Bishop Ger Nash of Ferns has announced changes in the diocese, which take effect from September 1. The new appointments are as follows.  Fr John Paul Sheridan, Co-PP, Annacurra, Kilaveney, Kilanerin, Carnew Pastoral Area, is appointed to a full-time post in St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth.  Fr Brian Whelan, Co-PP in Ferns, Bunclody Pastoral Area,…

A pair of nearly 300-year-old Galway silver chalices made by Richard Joyce in 1730 and 1731, which had been in England for over a century, have returned to Galway. Marking their homecoming, Mass was celebrated in the Poor Clare Monastery Chapel on June 26, ahead of the chalices going on public display at Galway City…

St Michael’s Church, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, in the Diocese of Clogher closed out its 150th year anniversary with a live broadcasted Mass presented by RTÉ. The Mass was celebrated by Msgr Peter O’Reilly and featured music from the parish choir. He explained that although the anniversary technically ended in March, this Mass closed out the…

Msgr Peter O’Reilly and Dean Kenneth Hall have been named in the King’s Birthday Honours List and received an OBE award for reconciliation and peacebuilding in Enniskillen and Co. Fermanagh. Humbled by the honour, they emphasised the role that their communities played. “While our names appear in the citation, we see this recognition as belonging…

‘In a world that is often disturbing, damaging and dehumanising we cannot fail young people’   Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Irish theologian Fr Eamonn Conway said that “The present moment in history is disturbing, damaging and dehumanising in many respects—but for that very reason the need and opportunity for a genuinely Catholic education have…

“Over the past number of years here in Ireland and around the world, and as recently as earlier this year in our own area, priests have died by suicide,” said Fr Michael Toomey during a homily last weekend as part of Men’s Mental Health Week. Fr Toomey is PP of St Carlo Acutis Parish Pastoral…

The role of the university in the fight for magnificence of humanity is “absolutely to be recovered,” said Bishop Paul Tighe of the Dicastery for Culture and Education during a June 17 panel on Pope Leo’s recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. Speaking during the panel with Dr Linda Doyle, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, and Loyola…

“It is deeply ironic that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, who are normally knocking lumps out of Sinn Féin, joined them in their quest to end the lives of even more little babies,” said Aontú Senator Sarah O’Reilly following the Dáil’s vote in favour of abolishing the mandatory three-day reflection period for women seeking abortion.…

After preparing for the permanent diaconate for the past number of years, Paul Ryan of Co. Clare was ordained as a permanent deacon to serve the people of the Diocese of Cork and Ross on Sunday, June 21 at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Timoleague. The new deacon was ordained…

Bishop Niall Coll called on Irish society to protect the vulnerable and urged for free conscience at the International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine​ in Knock on June 20. The bishop highlighted pressing issues faced by people today, including the protection of the unborn, care for the seriously ill, those with disabilities, and the elderly approaching…