Newry Cathedral is preparing to welcome people from across the Diocese and beyond for a special nine-day Solemn Novena to St Carlo Acutis, taking place from Sunday October 4 to Monday October 12, 2026. Under the theme “Growing in Faith”, the Novena will provide an opportunity for people to come together in prayer and to…
Catholics around the world are taking part in a nine-day novena praying for the protection of human life and an end to what organisers describe as the “culture of death”. The Worldwide Novena to Fight the Culture of Death began on September 20 and continues until September 28, the eve of the feast of the…
Christians from different traditions will gather at Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance at 2pm on Saturday, September 26, for the annual March for Jesus. Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has promoted the event, which aims to unite Catholics, Protestants and other Christians in public witness at a time when organisers believe the wider culture is increasingly hostile to…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has paid tribute to the Society of African Missions (SMA) as it marked a century at Dromantine, Co. Down, saying the anniversary should inspire renewed mission rather than nostalgia. Preaching at a centenary Mass in the Cathedral of St Patrick and St Colman, Newry, on September 19, the Archbishop of Armagh and…
The 50th anniversary celebrations of the Church of St Michael the Archangel in Belfast begin on Saturday September 26, with a Jubilee Mass attended by Bishop Alan McGuckian. To celebrate the Golden Jubilee, the parish has published a commemorative book which tells the story of the church and parish, beginning from the construction of the…
Overseas priests call for renewed drive to foster home-grown vocations Ireland cannot rely indefinitely on overseas priests to compensate for falling local vocations and needs a renewed drive to encourage Irish men toward the priesthood, missionary priests serving in Ireland have told The Irish Catholic. “I’ll serve as a jack. I’ll lift your car, but…
“The family of faith is the greatest gift” parents can give their children, Fr Willie Purcell has said, as relics of Sts Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux, were welcomed to the Carmelite Monastery in Tallow, Co. Waterford. The relics of the canonised married couple and their daughter St Thérèse…
Speaking ahead of the opening of a new fertility and female health centre in Co. Meath, co-owner Kay O’Dwyer and NaPro Fertility doctor Kirsty Chapman, who runs a clinic at the centre, said the education on female sexual health from a Catholic perspective is lacking in the current curriculum. The St Brigid’s Centre of Female…
Commenting after Irish Aid published their 2025 Annual Report, which demonstrated Ireland’s leading role in overseas development aid, Trócaire CEO Seán Farrell said the organisation “remain[s] grateful to Irish Aid, Barry Andrews MEP, and Minister Neale Richmond’s continued support and commitment to our programmes.” In a recent interview with this newspaper, Mr Farrell also cited…
During the US President’s courtesy call to Áras an Uachtaráin on Saturday, September 12, President Connolly presented President Trump with three gifts: a St Brigid’s Cross, a copy of the book Navigato Sancti Brendani – The Voyage of St Brendan and a collection of Michael Longley poems, including his sonnet ‘Ceasefire’. The gifts reflected the…