London’s O2 Arena, Yeta Odusanya remained…
Former footballer returns to native parish for mission A former Manchester United footballer who is training to become a Dominican priest will be attending a nine-day mission at a parish in Belfast. Philip Mulryne, who is originally from St Oliver Plunkett Parish, Lenadoon in Belfast will return for the mission to celebrate the parish’s 40th anniversary. The mission, led by two Dominican…
Staff Reporter Independent TD Mattie McGrath has defended the prayer said at the start of each day the Dáil sits after calls for it to be axed. Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy described the prayer as “anachronistic” and called for it to be abolished as part of Dáil reform. Mr McGrath, however, said that…
Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin throws in the ball at a re-enactment of the 1916 hurling and football finals in Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow. Photo: John Brophy
The €14m sale of a former seminary to Dublin City University has been completed, amid speculation that the campus grounds will become home to an Educate Together school. All Hallows College in Drumcondra signed preliminary contracts with DCU in June last year, accepting the bid after, it is understood, turning down offers of over €20…
The pilgrimage season at Knock Shrine in Co. Mayo will get underway on Sunday, April 24 and the programme of events includes a concert to commemorate the 1916 Rising and World War I. The RTÉ concert orchestra will perform on Saturday, May 14 in the newly refurbished Basilica, with a performance from mezzo-soprano Anne Marie…
To mark his 25th year in the priesthood, Fr Gary Donegan CP, rector of Holy Cross Ardoyne in Belfast, has committed to a ‘Silver Jubilee Climb’ of Croagh Patrick on Saturday, May 14 to raise money for the MS Society NI and Marie Curie. To donate visit www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-events/fr-garys-croagh-patrick-challenge-1 Photo: Hugh Russell/The Irish News
“We have been called to inform consciences, not to replace them”. “Where love is concerned, silence is always more eloquent than words. It is an encounter with a face, a ‘thou’, who reflect God’s own love and is man’s ‘best possession, a helper fit for him and a pillar of support’, in the words of…