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
Friends for life
Some of the thousands of participants at Belfast’s tenth annual All Ireland Rally for Life.
Mercy on the move
Mags Gargan“Receive Mercy, Share Mercy, and Celebrate Mercy” was the threefold theme of a pilgrimage organised by Valleymount Parish, Co. Wicklow, to mark the Year of Mercy. Stopping at Mount Argus Church, the Wicklow parishioners were treated to a talk on St Charles of Mount Argus by Fr Frank Keevins. After adoration, Confession, and being blessed…
Bishop: EU must remember ‘spiritual roots’ after Brexit
Cathal BarryThe future success of the European Union in the wake of the Brexit vote is dependent on the extent to which its “spiritual roots” are kept alive, Bishop Brendan Leahy has said. “Europe is about more than simply economics or social policies,” the Bishop of Limerick told The Irish Catholic. “The European project was about…
Honouring heroic healthcare
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland has awarded an Irish missionary nun an Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health in recognition of her 42-year contribution to healthcare in Sierra Leone. Mayo-born Sr Hilary Lyons graduated as a doctor from UCD in 1952, nine years after joining the Missionary Sisters of the Holy…
Primate signals ‘okay’ for Catholics to remember First World War
Staff reporter Archbishop Eamon Martin has urged Catholics to remember the First World War, while praying on the spot where Irish troops died at the Somme. “In remembering the horrors of the war a century ago it helps us to redouble our efforts towards building peace, healing and reconciliation,” the Primate of All-Ireland said. “I know…