Commissioning Editor of RTÉ Religion & Society, Roger Childs’ is to step down from the post having agreed to a voluntary exit package as part of a restructuring programme inside RTÉ, The Irish Catholic has learned. John McMahon, a former Station Head of RTÉ 2FM and Executive Producer of The Late Late Show, has been…
Dr Michael Shortall is to be confirmed publicly as the new President of St Patrick’s College Maynooth this paper has learned. Dr Shortall had been serving as interim president since last year when Prof. Michael Mullaney stepped down as President of St Patrick’s College Maynooth in a move that took friends and colleagues by surprise. …
In one of her last engagements before her inauguration as President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly led public representatives at the 15th Annual ‘Swimmers Mass’ in St Mary’s Church, the Claddagh, Galway, on Saturday, November 8. The November Mass, which is offered for swimmers in the city and others who have died in the past year, was celebrated by…
Dear Editor, Aged 14 years, I was given my most memorable insight into the mystery of The Eucharist, based on the following words at The Offertory of the Mass: “By the mingling of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled Himself to share in our humanity.”…
Archbishop Farrell: Two-hundred years ago today, on the Feast of Saint Laurence O’Toole, this church was dedicated. It was dedicated in a time when courage was required to conceive and undertake a project such as this. While we may rightly marvel at the Dublin Catholics of that time, with Catholic Emancipation still a few years…
The Irish Catholic’s columnist Fr Billy Swan will start in a new role in the Dicastery for the Clergy on November 24. The priest will work as part of the current Prefect, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik’s team. Fr Swan’s new role “has to do with matters of seminary formation and ongoing formation of priests,” he…
A new Irish-language news service run by the Chinese Communist Party needs to be closely monitored Senator Rónán Mullen has said. CGTN Gaeilge operates as a Facebook page that provides links to articles written in Irish on the broadcaster’s website. “It proves that China has almost limitless resources in its efforts to bring its point…
The alignment of a coffin before the altar tells its own story. I celebrated a funeral Mass for a priest during the month — not that many who attended were aware of this man’s one-time status. He had trained and been ordained by a religious community I had never heard of, in another country, and…
Dear Editor, It was most heartening to read the report in your last issue about the NfRCE conference, where Dr Mullaly stressed about the importance of a holistic education. This is very timely for all schools and especially for the Department of Education and the country’s ETB boards. I have written to your paper before…