A Catholic Youth Conference for those aged 18-40 is coming up on Saturday, April 25 in Horan’s restaurant, Racecourse Road, Roscommon from 9.30am – 4pm. The theme is ‘Mary, Cause of Our Joy’ and the programme includes talks by Frs Charles Benoit Reche and Bernard Murphy, Friars of the Renewal, Marian Carroll, and also personal…
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Doctors call for better end of life care for babies
Doctors have called on the Minister for Health to make provision for access to better support for families around the time of childbirth, so that babies with a life-threatening illness can receive standardised care “from the very beginning to the very end of life”. A motion for the provision of perinatal palliative care nationally, put…
New bishop welcomed to sunny south east
“It was a wonderful day for Waterford,” Cllr James Tobin, Mayor of Waterford City & County, told The Irish Catholic as people lined up to meet and pose for photos with Bishop Phoncie Cullinan, after his episcopal ordination in Waterford on Sunday. “How can Waterford put up with a Clareman,” Bishop Phoncie asked when he…
Cause for Alfie Lambe moves to next stage
The cause for the canonisation for Servant of God Alfie Lambe, which was opened in 1978, was closed on March 26, 2015. A native of Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Alfie travelled to South America in 1953 to spread the Legion of Mary throughout many countries. He was of delicate health and died in 1959 at the…
Inaugural Mass for St Peregrine attracts large crowd
Despite adverse weather conditions, over 800 people attended the inaugural healing Mass in honour of St Peregrine, patron saint of cancer, in St Patrick’s Church, Skerries, Co. Dublin. Mass was concelebrated by Fr Richard Hyland PP, Fr Tim Flynn OSM (Servite Order) and Fr David Halpin. In attendance was Bro. Patrick Gettins OSM (UK). The…
Drogheda May Day procession to honour Holy Family
The Drogheda annual May Day procession of ‘Our Lady of Fatima & St Joseph the worker’ will take place on Friday, May 1 at 6.30pm. In light of the forthcoming May 22 referendum on same-sex marriage, the central theme of this year’s procession is to honour the names of Jesus, Mary and Joseph within the…
70% believe children have right to be raised by own parents
A new opinion poll has found that 70% of people believe that children have a right to be raised by their own mother and father. The poll, conducted by Amárach Research for The Iona Institute, found that only 8% disagreed with the statement, while the remainder said they neither agreed nor disagreed. Speaking on behalf…
Tyrone man to tackle Vatican graffiti
A Co. Tyrone man has been enlisted by the Vatican to solve the problem of unsightly graffiti that keeps surfacing on the stone columns of historical buildings. Paul Bradley, from Greencastle parish, is the sales director for Britain and Ireland of French-based business Guard Industrie. His company has developed the product ProtectGuard which adds an…
Bishop impressed by youth interest in synod
Bishop Leahy struck by “youthful honesty and passion” in Limerick
Eastenders’ Kat Moon to find solace from nun
The popular Eastenders’ character Kat Moon is to find solace through the support of a religious sister after attempting to end her own life. Kat Moon is at the centre of a heartbreaking storyline, tackling how the sexual abuse by her uncle when she was a child, which resulted in the birth of her daughter…