Staff reporter A leading Professor of Psychiatry has said that the Church cannot be blamed for the largest institutions in Ireland used by communities to lock people away from society. Brendan Kelly of Trinity College Dublin has just published a new book, In Search of Madness: A Psychiatrist’s Travels Through the History of Mental Illness.…
The Redemptorists in Ukraine have been “moved” by the Irish generosity funnelled through the Redemptorists in Ireland, as tonnes of aid is continually sent, including a generator worth €18,000 which arrived on Holy Saturday. Full of gratitude Cork-based Fr Gerry O’Connor CSsR, who coordinates the order’s response, told The Irish Catholic they are “full of…
Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy has said the young people across Limerick committed to playing a role in the Church are “beacons of hope”. Speaking as he presented 50 John Paul II Awards in Scoil Pól Kilfinane, Bishop Leahy praised the “inspirational young people”. “The work they have been doing in their local areas is…
The Ukrainian community in Ireland enjoyed an Easter Mass in the Byzantine rite in Sligo cathedral on Saturday. Chaplain to the Ukrainian community in Dublin Fr Vasyl Kornitsky celebrated the Mass and Bishop Kevin Doran of the Diocese of Elphin attended and addressed the congregation. After the consecration of Easter cakes, Irish parishioners organised a…
Pilgrims from across Dublin diocese returned to Knock for the first diocesan pilgrimage since Covid restrictions were lifted. Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell celebrated Mass for the pilgrims, who visited Knock Shrine Saturday, April 23. Archbishop Farrell said in his homily that Mary brings her family to the shrine “to see her and be seen…
More than 200 families and young adults attended Arise’s Easter conference in Tramore, Co. Waterford, for a weekend of Mass, talks, drama and family fun. The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Alphonsus Cullinan celebrated Mass during the conference, while Edith Farley gave a talk on the blessing of family life. Christian theatre group Rise also…
Significant reduction in people sleeping rough in Dublin The Peter McVerry Trust has welcomed the significant reduction in the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin, down 27% year-on-year. Some 92 people were found sleeping rough in Dublin, according to figures from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive’s spring rough sleeper count, which took place end…
Plea for Catholic schools to foster peace Michael Kelly in Rome Pope Francis has urged Catholic schools in Ireland to form students to work for mutual coexistence and peace in a fractured world. The Pontiff took time out of his busy Easter Week schedule to meet with representatives from the Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education…
Chai Brady and Jason Osborne Religious in Poland have praised the Church in Ireland’s response to the Ukraine crisis after €3.25 million was raised by parishes. Poland has taken in almost three million Ukrainian refugees, more than any other country. The Irish Catholic visited several sites where Church-charity Caritas and religious orders operate on the…
Brandon Scott and Ruadhán Jones The return of Easter celebrations to churches was a “very joyful occasion”, parishes across the country have said, with large attendances at all Easter liturgies. It was the first time in three years that parishes could celebrate Holy Week in person due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Joyful Fr Bernard Healy…
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