Chastity is about more than saying no, Dawn Eden tells Mags Gargan
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Meath parish celebrates diocesan patron
The Parish of Clonard, Coarlstown, Kinnegad and The Downs will celebrate the life of St Finnian, patron saint of the Meath diocese, on June 7 with a pilgrimage and outdoor Mass. The pilgrimage will begin at St Etchen’s school Kinnegad at 12.45pm and proceed along the old R148 road to Ard na Reilige, Clonard –…
Relics of St Oliver Plunkett to visit Cavan
Relics of St Oliver Plunkett will visit the chapel of the Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan on Tuesday, June 9. The relics will arrive at the centre at 10am and will be available for veneration until 10pm. There will be a lunchtime Mass in the chapel at 1.15pm offered by Fr Enda Murphy, Diocesan Director…
Memorial month in Dublin for Matt Talbot
The Dublin church which hosts the mortal remains of Matt Talbot is holding a memorial month to mark the 90th anniversary of his death. First Communion in Our Lady of Lourdes Church on May 16 opened the festivities which included a football blitz, radio Mass and novena Masses. On Saturday, June 6 a Vigil Mass…
Feeding a million from a garden shed
Mags Gargan speaks to Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, the founder of children’s charity Mary’s Meals
Apologies for past ring hollow when system still abusing children – CARI
A leading charity offering support to children affected by sexual abuse has said that national apologies for past practices “ring hollow when children continue to be abused by an inadequate system”. Children at Risk in Ireland (CARI) said that a lack of services nationally was leaving children struggling to cope unsupported and that children as…
Jude Law to play a young American Pope
British star Jude Law has been cast as a fictional young American Pope for a new television series, directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino. The actor will play Italian-American Lenny Belardo, a conservative “recruited by a Vatican fed up with liberals” who is thrust into the papacy as Pope Pius XIII, and must grapple with…
Hands across the nation
A Dublin and a Limerick parish have forged a link that is set to benefit their young people, writes Mags Gargan
Archbishop Martin blesses new hospice in Dublin
Pictured at the opening of St Francis Hospice Blanchardstown was Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin and the Chairman of St Francis Hospice, The Hon. Mr. Justice Peter Kelly. Fundraising continues to provide expanded range of palliative care services for West Dublin community. Located at Abbotstown, close to Connolly Hospital,…
Legacies – it’s never too little or too late
Benjamin Franklin once said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. While taxes are unpleasant, facing our own mortality is even more disagreeable, but it is an inevitability that we must all plan for or we risk leaving our family in a situation where a sudden death leaves…