Jenna Marie Cooper Q: When I was Evangelical, we were told Jesus wanted to heal us, every time; we need only ask “in his name”. If we weren’t healed it was because we lacked sufficient faith to “claim it”. I remember my Catholic Grandma saying though, that sometimes God heals and sometimes not, and…
World Youth Day (WYD) was the idea of St John Paul II more than 30 years ago. It was a chance for the pope to have a meaningful encounter with young people and more importantly, for the young people to meet Jesus Christ in the midst of the Church.
The Sunday Gospel Jem Sullivan Is 5:1-7 Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43 Scripture is filled with almost lyrical images for the divine human relationship. The first reading offers one such poetic passage as the prophet Isaiah uses the image of a grape harvest. In vine growing areas, the grape…
Dear Editor, Michael Kelly wrote in the Editor’s Comment [The Irish Catholic – September 21, 2023]: “Healthy and committed vocations only come from healthy and committed communities which can only be formed by healthy and committed families.” This reminds me of the mission of the Venerable Fr Peyton who urged families to pray the rosary…
Hitting cinemas this week with an all-star cast, The Miracle Club follows a group of women from Dublin travelling to Lourdes on a pilgrimage. Set in 1967, famous actresses Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates play best friends Lily (Smith) and Eileen (Bates) who are preparing to journey from Dublin to the sacred destination in the…
CS. Lewis’s thought continues to influence believers and non-believers alike, writes Jonathan Luxmoore In a rambling red-brick house on the western edge of Oxford, England, a melancholy desk sits at a bay window looking out over tangled woodland. In the foreground, an ancient ashtray stands broodingly against a worn leather armchair, surrounded by wall maps…
The diocese of Killaloe has announced a year-long initiative to encourage young men to consider a vocation to the priesthood. A multimedia promotional campaign across the counties of Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly and Laois is underway, to be followed up by parish visits. While just over half of the diocese’s 58 parishes have a resident…
Fr Eric Banecker When we speak about the Incarnation, the reality of the second person of the Trinity taking on human nature, we can fall into two bad habits. One is to resort to technical language, which, though necessary at times, can serve to obscure the sublime truth of this dogma. The other tendency is…
Gretchen Crowe For almost two years, the Church has been actively engaged in a process of listening and discernment. Maybe you participated in synod conversations at your parish, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you chatted about topics with friends or colleagues, maybe you didn’t. But very soon, this Synod on Synodality, which opened October 18, 2021,…
Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon has been forced to shut the doors to its chapel after a HIQA inspection found “poor practice” in the area of fire safety there. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Michael Fitzmaurice said that his understanding was that the choice facing the hospital was that they…