As his cause opens, Fr Willie Doyle can be an inspiration for the Church today, writes Fr John Hogan On October 27 last, Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan promulgated an eict announcing that he was opening the Cause for the Beatification and Canonisation of Jesuit priest and war hero, Fr Willie Doyle. The bishop’s decision…
The Sunday Gospel Normally, our weekly reflection is based on the Gospel of Sunday, but this week we will consider two days to Tuesday, November 1, the Feast of All Saints. In the northern hemisphere, November is the darkest month. The poet, Thomas Hood, captured the mood. “No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,…
Mother Teresa: No Greater Love, a documentary on the remarkable life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta and the heroic work of the religious order she founded, the Missionaries of Charity, will be released in select cinemas in Ireland on Wednesday, 2 November. It was a U.S. box office hit during its two-night-only release earning over…
The Sunday Gospel In this Sunday’s Gospel (Luke 19:1-10), Jesus calls Zacchaeus by name and brings salvation to his house. Zacchaeus was the one above who looked down while Jesus was the one on ground level who looked up. Jericho was a wealthy town – set in a green, fertile oasis between the River Jordan…
Mission Sunday Supplement Engaging with people’s faith is crucial to any development work overseas, Chai Brady hears Waiting in a small village in Peru as the threat of execution by a terrorist group increases is not a scenario many people find themselves. That was the situation in which Sr Josephine (Jo) McCarthy found herself many…
Fr. Dan Carroll Mission Sunday Supplement In Italy from the late 19th century, poverty-stricken young people had been gravitating to the cities seeking employment. Turin already had a large unemployed youth cohort and this influx from the countryside caused immense challenges. It was in this context that St. John Bosco, or, as he is commonly…
Janet Nutakor OLA Mission Sunday Supplement Ireland has a great history of sending missionaries to different parts of the world, including Ghana, where I am from. Mission has been an integral part of the Irish church and the Irish people have always supported work on the missions through donations and prayer. In recent times, we…
Mission Sunday Supplement Michelle Robertson The 6th September saw the official launch of the Solidarity Garden by the Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr. Deirdre Forde. The garden was set up on the front lawn of Ardfoyle convent towards the end of last year. The initiative was spearheaded by Dr Naomi Masheti of the Cork…
Missionary Sunday Supplement Irish Missionary Work – an Enduring Tradition In recent decades, the work and impact of Irish missionaries overseas has garnered acknowledgement at home and abroad for its distinguished contributions to international development and efforts to eradicate poverty. The centuries old tradition of Irish missionary life, one of faith and service to the…
Mission Sunday Supplement LOUISIANA “Our mission as Dominican women is to study, share, proclaim and witness to the liberating Word of God in order that right relationships be restored between God, People and the Earth where these are broken due to lack of knowledge and distortion of the truth” We presently serve in Ireland, South…
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