Personal Profile Sr Eileen O’Connell OP made her final profession in December last year. Her path to religious life came almost as a surprise to her. She had a general sense that the she was being called to more, and faithfully following it, she came to the Dominican sisters, Cabra. The Faith was important to…
God is not frightened by people’s sins, mistakes or failures, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience
The Government has decided to add a new public holiday to the national calendar to honour the country’s female patron, St Brigid of Kildare
One of Ireland’s most-senior prelates has insisted that the planned synod gathering on the future of Catholicism must be open to all voices if it is to bring meaningful reform to the Church here. Archbishop Francis Duffy warned that the process would only be worthwhile if Church leaders can reach out to those who are…
Debates around keeping schools open during Covid should focus on “the activity of education”, said a diocesan Catholic schools’ representative. Given the difficulty in teacher supply, “the structured plan to actually deliver education” must be considered, said Alan Hynes of St Senan’s Education Office, which assists schools in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly and…
Fr John Joe Duffy said the “living Church” was very active in the parish of Creeslough after their church suffered a possible €250,000 worth of storm damage. Fr Duffy was “shocked” when the sacristan of St Michael’s Church, Creeslough contacted him to say the church was “a terrible mess” after gale-storm winds overnight had damaged…
Tuam’s new archbishop Dr Francis Duffy is looking forward to taking up his role, he tells Ruadhán Jones The tasks facing any new Irish bishop or archbishop are likely to be similar; declining vocations, a shrinking Church and a global pandemic. But despite the challenges, Archbishop Francis Duffy is looking forward to getting started, hoping…
Personal Profile Fr Kieran O’Mahony OSA is one of Tarsus Scripture School’s founders and key lecturers. The expert in Biblical Scholarship has dedicated his life to conveying his great love of Scripture to interested laity and religious, in the hopes that they too might see that the Scriptures are “endlessly interesting”. The Dublin-based priest was…
People want and need the faith, so we should offer it to them, writes Ruadhán Jones Towards the end of last year, this paper reported on a new survey which found that 51% of 18 to 34-year-olds pray regularly, compared with 24% of over-50s. This news, we were told, is a hopeful sign and should…
A priest at the funeral of the third victim of a road crash in Co. Tyrone said his community has paid a great price for the failure to upgrade the A5. Fr Michael O’Dwyer made his comments as hundreds of people gathered for the funeral of Nathan Corrigan (20). Petey McNamee (20) from Sixmilecross and…