Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged busy Catholics to say the “Jesus Prayer” throughout the day
Pope Francis: Say the ‘Jesus Prayer’ throughout the day
Ruadhán Jones
Govt ‘failing’ prisoners with vaccine delay, say Jesuits
Bishops call for return of Mass to Irish prisons Irish bishops have come out in support of prisoners’ “constitutional right” to practice their religion, as communal worship has yet to restart in Irish penal institutions. There is also growing calls for prisoners to be vaccinated sooner so that some of the restrictions on their lives…
Life Institute criticises ‘hatchet job’ on English abortion pill reversal doctor
An English doctor is under investigation for offering to prescribe abortion pill reversal medication, following an undercover investigation by advocacy group openDemocracy. Dr Eileen Reilly, who works with US-based organisation Heartbeat International to facilitate women attempting to reverse the effects of the abortion pill, is under investigation by the General Medical Council of Britain following…
DFA stands up for jailed Indian Jesuit, calling for his release
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) called for the release of Indian Jesuit Fr Stan Swami on humanitarian grounds and raised issues regarding the grounds of his detention. Church leaders and politicians around the world have previously called for Fr Swami’s release. The Indian Jesuit is currently in hospital with Covid-like symptoms. Irish Jesuits International…
The legacy of St Ignatius’ conversion – 500 years of the Jesuits
Irish Jesuit Provincial Fr Leonard Moloney SJ reflects on St Ignatius’s conversion and his legacy in Ireland, writes Ruadhán Jones On May 20, 1521, while St Ignatius of Loyola was attempting to defend a citadel in the town of Pamplona, Spain, his leg was shattered by a cannonball. Famously, this accident precipitated the vain young…
Fanning the flame of God’s calling
Personal Profile Four countries and nine years of preparation later, Bro. Ryan Holovlasky CSsR made his perpetual vows to the order of Redemptorists in March 2021. “It was worth the wait,” Bro. Ryan tells The Irish Catholic, explaining that he always felt “that flame burning that God was calling me to the priesthood”. Bro. Ryan…
St Patrick honoured in Belarus with first Orthodox church
The church – the first dedicated to “St Patriky, the Enlightener of Ireland” by an Eastern Orthodox Church – was blessed and officially opened on the grounds of an Irish-funded orphanage in Belarus. The Church of St Patrick at Vesnova, in southern Belarus, was funded by the Belarusian Orthodox Church, and was dedicated to the…
We can’t be indifferent to unborn’s cries, says bishop on abortion referendum anniversary
We cannot be indifferent to “the cries of… the unborn who may be denied life”, said Bishop Brendan Leahy, adding that an Ireland “worth working for” is one where all life matters. The bishop’s statement came on the third anniversary of the referendum that removed protections for the unborn in Ireland, May 25. Bishop Leahy…
Ireland proud as Irish-trained Jesuit named bishop of Hong Kong
Bishop-elect Stephen Chow Sau-yan completed his noviciate in Ireland, continuing a 90-year link between the nations, Ruadhán Jones learned Jesuit bishops are a rare thing, largely because the Jesuits vow not to seek such offices and will only take up a bishopric if the Pope asks them directly. As such, it wasn’t easy for Fr…
Following a call to promote the priesthood
Personal Profile On January 15, 1994, while she was praying before the Blessed Sacrament in adoration at a retreat, Marion Mulhall received her vocation. This vocation was and still is “to promote the priesthood at any price, to use my skills and experience in advertising for the good of the Church,” Ms Mulhall tells The…