Dear Editor, I recently read your article ‘Practising gratitude’ in the Family &Lifestyle section (IC 10/03/2016). I congratulate the author, Wendy Grace because I think it is an excellent article, and it gave me a lot to think about. I liked the helpful suggestions provided by Wendy for families and indeed individuals to get into…
A Belfast woman who raised concerns about the suspected British army killing of her father with Pope Francis, said he responded to her more quickly than PSNI officers investigating the case. Patricia McVeigh believes her father Patrick McVeigh was shot dead by members of the British army’s Military Reaction Force (MRF) in May 1972. She…
Women religious carry olive branches past Israeli border police before the annual Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City. Photo: CNS
Singer Nicole Scherzinger has revealed she regularly prays before making important decisions in her life. The former X-Factor judge told the Daily Record that she was a “very spiritual girl” and “grew up in a religious family”. Scherzinger, who is a Catholic, has previously spoken about how faith helped her overcome her battle with bulimia.…
Dear Editor, The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has issued proposals for a curriculum titled ‘Education about Religions & Beliefs & Ethics’ (ERBE), to be made compulsory in all primary schools in the Republic of Ireland. ERBE claims a pluralist and objective approach to the main theist, non-theist and secular beliefs. Such an…
God sees beyond our sins, and does not identify us with what we have done wrong, Pope Francis said on the third anniversary of his election as Pontiff. Addressing the crowds in St Peter’s Square after his usual Sunday recitation of the Angelus, the Pope did not mention the anniversary, instead focusing wholly on God’s…
Since 1889, Hayes & Finch have been manufacturing and supplying the finest quality products to churches in every corner of Ireland. In 1943, the Second World War forced the company to regrettably put their Dublin factory into mothballs due to world shortage of raw materials required to maintain production. The company was anxious to regain…
Charlotte Gormley shares her experience of living and working with the Derry Youth Community The Derry Youth Community (DYC) is an exciting international gap year experience for young people between the ages of 18-25. The young people commit 10 months of their lives in order to live in community with each other in central Derry, ministering to young people…
Calum MacFarlane-Barrow, Sarah Moynihan, Glenn McDyre, Aoife Martin and Julianne Collins at the Mary’s Meals stand at the Divine Mercy Conference in the RDS, Dublin at the weekend. Photo: John McElroy
Fr Donal Neary SJ Catechesis on the Eucharist is needed, writes Fr Donal Neary SJ The recent document It is Good for us to be Here (Veritas 2015) from the National Liturgy Centre raises important and relevant concerns about the practice of weekday liturgy when a priest is legitimately absent. Much work over the past…