Irish religious are in contact with the Irish Government to offer housing and support for Ukrainian refugees, saying they will do whatever they can. The Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) are in dialogue with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), who are co-ordinating the housing of…
Attendance at Sunday Mass is going to become an “essential expression of faith” after Easter Sunday, the Irish bishops’ conference have announced. It is more than two years since the Sunday obligation – the duty of Catholics to attend Mass on Sunday – was temporarily lifted at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March…
Tackling misogyny while promoting abortion and pornography is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back, writes Ruadhán Jones In recent months, we have had impassioned discussions on misogyny and violence against women in Ireland. However, as my colleague Jason Osborne has pointed out, there has been little in the way of soul-searching as…
As fuel prices rise and Covid funding ends, schools are “absolutely dreading” heating bills, with costs for some jumping 100% in two weeks. “We’re in a bad state at the moment,” says Ailish McKeown, principal at Kilskyre NS, Co. Meath. “Our gas bill has gone up 100% in about two weeks. Gas had gone up…
Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell ordained two Dominican friars, Bro. Anthony Kavanagh OP and Bro. Kellan Scott OP, to the order of diaconate, March 5. A large congregation was present to participate in this celebration in St Saviours Dominican church, Dublin, along with Dominican friars, sisters and laity from throughout Ireland. The archbishop of Dublin,…
Personal Profile Sr Stephanie O’Brien IBVM traces her vocation to her days as a schoolgirl in a Loreto school in Cavan. Two missionary sisters heading to India gave a talk to Sr Stephanie’s class, saying that they were going to “sacrifice their life to save the world”. “This little 12-year-old wanted to do the same,”…
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty visited Portlaoise parish to administer the sacrament of Confirmation on March 4 and 5. Bishop Nulty concelebrated Mass in St Peter and Paul’s Church, Portlaoise, where dozens of young people from several local schools received the Sacrament – and the sun shone to greet them. The schools were:…
It is uplifting to see many Irish people opening “the doors of their hearts and homes” to refugees from the Russia-Ukraine war, Bishop Paul Dempsey said in his St Patrick’s day message. The chairman of the bishops’ council for emigrants compared St Patrick’s experience to the plight of the Ukrainian refugees, as both were forced…
A London-based author and producer who grew up in Regina Coeli has announced he is making a short film to pay homage to “Irish hero” Frank Duff. Gordon Lewis, author of the bestselling memoir The Secret Child and a music producer who worked with David Bowie, Queen and others, is set to film The Maverick,…
A field in which monks from Tory Island monastery hid from British invaders in 1595 is being raffled to raise funds for a Derry city hurling and camogie club. The development officer for Namagha GAA, who hope to raise funds for a new pitch, Ger Roarty said that the field has a historic connection with…