“Abort it and try again” says atheist writer
Mags Gargan
Tributes paid to “peacemaker” Albert Reynolds
Albert Reynolds died at the age of 81 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s
Pro-life movement used for anti-Islam rhetoric
Dear Editor, I am a Catholic lay person in the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, and I have been involved in the pro-life movement for over 30 years. Each week I receive a good number of pro-life bulletins, newsletters, updates, e-mails and fundraising appeals. As far back as 1986, I noticed that some Catholic pro-life…
We must stand against this persecution
Dear Editor, Over the past number of years the Christian communities in many countries such as Nigeria, Iraq, Bangladesh and others have been enduring severe persecution. The terrible plight of the Christian community of the town of Quaraquosh in Iraq at present is but the latest example of that persecution. It is estimated that 50,000…
Ennis priest to make world record attempt
New challenge inspired by Pope Francis
The Christian message is one of reconciliation
Fr Patrick Devine SMA, a missionary priest originally from Co. Roscommon and based in Kenya, described his work in conflict resolution and reconciliation to the Knock Novena on Monday. Fr Devine has spent over 20 years in Eastern Africa and he set up the Shalom Centre for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation in 2009. It uses…
Pilgrimage is a journey of hope
Pilgrims respond to a need for the extraordinary
Catholic nurses to hold international conference
The International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico Social Assistants [CICIAMS] XIX World Congress will take place at All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 from September 23-26. It is being hosted by the Catholic Nurses Guild of Ireland. Established since 1933, CICIAMS consists of associations of nurses and midwives and associate members whose membership is…
Jesuits host youth from around the world
Last week the Jesuits in Ireland brought 65 young people from around the world to Ireland to enrich their faith and work in justice and ecology projects. Divided into four groups, the young people painted a homeless shelter in Dublin, worked on an ecology project in Wicklow and went on pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick and…
Teams of Our Lady celebrate 50 years
A movement for marriage spirituality celebrating the 50th anniversary of its arrival in Ireland, saw members from all over the world attend a conference in Dublin last weekend. Teams of Our Lady (Équipes Notre Dame) was founded in Paris in 1939 by Fr Henri Caffarel, when he was approached by a number of couples looking…