Parents have been advised not to be afraid of making a “value judgement” if they’re concerned about their children’s activity online as the ‘WitchTok’ hashtag surged past 31.5 billion views on social media app TikTok. WitchTok is an umbrella term under which young people post and share content related to magic and witchcraft, with many…
Minster for Higher Education Simon Harris has praised Carlow College, St Patrick’s, for their “generous offer” to gift the Catholic university to the State. However, there is a “long and labourious” process ahead to get the transfer right, Minister Harris said. The college continues negotiations with the newly-formed South Eastern Technological University (SETU). “I think…
Staff reporter The Irish State’s definition of homelessness is not fully responding to its true nature and “neglecting” hidden homelessness, a report has stated. The report, published by Focus Ireland, found that homelessness focused on people sleeping rough and the number and duration of stays in emergency accommodation. In the report, a group of international…
Frank Duff’s house opens for Culture Night The house of Servant of God Frank Duff will be open to the public for Culture Night on Friday, September 23. The house on Morning Star Avenue has been preserved to maintain its original look and contents since Blessed Duff died in it in November 1980. Frank Duff…
Thousands attended the March for Life in Dublin on Saturday with attendees walking from St Stephen’s Green to Leinster House to call on the Government to address the large increase in abortions in Ireland as well as to push for positive alternatives to abortion. Eilís Mulroy of the Pro Life Campaign, organisers of the march,…
A selection of 21 penal crosses have been taken out of storage and put on display until the end of October at the Mayo branch of the National Museum of Ireland. The crosses, dating back to the early 18th to the middle of the 19th Century, can be seen at ‘Country Life’ in Turlough Park,…
Wexford parish announces parish prayer mission Wexford parish is hosting a week-long mission of prayer October 2-9 that will be a time of “celebration, belonging and renewal”. ‘A Mission for All’ begins Sunday October 2, and includes talks, Mass, visits to schools, faith testimonies and more. Bishop of Ferns Ger Nash will open an icon…
The country’s largest diocese is to push ahead with “crucial” plans to make First Holy Communion ceremonies simpler and more parish-based, despite fewer priests and parish pastoral workers. Dublin Diocese is reacting after many priests and parishioners reported that smaller ceremonies – necessitated by Covid-19 postponements – were better because they focused on the importance…
Refugees from the war in Ukraine have benefitted from Ireland’s “world-famous hospitality”, Ukrainian Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski has said in a message. He warned however that the struggle for freedom isn’t over yet, while the cost of rebuilding will be “unimaginable”. The message from Bishop Nowakowski, Apostolic visitor for Ukrainians Resident in Ireland and Northern Ireland,…
Training of lay people to prepare them to lead liturgies in the absence of priests will begin in autumn, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty has said. Bishop Nulty envisages that the “lay leader” would, as part of a local team, “stand in on the priest’s day off or during the weekdays of his…
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