More than 100 pilgrims from a Carlow parish packed their sunscreen and shorts this month as they made their way to France to celebrate camaraderie and Faith. Parishioners of Graiguecullen and Killeshin took part in the 43rd annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, and with the help of parish fundraisers, 30 people with disabilities were also able…
Pilgrims across Ireland will soon be donning their hiking books as they prepare for a 10-day walk to Knock Shrine this month, to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the famous Apparition. Pilgrims will set out from St Mary of the Rosary Church, Nenagh, on August 11, marking the beginning of the 180km walk. The first…
KNOCK NOVENA In the 19th Century, Knock was typical of the villages dotted around the West of Ireland. It was a small collection of thatched houses and two school houses with the parish church at its centre. On the evening of August 21, 1879, Our Lady appeared at the gable of the church in…
KNOCK NOVENA Chai Brady hears about Knock Shrine’s plans and their 140th anniversary Cogs are in motion as excitement builds for the 140th anniversary of the Apparition at Ireland’s national Marian shrine in Co. Mayo, with the parish priest of Knock saying it has “come an awful long way” in recent years. Extensive refurbishment…
KNOCK NOVENA The Novena takes place at 3pm and 8pm each day. Anointing of the Sick at 2.30pm daily. Wednesday, August 14 John Bruton Theme: Faith, Future and Europe 12pm Seminar John Bruton is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997. He was also the EU…
The Irish martyrs deserve to be household names, writes Greg Daly Last week The Irish Catholic revealed that the sainthood causes of 42 Catholics martyred in Ireland between 1572 and 1655 are at an advanced stage of preparation for being submitted to Rome for consideration by the Holy See. If all goes well, this…
Quentin Broughall reflects on Thomas Merton’s relationship with technology and the internet Always a thoughtful and perceptive observer, the American monk and mystic Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was keenly aware that humans’ relationship with technology represented something that could draw them closer to God or push them farther away: “When it comes to those taking…
Limerick’s Bishop Brendan Leahy said the union of young and old in peace, reflection and prayer on the annual diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes was a spiritually enrichening and special experience for all involved. Over 500 pilgrims, including 120 young people from the diocesan youth programme, travelled to Lourdes from Limerick last month. For many of…
The vision of modern Irish saints needs to be told, Martin O’Brien learns By any standards, Dr Gladys Ganiel, a distinguished Queen’s University Belfast academic, formerly of the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, must be among the most remarkable Americans ever to have made their home in Ireland. One of the foremost…
Claims that the Vatican has whitewashed a history of women priests and bishops must be taken with a pinch of salt, writes Greg Daly âIt used to be said that facts speak for themselves,â observed the English historian E.H. Carr in his classic 1961 book What is History? âThis is, of course, untrue,â he…
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