Each year pilgrims gather on the Sunday after September 25, the feast day of St Finbarr, patron saint of the Diocese of Cork, to honour him and ask for his blessing. This year pilgims will gather on Sunday, September 27 in Gougane Barra to celebrate ‘Gougane Sunday’. Rosary will be recited in the oratory at…
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Donegal parish to host Biker Mass
Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, September 6 at 1.30pm in St Aengus’ Church in Burt, Co. Donegal for motor bikers. This will be a time to pray and remember all those bikers who have lost their lives in recent times and a time to ask for God’s blessing. After the Mass all the bikes…
Second ‘Faith and Life Convention’ for Down & Connor
The Diocese of Down & Connor is hosting its second Faith and Life Convention on Saturday, September 26 in Our Lady and St Patrick’s College, Knock, Belfast beginning at 10am. The Faith and Life Convention is a forum for people to gather together and to take part in a range of conversations about the meaning…
Frank Duff a model of lay leadership – archbishop
The founder of the Legion of Mary stands “as a model of robust lay leadership in the Church” according to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Speaking at Mass in the parish of St Peter’s in Phibsborough, which was followed by the dedication of a room in honour of Frank Duff, Archbishop Martin said the “lack of trust…
Meath parish proud of Rose of Tralee winner
The parish priest of the Co. Meath winner of the Rose of Tralee has said the community is very proud of her achievement. Meath Rose Elysha Brennan (pictured, 22) from Bettystown, was crowned the 56th Rose of Tralee at the international festival in Kerry last week. Fr Denis McNelis, PP of Laytown-Mornington parish, told The…
‘Clock is ticking’ on direct provision
NGOs tasked with identifying improvements to the direct provision system for asylum-seekers and refugees have said the “clock is ticking” on the Government’s time frame for the implementation of key recommendations. The report by the Government-appointed working group was published on July 1 and among the key recommendations was a proposal to fast-track the granting of residency…
Dublin priest to make skydive for pilgrims
The curate of St Patrick’s Parish in Corduff, Blanchardstown is preparing to take a ‘leap of faith’ to raise money for a youth parish pilgrimage. Fr Joe McLoughlin is braving a tandem skydive at the Irish Parachute Club in Co. Offaly next weekend to facilitate an annual trip to bring parishioners to Medjugorje Youth Week…
Young people find joy at faith festival
Sharing the joy of their faith and making lifelong friends are the two most common reasons young people give for coming back to the Youth 2000 Summer Festival each year. Free buses from all corners of the island brought over 1,000 young people between the ages of 16 and 35 to the Cistercian College in…
Bishop calls for exhumation of Little Nellie to facilitate devotees’ wish to visit grave
The Bishop of Cork & Ross has called for the exhumation of the remains of Little Nellie, so that she can be reburied in a location allowing access for devotees to pray at her grave. Little Nellie is buried in the now derelict Good Shepherd Convent in Sunday’s Well, Cork which has gone into receivership.…
Internment was nothing less than torture – priest
A prominent Belfast priest has said that internment, which is commemorated by marches in the North this month, effectively marked the end of British rule in Northern Ireland because it facilitated torture. Internment was a British army operation in the North in August 1971, when 342 Catholics suspected of being involved with the IRA were…