Large congregation recently gathered for Opus Dei Mass in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Merrion Road, Dublin on the feast of St Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei. Mass was celebrated by the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, and refreshments were served to the present afterwards. In his homily, Archbishop Montemayor…
Thousands gathered to make their voices heard at the 2025 Rally for Life, which took place in Dublin on Saturday, July 5. The streets pulsed with music, chanting, banners and flags as a tide of red signs moved from Parnell Square to Custom House Quay. From a distance, the sea of placards made the entire…
In 1996, the towering figure of 37-year-old George O’Connor stood tall on the hallowed turf of Croke Park, the Liam McCarthy Cup finally in Wexford hands after a 28-year drought. He had been beaten in thirteen finals before that. A deep inner resilience forged in the furnace that was the straight knockout All-Ireland hurling championship.…
By Marion Hausmann “The natural environment is a collective good, the patrimony of all humanity and the responsibility of everyone.” These were the words of Pope Francis in his encyclical, Laudato Si’: the very document that inspired Fr Ultan McGoohan to start the Killann Parish Green Group almost four years ago. Today, the group has…
Summer is the time of year when the Irish outdoors is at its most enticing. With nature at its flamboyant best and the sun setting late each evening, it is a hugely rewarding time to explore the countryside. So why not pull on the shorts, pack the suncream and explore the Irish countryside on one…
West Belfast is a place of murals and memories, where Irish tricolours flutter beside terraced rooftops and the faces of hunger strikers and republican heroes gaze down like saints from gable walls. It has withstood siege and sorrow, where identity isn’t worn but lived—staunchly Catholic, proudly nationalist, unshaken in its Irishness. And yet, for more…
For most parents, one of their greatest worries is that they could lose their children, in mind and soul, to sex predators online who lure them into dangerous and unhealthy relationships. They contact these children on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, and secretly groom them for illegal sexual activities. When worried parents see…
“She’s a donkey that carries gold and that gold is from God,” said filmmaker Juan Pablo Fajer Navarro describing Blessed Maria Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida (also known as Conchita) “using her own words.” Mr Navarro produced an acted documentary telling the story of this laywoman who changed the Catholic Church in Mexico. Conchita was…
This can be good news to many readers who believe in and act on the phrase “the truth will set us free.” Free from what? From not knowing the danger certain things pose to our lives and that of our children. We all want our children to lead a full life and be the brightest,…
By Julieann Moran In this Jubilee Year, we are invited to be ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, purposeful travellers on a path guided by the Holy Spirit. That path, for the Church today, is called ‘synodality’. But what is Synodality? Synodality is the way the Church listens, discerns, and walks together. For me, synodality is not simply…
Renata Steffens