Lourdes: 160 years of healing Greg Daly writes of how Lourdes surprised two famous Catholic writers At Lourdes in May 1936, just a few weeks before his death, G.K. Chesterton commented of the crowds at the torchlight procession: “This is the only real League of Nations.” The English author had in fact been reluctant…
The Digicel Haiti Foundation has opened a new school in Northwest Haiti dedicated to the late communications guru PJ Mara. Founded in July 2011 this school – which was operating in a makeshift shelter – is now lodged in new earthquake-resistant and hurricane-resistant premises. The school has eleven classrooms that can accommodate more than 400…
Lourdes: 160 years of healing Lourdes is a constant cinematic subject, writes Aubrey Malone Not too many people are aware that films about Bernadette Soubirous go back to the beginning of the film industry. In 1909 there was a short French feature made about the miller’s daughter, Bernadette Soubirous at les Apparitions de Lourdes,…
Former UCD student president Katie Ascough talks to Susan Gately about winning the prestigious Westminster Award One defining moment in Katie Ascough’s life was when she held her dead baby brother in her hand. Her mother, Jaclyn, had miscarried at home. “I remember holding him in the palm of my hand and being shocked by…
With the World Meeting of Families 2018 (WMOF2018) fast approaching the countdown has begun as parishes make plans to celebrate the historic occasion from August 21 to 26, now just months away. It’s been just under 40 years since a Pope has visited Ireland, and hopes are high that Pope Francis will be able to…
In 1997, Pope St John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2. The Feast is also known as Candlemas Day, the day on which candles are blessed symbolising Christ who is the light of…
Modern existential anxiety is vocation opportunity, reports Chai Brady Apathy among young people, unawareness of the option of religious life and the invisibility of religious orders in the public sphere are some of the challenges highlighted by Irish vocational directors. Negative public perception of Church organisations and the lack of peers in religious life…
A scripture scholar tells Susan Gately about her journey from Protestantism to the Catholic Church A woman who started life as a Reformed Presbyterian “with a Baptist mother” and followed three of her family into the Catholic Church, gave the keynote address at the inaugural meeting for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Dr…
Sinéad Healy Homelessness in Ireland is at the point of crisis with over 8,500 homeless in the Republic of Ireland. Depaul now helps 915 people that are homeless or at risk of homelessness every single day across Northern and the Republic of Ireland. The organisation has grown significantly in the Republic of Ireland to meet the…
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