Staff Writer A novena with addresses from special guests has started up as the month’s mind Masses for the victims of the October 7 explosion in Creeslough come to an end, with Fr John Joe Duffy saying that the intention is to bring about healing for a hurting community. Former Tyrone manager Mickey Harte is…
Bikers from across the country gathered on November 6 to remember Fr John Kearns, an active member of motorbiking organisations before his death in December 2021. Fr Kearns was chairperson of the Bikers’ Memorial Committee, which organised the November 6 event, up until his death from cancer aged 64. Newly elected chairperson Annmarie Marshall paid…
Limerick parishes offer prayers for Vicky Phelan Parishes in Limerick have offered prayers for cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan, who died on Monday aged 48. “You will always be remembered for your strength and bravery, you were inspirational to so many,” the parishes of Donoughmore, Knockea and Roxboro in Ms Phelan’s home county, Limerick, said…
“Out ethos won’t change”, a Catholic-founded hospice has promised as it becomes one of four hospices entering into a closer alignment with the HSE. The CEO of Milford Care Centre, founded by the Little Company of Mary, has said a new funding arrangement with the HSE will not affect the hospice’s independence. “Our ethos won’t…
Out of sight, out of mind as Ireland seeks to offload harms of surrogacy to other countries, writes Jason Osborne Government sources have reportedly confirmed media rumours over the weekend that they’re looking to ban commercial surrogacy in Ireland, while permitting it abroad in legislation set to come before Cabinet this week. If that seems…
Staff Reporter Never tire in the fight to “destroy” abortion, Dr Dermot Kearney told those who gathered for the Pro Life Campaign’s national conference. The Irish doctor, who risked his career to offer abortion pill reversal treatments in the UK, said pro-lifers must “never tire of doing what is right”. “Abortion must be destroyed,” Dr…
Laois-native Fr Bill Treacy has left a loving legacy in the US, writes Jason Osborne Irish priest Fr William ‘Bill’ Treacy died Sunday, October 16 in Washington state at the age of 103, with many believing him to have been the oldest priest in the USA. Fr Treacy was well-known among Seattle’s Irish community, ministering…
The Pro Life Campaign held their first in-person national conference since 2019, with a large crowd focused on the theme of ‘Saving Lives and Facing the Future with Hope’. Guest speakers encouraged the Irish pro-life community to keep fighting for the cause, pointing to signs of hope in the overturning of Roe vs Wade. The…
Work of prison chaplains ‘unheralded’ The work of prison chaplains is “vital but unheralded”, Bishop of Kilmore Martin Hayes said on Prisoners’ Sunday. In a homily, Bishop Hayes prayed “for all prisoners”, and remembered “their families, all prison staff and prison chaplains, whose work is vital but unheralded within prison services throughout the world”. Referencing…
The Diocese of Down and Connor brought relics of St Padre Pio to the diocese from November 6-11 to mark 20 years since he was declared a saint. Fr Brian Watters CC of St Peter’s Cathedral Parish, in Belfast, had the relics in the cathedral for three days from November 6. “The numbers who came…
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