Courtney McGrailStaff Reporter Dublin football star Jack McCaffrey has praised the “powerful” work of priests in Africa after a recent trip there. The Clontarf native, who describes himself as an atheist, revealed his new found respect for clergy following his visit to Ethiopia with the international aid charity Goal. “Look, a lot of people get a…
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Back to the future?
Greg Daly
Calls by the Vatican’s liturgy chief for priests to celebrate Mass facing East from the first Sunday of Advent have met with mixed reactions. Speaking in London at the annual Sacra Liturgia conference, Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments, said: “It is very important that…
Blessing the Boats
Fr Tom Dalton PP The Riverchapel and the Rev. Robert Stotesbury, Assistant Priest for the Ardamine Church of Ireland Union of Churches, with crew members of the local RNLI Inshore Lifeboat at the annual Blessing of the Boats ceremony in Courtown Harbour, Wexford. Photo: Glen Deacon.
All Hallows to host festival week
All Hallows College in Dublin will mark its final year with a Festival Week to which everyone with a connection to the historic college is invited. All alumni, friends, staff and pastmen are invited to join us for a calendar of events during 17-22 July. A family fun day will be held on July 17…
More than 1,200 teenagers unite to expand their faith
Sophie Overall experienced a community of joy at the Youth 2000 summer festival
News in Brief
Paul Keenan
Motion passed to save convent before sale Dublin city councillors unanimously passed an emergency motion this week to put an immediate protection order on the Georgian-era Sisters of Charity Convent and School on Gardiner Street Upper. The 200-year-old building has an adjoining Victorian chapel as well as several other original features, but due to an oversight, the building was never listed…
Killaloe’s pilgrimage of mercy
Mags GarganThe 60th anniversary of Diocese of Killaloe’s first diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes was “an experience of mercy”, according to Fr Tom Ryan, the pilgrimage director at Cote Grotto, who celebrated the pilgrimage’s opening Mass assisted by 12 priests who had been among 450 pilgrims who had travelled from the diocese. As part of this year’s…
Expert consultants to help conserve Croagh Patrick
Cathal Barry
Expert consultants are set to be appointed to Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo to help conserve Ireland’s Holy Mountain which has suffered substantial erosion in recent years. Martin Keating, who is Head of Environment, Climate Change and Agriculture at May County Council and Chairperson of the Croagh Patrick Stakeholders Group, confirmed to The Irish Catholic…
Fulfilling God’s potential in Tallaght
“God wants us all to reach our potential – this is his plan for us,” the papal nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Charles Brown, said during a visit to Tallaght’s Citywise Education Centre. The archbishop was visiting the centre, which provides educational support for young people in under-served city communities, to meet some of Tallaght’s young…
Accused clergy homeless in Dublin
Staff Reporter Several priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse are thought to be homeless in Dublin, the head of the Church safeguarding board has warned. Contrasting how diocesan clergy faced with accusations can lack the supports priests from religious orders have, NBSCCCI chief Teresa Devlin told The Irish Catholic that she is frequently…