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Jesuits launch online calendar
The Jesuits in Britain have launched an online calendar for 2014 to mark the bicentenary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus by Pope Pius VII in 1814. The calendar features illustrations of 12 Jesuits from across the world who have been active in various ministries over the past 200 years. Stonyhurst alumna Ellen…
Share your ‘divine’ photos online
A new app allows users to share inspirational photos and prayers with fellow Christians. Using divinely is easy, you simply take a photo or choose one from our gallery to get started, add an inspirational filter, include a chapter and verse to your photo by selecting from a variety of themes, and put the perfect…
Special Vatican web ‘widget’ available
The Vatican is offering a special software application that will allow anyone with a website or blog to provide readers with automatically updated news and documents from the Vatican. When installed, the widget opens a small rectangular window with four tabs. Clicking on one provides the latest news from the Vatican, the Pope’s Sunday Angelus,…
Life’s Little Things
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Mental health rap scoops top prize
Students from St Joseph’s College in Lucan, Dublin have won this year’s Pumped Schools’ Video Awards, with their production titled Active Teens, Healthy Hearts. Pictured are: Conn McCluskey, Federation of Irish Sport; Tina Ehiguese, St Joseph’s College; Natalya Coyle, Olympic pentathlete; Lisa Browne, St Joseph’s College; Kenneth Egan, Olympic Boxing Silver Medallist; Gabrielle Fullam, St…
A Church that is right when we are wrong
Dear Editor, According to recent press reports, Mary McAleese said that homosexuality is not something that is perceived as something that is intrinsically disordered nowadays, and that things written by figures such as former Pope Benedict are contradictory to the understanding of most Catholics today. Mary McAleese must surely be aware that the Catholic Church…
Ben Conroy and homosexuality
Dear Editor, I am surprised to read in The Irish Catholic an article by Ben Conroy, ‘Youth Space’ that seems to make the case for homosexuality. The writer informs us that a percentage of practising Catholics support same sex marriage. He goes on to enlighten us that the Catholic Church and presumably, those of us…
The death of Tom O’Gorman
Dear Editor, Tom O’Gorman is a tremendous loss to the intellectual fabric of our country. He was a highly educated, religious, peaceful and very good humoured man who did crucial work for, among others, The Iona Institute and the Pro-Life Campaign, behind the scenes and never sought the limelight. I first encountered Tom O’Gorman when…
Injustices of the Murphy Report
Dear Editor, Reading the Book Reviews (IC 9/1/14) it was good to see Peter Costello discuss the new book Unheard Story: Dublin Archdiocese and the Murphy Report. It is very important that we all read it carefully to further understand how the Church comes under unjust fire in this Report and by many of the media and…