Fr Willie Doyle SJ offers young men a model of “healthy forms of masculinity”, Bishop Tom Deenihan has said, as the World War I chaplain’s cause for canonisation heads to Rome. Speaking to The Irish Catholic after the closing of the diocesan inquiry in The Cathedral of Christ the King in Mullingar on Sunday, the…
More than 3,000 relics of saints and martyrs will go on public display at a Kilkenny church on All Saints’ Day, in an event inviting visitors to reflect on the lives of those who have gone before them in faith. St Canice’s Parish will make the collection available for veneration during and after its 11:30am…
Cause advances to Rome after historic ceremony at Mullingar Cathedral The Cathedral of Christ the King in Mullingar was packed on Sunday afternoon, October 18, for the closing of the diocesan inquiry into the cause for canonisation of Fr Willie Doyle SJ. The choirs sang, standard-bearers of the Royal British Legion stood with their…
“If we’re not there, they can’t meet us,” the new Coordinator of Vocations Ireland has said, calling for religious to find new ways of making their lives visible. Sr Karen Kent OSU, who has more than 25 years’ experience in vocation ministry, said the large numbers entering religious life in previous generations are no longer…
The Church is “missing a trick” by failing to engage more young people with Catholic teaching on care for creation, a Trócaire representative has said following an Irish delegation’s visit to Luxembourg’s English speaking Catholic Community. Jane Mellett joined Bishop Martin Hayes of Kilmore and Irish parish volunteers for a series of events last week…
Bishop Cullinan encourages return to Mary and the Rosary Ireland’s bishops should formally consecrate the country to Our Lady as part of a renewal of the Catholic faith, leading Mariologist Dr Mark Miravalle has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Dr Miravalle said the Irish people have “Marian DNA” which has endured even as…
A Catholic men’s group in the west of Ireland has seen its memberships double in a little over a year, as organisers say growing numbers of men are seeking faith, fraternity and formation. Fr Mark Quinn, curate in Tuam, told The Irish Catholic that the Men of St Joseph began in Tuam with around 40…
Religious life in Ireland is “looking to the future with confidence” despite ageing congregations, with five new congregations joining AMRI and new missionaries coming to serve in the Irish Church, its Secretary General has said. More than 200 delegates from religious institutes, missionary organisations and societies of apostolic life attended AMRI’s annual conference in Tullamore,…
Parishioners have rallied around a Belfast priest whose home was burgled while he was hearing confessions, with a fundraiser to support him surpassing its £2,000 target. The GoFundMe for Fr Nideesh Varghese of St Luke’s Parish, Twinbrook, had raised £2,286 by Tuesday, after his home was broken into on October 1. Among the items stolen…
True education begins with recognising the value and dignity of every person, Archbishop Dermot Farrell has said, as he urged young people to have the courage to engage with the challenges of society rather than retreat from them. Speaking at the celebrations marking the centenary of Mercyhurst University in Pennsylvania, the Archbishop of Dublin said…