Current and former members of Accord Newbridge gathered to celebrate 50 years supporting marriages and relationships in the parish and wider area. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin and President of Accord Catholic marriage care Denis Nulty celebrated Mass to mark the event, May 6. Bishop Nulty congratulated the members “on their commitment, dedication and their…
Mark Wahlberg’s heartfelt faith-drama has a genuine Catholic spirit, writes Ruadhán Jones Hollywood loves a redemption story, the down-and-out who scales great heights from nowhere. Think Rocky; think Cool Runnings; and now, think Father Stu (2022, dir. Rosalind Ross). But while the life of a wannabe amateur boxer who goes to Hollywood seems ready to…
Personal Profile Aidan O’Rourke, manager at Radio Maria, says it is a great blessing to serve people by bringing God to them over the radio. Having explored the ways God might be calling him, he feels that he is now fulfilling his vocation through his work with the station. The eldest of four brothers and…
Pope Francis received in audience a group of students from the Catholic Chaplaincy at Queen’s University in Belfast, encouraging them to cultivate the culture of encounter in their academic community. Pope Francis encouraged the students to contribute “to building up Ireland’s noble traditions of hospitality, reconciliation, fidelity to the Gospel and steadfastness in the pursuit…
1916 leaders a grain that produced ‘great harvest’ – Bishop Nash The leaders of the 1916 rising were the grain that produced “a great harvest”, Bishop Ger Nash said at the state commemoration service in Arbour Hill, May 4. “Easter in Ireland is forever imbued with the memory of 1916,” Bishop Nash said in his…
Law firm Arthur Cox has announced it will team up with Catholic charity L’Arche Belfast, which will see employees engaging in volunteering and fundraising initiatives. Brian Burns, L’Arche Belfast opportunities leader, said the charity is “so pleased” and looking forward to the partnership. “We are so pleased that Arthur Cox has chosen us as their…
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin praised the Presentation Sisters for continuing the legacy of Nano Nagle, after Nano Nagle Place won the Council of Europe Museum prize 2022. Mr Martin paid tribute to the whole team behind the Nano Nagle Place facility in Cork, singling out the Presentation Sisters “who continue to fulfil Nano Nagle’s mission…
Maynooth pulled out the stops last week for a timely and engaging conference on the future of Christian thinking. The conference brought together some of the best-known philosophers of religion in the English-speaking world for three intensive days of talks and conversation. Beginning Thursday April 28 and finishing Saturday April 30, the talks included the…
The Knights of Columbanus’ mission is “more important than ever” as human rights issues continue to dominate in the North, a spokesperson said. The Knights were set up in a time when “human rights issues were big in Northern Ireland, and we’re facing a different set of problems today”, said their communications officer Colm O’Farrell,…
Young Catholics from all over the country attended a youth conference that taught them to “trust God with Mary”. The day-long conference, organised by the Legion of Mary and held in St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University, Drumcondra, offered talks, adoration and conversation to Catholics from Belfast, Donegal, Dublin, Cork and more. Speaking after the…