The Sisters of Bon Secours are an international religious congregation of Catholic women based in seven countries who bring to the world “Good help to those in need”. The congregation was founded by a group of 12 women, led by Josephine Potel, who came together in Paris in 1824 to nurse the sick and the…
Mags Gargan speaks to Pallottine students about their decision to join the priesthood 2016 is a year of celebration for the Pallottine Fathers and Brothers in Ireland. Two of their six students, Charles Lafferty from Co. Derry and Liam O’Donovan from Co. Kilkenny, will be ordained deacons in June and two more, Rev. Brendan McCarrick…
Mags Gargan talks to the Director of Vocations Ireland about how religious life is once again finding its voice Religious life is changing, and has to change, but the call from God will always remain, and it is the role of Vocations Ireland to help people to discern that call. Vocations Ireland is an umbrella…
A Co. Louth priest has raised €6,500 for Trócaire’s Lenten campaign after completing a sponsored ‘Bann to Boyne’ run. Fr Gerry Campbell, the Armagh Diocesan Representative for Trócaire, set off from St Treasa’s Church, Newbridge Parish in Co. Derry on Sunday, March 13 and finished at St Peter’s Church, Drogheda on Wednesday, March 16. Mercy…
Sr Julie Buckley SMR had a successful career in nursing and a boyfriend who wanted to get married. She says becoming a religious sister was the last thing on her mind and yet she joined the Marie Réparatrice Sisters in 1991 and has “never regretted one minute”. The Marie Réparatrice Sisters were founded in the…
The joy of love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church! writes Pope Francis It is not by chance that Amoris Laetitia (AL), “The Joy of Love”, the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation “on Love in the Family”, was signed on March 19, the Solemnity of St Joseph. It brings together the results of…
Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin launched a pocket guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the opening of the Door of Mercy in St Fintan’s Church, Mountrath, Co. Laois on Sunday. The guide, which has been supplied to every parish, is an accordion style leaflet that folds up neatly to fit in a wallet…
Music superstar Justin Bieber said he has God to thank for his ‘Male Artist of the Year’ award at the weekend. Picking up the gong, along with the Best Fan Army prize, at the iHeartRadio Awards in California, the Canadian singer songwriter said: “[Thanks to] God… I’ve experienced some tough times. I think all of…
Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons has said that the Catholic Church is right to say abortion is a sin, because it harms women. The Cork-based actor, who is married to Irish actress Sinead Cusack, said that while he believed “that women should be allowed to make the decision”, that he also believed the Church is correct…