Dear Editor, I very much welcome the emergence of the Reform Alliance and hope it will grow into a new political party. At present there is no political party in which Catholics can participate, a party where their insights and giftedness are fully appreciated. This has created an enormous democratic deficit in the Irish political scene.…
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‘One of Us’ campaign to become network
The hugely successful One of Us online campaign is to continue defending the right to life. The popular initiative to protect human embryos that gathered over 2 million signatures will now become a network. ëOne of Usí was one of the first registered European citizensí initiatives (ECI) in the European Union, and according to the initiativeís…
Distraction-free prayer app
Organise your prayer life with this straightforward and distraction-free app. PrayerMate, the brainchild of British software developer Andy Geers, prompts users of iPhones, iPads and iPods to pray for both personal and global issues. Every day, PrayerMate will select a person or topic that youíve entered from each of your main categories, ëMy familyí for…
Watch the Pope on You Tube
Catholics all around the world can now tune in online and watch news events about the life of the Church and about Pope Francis, through the Vaticanís page on YouTube. Provided by Vatican Radio and the Vatican Television Centre, these video clips represent a new, quick and open way by which you can educate yourself…
Counting life’s blessings
Fr Stephen Redmond SJ talks to Pat Coyle about his life and vocation
Life’s Little Things
We cannot always be self-sufficient nor should we have to be
Defending the Capuchin Day Centre
Dear Editor, How relieved I was when, just ahead of Christmas I read in The Irish Catholic the defence – against the worst intentions of a secular Sunday newspaper – of the work of the Capuchin Day Centre and the entirely unpaid role played by Br Kevin Crowley over many years in providing for the…
Giving without taking
I was saddened to learn that the Capuchin Day Centre had been singled out for criticism by a Sunday newspaper in an apparent attempt to build on the disturbing financial news coming from the Central Remedial Clinic. The mistake made by the paper in question – if it was a mistake – was to assume…
The life and death of a child
Dear Editor, Margaret Nolan wonders (IC 12/12/13) what real criteria psychiatric teams in the Mater Hospital will use in deciding on the life and death of a child in the womb? Now that the ‘Protection’ of Life during Pregnancy Act has gone into law without effective guidelines, the answer appears all too clear: None. Yours…
Dad’s Diary
There are good reasons for hope in 2014