The Traveller community has reached an important milestone in pastoral care and theological education, with Richard O’Brien of Kilarney, Co. Kerry, becoming one of the first Irish Travellers to be accredited as a Catholic Chaplain. “I was surprised to hear I was the first Traveller to become a chaplain, because it is such a faithful…
The John Main Seminar 2025 comes to Balally Parish, uniting contemplation and service For more see the website here. From November 6-9, 2025, Balally Parish will host the John Main Seminar under the theme “Integral Christianity: The Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century.” The annual seminar is the most…
“Surely the answer to loneliness or fear of being a burden, or of pain is not death?” says Baroness Nuala O’Loan, warning of the proposals to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales. Writing in The Irish Catholic, she described the proposals as “profoundly dangerous and flawed,” with recent polling and parliamentary debates suggesting that…
On Saturday, September 27, 2025, thousands of Christians from across Ireland are expected to gather in Dublin for the March for Jesus, a public celebration of faith that organisers described as “a family day” and “an open act of proclaiming Christ.” The march will begin at 2pm at the Garden of Remembrance before moving down…
Fr Joseph Mullooly OP, a Dominican priest from Lanesboro, Co. Longford, who became a pioneering archaeologist in Rome, was honoured this past weekend at a special commemoration in the Basilica of San Clemente. The ceremony, led by Martin Selmayr, European Ambassador to the Holy See, drew around 100 visitors from Longford as well as descendants…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has warned that the modern world risks “slowly destroying itself” if it continues to pursue power and possessions at the expense of faith, dignity, and love. Speaking during his homily at Newry Cathedral honouring the Order of Malta, he said: “Our troubled world at times appears to be manifesting an indestructible force…
“Love is the life of the Church and prayer is the lifeblood of that life, prayer is hope in action,” Archbishop Dermot Farrell told the congregation at St Kevin’s, Harrington Street, as he ordained Bro. Ciarán Egan to the priesthood on Saturday, September 13. This was the first ordination to take place in St Kevin’s…
How Sr Fiona Pryle has spent decades battling for women’s safety The numbers are stark. Gardai were called to more than 65,000 incidents of domestic abuse last year, a 45% rise in just four years. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story, behind those figures are lives marked by fear, isolation, and tragedy.…
When Matthew Sanders launched Longbeard, the name was a nod to two images. One was slightly more reverent though, tongue and cheek: an homage to the “big man with the white beard” – God. The other was considerably less reverent, more rebellious, a tip of the hat to pirates. That desire to go out on…
“The support of my parish and family carried me all the way to ordination,” hears Pedro Esteva It takes a village to raise a priest,” said Rev. Tiernan Burke, reflecting on the long journey which recently brought him to the transitional diaconate – just one year away from full priesthood. Now 40, Rev. Burke described…