The worldwide head of the Dominican Order, Fr Gerard Timoner OP, visited Killacloghane Wood, Milltown, Co. Kerry, last weekend to mark the 372nd anniversary of the martyrdom of Venerable Fr Tadhg Moriarty OP, Prior of Tralee Abbey. Fr Timoner, the Master of the Order of Preachers, celebrated open-air Mass at the historic Mass Rock where…
While Mount Melleray Abbey may be empty after it was closed in January, a new hostel has breathed life into the 190 year old monastery. St Declan’s Way Hostel, settled beneath the Knockmealdown Mountains, along the holy path of St Declan, is a site for “the days between destinations,” catering to travellers who are looking…
The Pro Life Campaign hosted its annual national conference last weekend in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, under the theme ‘Pathways to Progress – Working for a Pro-Life Future’. The event, chaired by broadcaster Wendy Grace, gathered hundreds of activists determined to keep hope alive for Ireland’s pro-life movement in the years following the repeal of…
“The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion – protected under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – is not only under pressure, in many countries it is disappearing,” warned Regina Lynch, Executive President of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International and native of Co. Tyrone. Ms Lynch expressed…
An Post will issue a new commemorative stamp next week marking the centenary of the ordination of Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty, the Irish priest who saved thousands of lives during the Second World War. From 1942, while serving in the Vatican, Msgr O’Flaherty organised an underground network known as ‘The Organisation’ which helped more than 6,500…
The exhausted parish priest of Gaza has thanked Irish parishioners for their prayers, support and solidarity during more than two years of war in the region. Argentine-born Fr Gabriel Romanelli IVE said the Christian community in the war-torn territory will play their part in rebuilding their lives, as well as the physical infrastructure. Speaking from…
The government’s budget has used sticky plasters on the housing crisis where major surgery is needed the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has warned adding that the greed of developers has been rewarded while the young consider emigration. “Once again, the government have prioritised the wants—not the needs—of developers. The real boon came to…
Fr Darren Brennan opened the doors of St Paul’s Parish Centre in Belfast and welcomed parishioners and community members to ask questions about the faith as part of a lay initiative for the Belfast Rosary Festival, which took place last week. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Fr Brennan shared that around 50-60 people attended the…
Dublin Diocese has applied for planning permission for a major renovation of the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin’s City Centre. The planning application lodged as “Applicant – St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Parish C/O Schools & Parishes of Diocese of Dublin (RC) Pro-Cathedral House, 83 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1” requests planning for development of the Church, which is a…
Irish Bishops have welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, expressing cautious hope that the fragile truce will hold and lead to a lasting peace. Speaking last Sunday after the ceasefire came into effect, Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin prayed through the intercession of St Oliver Plunkett for the “success of the…