A number of Irish bishops have signed up to a charter that commits them to promoting one of Ireland’s patron saints, St Columbanus. Bishop Michael Duignan, Bishop Donal McKeown and Bishop Denis Nulty were among those who signed the ‘Columban Charter of Partnership’ in St Gallen, Switzerland on Columbanus Day this month. The signing was…
A bill to introduce ‘safe access zones’ around abortion providers appears to exempt hospitals with chapels within the building, TD Michael McNamara has said. The bill, which bans pro-life prayer and demonstration around abortion providers, may exempt the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street and St Vincent’s University Hospital, according to Mr McNamara. A section…
July 2, 2023, will remain in the memory of all who joined the Marist Sisters for Mass in St Mary’s Parish Church, Carrick-on-Shannon, as they celebrated the 150th anniversary of the sisters arrival in Co. Leitrim. Mass was concelebrated by the newly appointed Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois Paul Connell along with local clergy, Marist…
Negotiations between Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and University of Limerick (UL) are “about us, but without us” MIC staff have warned, as they urge senior management to consult with them on linkage talks. Discussions between MIC and UL have been ongoing since last year, but MIC’s union representatives said that “discussions have been ‘about us,…
Minister Simon Harris has thanked the Ursuline sisters for gifting St Angela’s College, Sligo, to the State, as he formally signed off on its incorporation with the Atlantic Technological University (ATU). The Minister for Further and Higher Education signed the statutory order to allow St Angela’s to become part of the ATU on July 6.…
Newry council is “not listening” to parishioners’ worries and concerns over plans to build offices and a theatre behind the town’s cathedral. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s plans to build a multi-million pound office block and “civic hub” would reduce parking at Newry Cathedral “dramatically”, the church’s administrator Canon Francis Brown told The Irish…
The daily Office of Readings includes an excerpt from a homily by St Augustine, which may be a funny place to begin a film review. Nonetheless, I’m going to take an excerpt from it now: “What fresh sort of suffering, brothers, does the human race now endure that our fathers did not undergo,” the great…
The Church must encourage young people in the Faith if it is to have a future, Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin said on pastoral visit to Gurranabraher parish. Bishop Gavin presented two young members of the Cork parish community with their John Paul II awards during his visit. Adam Sorenson and Paul Sunday,…
“In some ways it seems like yesterday,” says Fr Michael Kiernan about his ordination to the priesthood 50 years ago, June 3, 1973. In other ways though, “it seems like 500 years ago”, he adds. Born and raised in Lettergullion, a townland near Ballinamuck, Co. Longford, Fr Kiernan studied for the priesthood in the former…
Staff morale is at an “all time low” as Mary Immaculate College (MIC) announced it has cancelled the third round of interviews for the Head of Theology role. Interviews for the third round of the recruitment process were to take place on Thursday, July 6. Last week, MIC announced that the interviews were cancelled, this…