When Elijah was born, he didn’t cry. His mother, Resty, was told he would be fine, but as the months passed, it became clear that something was wrong. Elijah struggled to eat, wasn’t meeting key milestones, and was eventually diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. For a family in Mukono District, Uganda the road ahead looked daunting.…

In conversation with The Irish Catholic, CEO of the Mater Hospital Foundation Mary Moorhead shared what she hopes the legacy of the charity will be long after her time at the Foundation is over. Drawing on the history of the Mater Hospital, founded in 1861 by the Sisters of Mercy, Ms Moorhead said she hopes…

Birke Herzbruch is Head of Portfolio for Fragile & Conflict Affected States for Trócaire and recently returned from Sudan As the world watches the continuing confrontation in Iran and the Middle East, countries already on the brink are being pushed deeper into crisis. In Sudan, where conflict, displacement and famine have devastated communities for more…

A gift in your Will can bring that same hope and healing to other families facing childhood cancer and other serious illnesses. Please consider leaving a gift in your Will to help children like Harry. Harry’s Mam Doireann remembers the moment everything changed for her family. It began so simply. 6 year old Harry had…

Most of us rarely sit down and ask ourselves how we will be remembered. It is not something we are encouraged to dwell on and, for many, it feels uncomfortable. And yet, at certain points in life, after the loss of a loved one, when making a will, or during a quiet moment of reflection,…

Before Fr Luke Macnamara OSB became a monk of Glenstal Abbey, Scripture scholar and Dean of Theology at Maynooth, he trained in medicine. At the bedside, where illness reached into questions of identity, fear and faith, he learned to listen. He said: “There was a huge emphasis on the doctor-patient relationship and listening to the…

‘Communications is something the Church needs to get a handle on’, says Radio Maria priest I even remember having a friend in school who was a devoted listener to radio and we used to plan what it would be like having a breakfast show on the local radio station, but those were very ephemeral dreams,”…

A little over a month into Ireland’s championship summer, the early unpredictability is beginning to give way to something more familiar. The heavyweights are stirring. In both codes, sides who had been questioned are now starting to reassert themselves, with Armagh and Limerick producing emphatic statements against Down and Clare, respectively. Yet alongside that return…

Discussions among experts about the impact of modern technologies on young people and children are becoming increasingly complex. A mother of three, Inna Mastiuk, tries to reduce her children’s screen time. She allows them to use gadgets for no more than three hours a day. “I have set up parental controls that allow me to…