The Diocese of Kerry is undertaking a major overhaul of its pastoral approach with a renewed focus on youth ministry built around local leadership, parish networks, and national collaboration At the centre of this shift is the first ‘Conference of Possibilities’, recently held in Killarney, which brought together more than 20 organisations working with young…
More than 140 home-educated children from across Ireland took part in the sixth annual Catholic Home Education Awards on April 18 in Ardee, Co. Louth, with around 180 people attending. “The awards are about recognising the hard work and talents of home-educated children, but also about bringing Catholic homeschooling families together,” organiser Stephen Tyrrell said.…
Pope Leo’s visit to Africa brought a “great sense of joy” to Irish supporters of Mary’s Meals, after the pontiff was presented a T-shirt and mug with the charity’s logo during the papal flight. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Ms Patricia Friel, Executive Director of Mary’s Meals Ireland, said the Pope’s reaction to the gifts…
A series of ongoing court cases across the UK and Ireland are drawing renewed attention to how abortion buffer zone laws are being enforced, ahead of this year’s March for Life on Bank Holiday Monday, May 4. In Northern Ireland, Pastor Clive Johnston appeared in court on April 22 in a high-profile case under the…
Forming ‘saints and scholars’ in today’s world Faith formation and intellectual formation should grow together, according to Grace Cantillon-Murphy, director of Mater Dei Education.Speaking to The Irish Catholic ahead of her talk, ‘A New Generation of Saints and Scholars’, Ms Cantillon-Murphy said that faith and reason must go hand in hand. “A saint seeks truth…
The Irish Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (EOHSJ) has marked its 40th anniversary with a commemorative Mass celebrated at Holy Cross Abbey. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Dr Stephen Dorgan, Chancellor of the Order in Ireland, described this as “an amazing milestone of service” to Christians in the…
Seven years after From Fire, by Water first appeared, Mr Ahmari is not especially interested in retelling his conversion story. The memoir, which traces his journey from post-revolutionary Iran through atheism and into the Catholic Church, is now being released in a UK edition with a new preface. But speaking to The Irish Catholic, Mr…
I said to her, what’s the problem? You don’t want to have a caesarean section. And she said, ‘Why are you so bent on the caesarean section? You haven’t even checked to see whether I can have a baby.’” The woman had already undergone two previous caesarean sections. Medically, a third was necessary. Attempting a…
“There isn’t a date fixed because there’s still some reflection going on… but certainly it’ll be short term rather than long term,” a senior diocesan official has said of plans to introduce new pastoral areas in the Diocese of Cloyne. Canon James Moore told The Irish Catholic that the proposals are still being refined ahead…
“People get a great sense of belonging,” a Redemptorist priest told The Irish Catholic, as a triduum marking the 300th anniversary of St Gerard Majella drew strong crowds in Dundalk this week. Fr Brendan Callanan CSsR said the celebrations, held to mark the saint’s birth in 1726, reflected a devotion that has endured locally for…