There have always been giants in the GAA. Across generations, in both hurling and Gaelic football, certain names rise above the rest: men who delivered iconic points in dying seconds, who bent games to their will, and who etched themselves into folklore on sun-scorched Sundays in Croke Park or under the towering stands of Semple…
The Dublin diocesan archives offer a fascinating insight into the Easter Rising, writes Noelle Dowling Msgr Michael Curran, secretary to Dublin’s Archbishop William Walsh, notes in several places that the archbishop’s health began to fail in the spring of 1916, and this left him incapacitated for long periods of time. On Easter Sunday, April 24,…
On March 19, Pope Leo XIV announced a meeting for this coming October to discuss one of his immediate predecessor’s most controversial documents: Amoris Laetitia. Officially a post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation released in May of 2016 after two major synod assemblies on various aspects of family life in the 21st century, the 256-page Amoris Laetitia presented…
Ukrainians in Ireland are preparing for the greatest feast of the liturgical year—Easter—to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, when Life conquers death and light overcomes darkness. Far from their native homes, driven from their homeland by war, Ukrainians do not lose hope and faith in the victory of their country. “We prepare for Easter through…
Drogheda conference helps people fight the Devil’s influence “Spiritual warfare is not only about possession… it is also about temptation,” said Fr Jeffrey Quintela, Chief Exorcist in the Diocese of Antipolo, Philippines and main speaker at the Spiritual Warfare Conference & Pilgrimage, which takes place in Drogheda next month. All people are tempted, the priest…
The people of Limerick have lived through a golden age since the Treaty men first stormed Jones’ Road in 2018 and lifted the Liam McCarthy Cup for the first time in 45 years. That young side in emerald green did more than end a famine; they altered the rhythm of the modern game. Their short-passing,…
A large congregation gathered to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Irish Carmelite Order’s missionary presence in Zimbabwe on Sunday, March 22 at Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin. The Mass was celebrated by Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell, and music from the Zimbabwean Catholic musicians present expressed the energy, joy and faith that the community…
When the Bishops of Ireland launched the Synodal pathway in March 2021, the key question proposed was: “What does God want from the Church in Ireland at this time?”. Since then, this foundational question has been like a base note in a symphony played by an orchestra made up of many members collaborating over the…
Seamus Mulconry in conversation with Education Nation This week’s guest on the Education Nation podcast is Seamus Mulconry, the CEO of the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA), a key stakeholder in Irish education and the national body supporting the Boards of Management and leaders of almost 3,000 Catholic primary schools across the country. Originally…
We are a little less than a year away from the death of Pope Francis. Usually, distance is needed to assure perspective. It is difficult to fully appreciate a painting, for instance, when you are standing too close to it. So too, I would have thought, when writing an account of a papacy, especially one…
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