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It’s as hard to give up the drink as it is to raise the dead to life again. But both are possible and even easy for Our Lord,” said Matt Talbot, Patron of Alcoholics. Overcoming addiction is never easy, but it is possible with the right help. A new female addiction recovery centre will open…
The Priory Institute in Tallaght had an open day last Saturday, May 24 for those interested in pursuing a degree in Theology or Bible Studies. Frances O’Loughlin, who has been working in the Institute for over ten years said the organisation has “a good cohort in their 30s and 40s.” Ms O’Loughlin said, “That was…
Bishop Michael Duignan will act as Parish Priest in name for the Parish of Ennistymon and Lahinch, as former PP Willie Cummins has now retired. In a letter from the bishop to the parishioners, he mentioned how “falling congregations and a shortage of priests have left our parishes facing many challenges. I will now need…
Thousands are expected to gather for the national St Padre Pio pilgrimage in Holycross Abbey, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. This weekend relics coming from the St Pio Foundation in the US will be available for veneration on May 24 and 25. With the Leaving Cert approaching, many students turn to Padre Pio, but Fr Celsus Tierney,…
A parish administrator has called for action in support of starving people in Gaza. Fr Billy Swan Adm. Wexford Parish told The Irish Catholic, “I felt like someone had to say something.” In a published statement, Fr Swan said the people in Gaza are “slowly starving to death. They are without basic healthcare, adequate food…
“Addiction is not only the State’s problem, it’s everybody’s,” Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Alphonsus Cullinan told those attending Mass marking the start of renovations at the site of a new female addiction recovery centre near Dungarvan, Co. Waterford on May 14. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, he said “people of faith have to see…
‘It takes a village to raise a child’. Following the saying, a group of Catholic mothers who wish to raise their children in the Catholic faith founded a group to be that ‘village’ to each other, providing the necessary support not only to the children but also to the mothers. The Catholic Mothers Ireland (CMI)…
The altar servers and animators gathering 2025, titled ‘Savio Fest’, took place on May 17 in the Church of the Guardian Angel, Blackrock. The event, organised by the Syro Malabar Catholic Church, was led by the Missionaries of the Apostolic Grace and had 275 altar servers attending and about 40 animators from different Mass centres.…
“I regard this man [Pope Leo XIV] as a friend, and I know him to be someone who is at home in any company, even though I am pretty sure he prefers the company of the poor,” said Augustinian Fr Noel Hession, PP Ballyboden Parish. Fr Hession said the Irish Augustinians know the Pope as…
The Irish Church celebrated three separate ordinations in the island of Ireland last weekend. Rev. Anthony Moffett was ordained deacon in Newry on May 11. On the same day, now Fr Tim Collins was ordained to the priesthood in Limerick, and the day before now Fr Antony Kurian was ordained to the priesthood in Dublin.…