Housing and homelessness charity the Peter McVerry Trust has won a gold medal with its first show garden at gardening festival Bloom. ‘Pathways to Home’, designed to represent the journey from homelessness and sleeping rough to living in a safe and secure home secured first place. The garden was designed by Seán O’Malley and Oisin…
Staff reporter Trócaire has been written to by the Charities Regulator to “remind” it that any future political activity must “directly advance and support [its] stated charitable purposes”. The Sunday Times reported that the letter to the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church was the result of two formal complaints related to recent campaigns…
A rare item of Catholic devotion from the early 17th Century has been acquired by National Museums Scotland. The embroidered Crucifixion is a “unique surviving example of textiles associated with Catholic devotion” according to a statement from National Museums Scotland. “Few such objects survive in Britain as most were destroyed due to fears of idolatrous…
Staff reporter A new book aimed at helping Catholics engage with the ongoing synod process has been launched in Limerick. Bishop of Achonry Paul Dempsey urged all people who care about the future of the Church to be part of the process and use the book as a tool in the wider discernment process that…
Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin has encouraged Irish Catholics to consider making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The archbishop pleaded with Irish groups to also engage with the local people in the Holy Land, particularly the small Christian community. Dr Martin was speaking at the launch of An Irish Pilgrimage Guide to the…
Young adults from all over the Diocese of Cork and Ross gathered in the Student Centre, UCC, on Sunday May 22 to discuss the challenge of living their faith today. The event called ‘CONNECT’ brought together over a hundred representatives from parishes and youth groups within the diocese to share, reflect, celebrate and pray together.…
Pilgrimage to Matt Talbot shrine organised A pilgrimage to the shrine of Venerable Matt Talbot to pray for freedom from addiction will take place June 12 from 2-4:30pm. The pilgrimage, which will finish in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Sean McDermott St, Dublin, is to pray for freedom from addictions including alcohol,…
Despite the challenges, Mass-going Catholics continue to find their parishes life-giving and hugely value the role of their hard-working priests. This is one of the key trends emerging in synodal reports as the 26 dioceses have now forwarded their summaries to Maynooth. Many parishes have been meeting over recent months to look at what brings…
Well-known Irish broadcaster Martin King opened up about his Catholic faith over the weekend saying it gives him understanding in life, including when his wife was diagnosed with a brain tumour for the second time. Mr King’s wife Jenny McCarthy survived a successful operation to remove a brain tumour this year. Ten years earlier she…
Maynooth Union is holding a two-day conference of talks that seek to lay the groundwork for the future of the Church in Ireland. The conference, which takes place June 14-15 in Maynooth and is titled ‘A Synodal Church: Adapting for Mission’, will cover topics from the import of synodality to communicating the Church’s message in…
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