Leave a Legacy Supplement Chai Brady speaks to Sightsavers about the devastating diseases and blindness they combat Easily treated diseases that are now quickly tackled in the Western world with readily available medicines are still a scourge in developing countries, with blindness being one of the “devastating” outcomes. Charlie Lamson, CEO of Sightsavers, told The…
Education Conference A key address at last week’s The Irish Catholic Education Conference held in Dublin Much of the debate in relation to faith in our schools has resembled a cry for the return of Cromwell and the policy of the dissolution of the monasteries, says Bishop Tom Deenihan The purpose of a…
Ireland’s bishops have big plans for the pontifical university, writes Greg Daly Buried near the end of a long and thoughtful address in Rome’s Irish Pontifical College a couple of weeks ago on the relevance of St John Henry Newman in Ireland today, Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin had something startling to say about St…
We must find the courage to speak clearly, a Dutch cardinal tells Greg Daly When the Irish Catholic Doctors’ Learning Network decided to build its annual conference this month around the theme of ‘Powers and Powerlessness: Responding to the Challenges of Modern Healthcare’, one obvious potential speaker was the Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht, Wim Eijk.…
Chai Brady speaks to religious orders about ‘confusing’ Minister of Religion visa procedures After a Government department updated its policy regarding visas for clergy and religious hoping to do pastoral work in Ireland, confusion and claims it is outright “discriminatory” have followed. A division of the Department of Justice stopped issuing Minister of Religion (MoR),…
Your Faith in Our Schools Chai Brady learns about the unique approach of true Catholic schooling The power of Cat-holic education is the person-centred approach of teachers who “nurture” pupils and truly get to know them over time, according to the incoming chair of the Catholic Principals Association (CPA) at their conference in Belfast at…
Your Faith in Our Schools About 170 Catholic school principals from across Northern Ireland enjoyed a conference in which they could share their “common vision and values” and hear advice on mental health and wellbeing as well as modern Faith-based education. The Catholic Principals Association (CPA) conference began with a prayer and a tribute to…
The third Rosary on the Coast for Life and Faith took place across Ireland in over 250 locations this month, with thousands of people taking part. Organisers say an estimated 20-25 people prayed the rosary at each of the locations around Ireland on Sunday, October 13. Over 200 people prayed at Laytown, Co. Meath. This…
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Mission Sunday Supplement Missionaries succeed when they make missionary disciples, Greg Daly is told It won’t have escaped the notice of regular readers of The Irish Catholic that time and again, whenever there’s a crisis somewhere around the world – Venezuela, Sudan, Hong Kong, wherever – Irish missionaries on the ground are able to describe…
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