Between the glare of summer sun and screen, our eyes may be taking a beating these days, writes Jason Osborne An old adage has it that the eyes are the window to the soul. Regardless of how much truth there is to that, there’s probably some sense in the intuition that they’re one of the…
The annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage will be going ahead this summer in an extended format. The event, which was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, will be taking place from Wednesday to Saturday, July 1-31. Announcing the news, Fr Charlie McDonnell of Westport said they are “delighted” to offer an extended Reek Sunday pilgrimage…
Marian Pilgrimages is expecting “hundreds” of Irish pilgrims to return to Medjugorje before the end of the year, as they prepare to resume their charter into Mostar August 25. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Managing Director of Marian Pilgrimages Niall Glynn said that while they only have “very, very small” groups heading to Medjugorje for…
Senator Rónán Mullen has said there should be an alternative to “State-run apparatus which insists that everybody kowtow to abortion” when it comes to maternity care in Ireland. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Senator Mullen said it’s a time when you would hope for “healthcare leaders to come forward from within the Catholic ranks to…
As filming for Disney’s hit Disenchanted gets underway, Fr Bernard Kennedy of Enniskerry said the fantasy setting is “lifting people’s spirits” in his parish. “It’s attracting quite a large turnout of people, particularly over the weekend. It’s like a local Disneyland,” Fr Kennedy told The Irish Catholic. The town has been transformed for shooting of…
The bishops have called on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine at their summer conference. The bishops discussed the humanitarian crisis that exists “due to violence between Israel and Palestine,” according to a statement released following the bishops’ meeting. Their meeting called for an “end to violence on all sides and for a…
A Twitter account associated with TG4 was found to have violated Twitter guidelines with a video of social media personality James Kavanagh doing a skit of Catholic ceremonies. BLOC TG4 posted a video which saw Mr Kavanagh performing an ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) rendition of the Our Father, as he sat with a crucifix…
The Catholic Church has upheld the Sacred Heart of Jesus for a long time, and it’s as relevant now as ever, writes Jason Osborne The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was, and remains, one of the most widespread and popular devotions in the Church. In this hectic, scattered…
The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has expressed its thanks for over 550 Synodal Pathway submissions received over the past months as part of the initial phase of the synodal process. The bishops also decided to establish a Synodal Steering Committee and Synodal Task Group to “help move forward the Synodal Pathway process for Ireland”, the…
Model and media personality Hailey Bieber recently took to YouTube to talk about the difficulty of maintaining faith in the celebrity circles she moves in. Married to pop-superstar Justin Bieber, Ms Bieber said we “work in this industry where I feel like a lot of the time people misunderstand God and believing in Jesus and…