Education remains the key element in tackling Ireland’s binge drinking, a spokesman for the bishops’ body on alcohol awareness has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week following the release of dramatic new figures for Irish people’s annual consumption of alcohol, Darren Butler, national co-ordinator of the Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative said that educating…
Fr Damien Quigley, who was ordained for the Archdiocese of Armagh by Archbishop Eamon Martin in Holy Redeemer Church, Dundalk on Sunday, pictured with members of his family.
The chairperson of a well-known crisis pregnancy agency has rejected claims that the organisation no longer subscribes to its pro-life founding intentions. Dr Patrick Davey, Chairperson of Anew (formerly Life Pregnancy Care Ireland) told, told The Irish Catholic it was a matter “of great sadness that there are members of Life/Anew who feel that they…
Staff Reporter A leading theologian and academic has called on every diocese in the country to invest in adult faith formation by employing specially trained lay formation staff. Prof. Fáinche Ryan, Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology at the Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), said there should be “people involved in formation in every diocese,…
The North’s Community Relations Council (CRC) has honoured a Catholic priest and a Presbyterian minister for their cross-community cultural work in Belfast. The CRC presented to Fr Martin Magill of North Belfast’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church and South Belfast’s Fitzroy Presbyterian Church’s Rev. Steve Stockman with the CRC Annual Award for Civic Leadership in front…
In an article carried in The Irish Catholic of June 16, 2016, we reported on the President of St Patrick’s College Maynooth, Msgr Hugh Connolly taking sabbatical leave. The article went on to deal with matters entirely unconnected to Msgr Connolly’s leave including controversial allegations recently made about life in the seminary. Msgr Connolly has…
This year’s Knockadoon Music and Liturgy Course, centred on the theme ‘Open to Mercy’, will take place at the Co. Cork camp over August 7-13. The Dominican camp’s residential course, this year marking its 35th anniversary, aims to equip participants with an array of up-to-date resources so they can return to their own parishes better…
‘Nervousness and uncertainty’ over free movement at border
Eight parish councils took part in the second annual Down and Connor Diocesan Pastoral Council Midsummer evening, which was held at St Genevieve’s High School in West Belfast. This event, developed as part of the Down and Connor Diocesan Pastoral Plan, was planned to celebrate the contribution of new initiatives to the ‘Living Church’ project,…
Children walk to school in Garzal, a settlement along the Magdalena River in Colombia after news of peace settlement in the world’s longest-running conflict. Pope Francis’ visit to the country, early next year, is expected to become a national celebration of peace and reconciliation in the troubled nation. Photo: Paul Jeffrey
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