A Co. Louth priest has raised €6,500 for Trócaire’s Lenten campaign after completing a sponsored ‘Bann to Boyne’ run. Fr Gerry Campbell, the Armagh Diocesan Representative for Trócaire, set off from St Treasa’s Church, Newbridge Parish in Co. Derry on Sunday, March 13 and finished at St Peter’s Church, Drogheda on Wednesday, March 16. Mercy…

Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin throws in the ball at a re-enactment of the 1916 hurling and football finals in Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow. Photo: John Brophy

The €14m sale of a former seminary to Dublin City University has been completed, amid speculation that the campus grounds will become home to an Educate Together school. All Hallows College in Drumcondra signed preliminary contracts with DCU in June last year, accepting the bid after, it is understood, turning down offers of over €20…

The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has said any suggestion that negotiations for a new government would be held up by discussions on abortion “is astonishing given the lack of support for a referendum that emerged in the recent election”. Sinead Slattery of the PLC said “the feedback from the recent election was that the abortion…

The pilgrimage season at Knock Shrine in Co. Mayo will get underway on Sunday, April 24 and the programme of events includes a concert to commemorate the 1916 Rising and World War I. The RTÉ concert orchestra will perform on Saturday, May 14 in the newly refurbished Basilica, with a performance from mezzo-soprano Anne Marie…

Catholic chaplains have rejected suggestions that low Mass attendance at institutes of technology might provide a meaningful way of measuring the contribution of chaplaincies to college life. Following Freedom of Information requests to 13 institutes of technology, Atheist Ireland criticised how third level colleges annually provide over €1.5 million for Catholic-run chaplaincies. Citing an average…

To mark his 25th year in the priesthood, Fr Gary Donegan CP, rector of Holy Cross Ardoyne in Belfast, has committed to a ‘Silver Jubilee Climb’ of Croagh Patrick on Saturday, May 14 to raise money for the MS Society NI and Marie Curie. To donate visit www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-events/fr-garys-croagh-patrick-challenge-1 Photo: Hugh Russell/The Irish News

The Capuchin Provincial has called on politicians to put the country’s “national interest” first in order to quickly form a new government. Speaking at a Mass for peace and reconciliation at the Capuchin Holy Trinity Church in Cork on Sunday, Bro. Adrian Curran addressed the country’s politicians saying it was time for their “choreography, more…

The Bishop of Ossory has promised that he will shortly give priests a detailed report on controversies around his management of the diocese. Dr Seamus Freeman has been the subject of criticism from many priests in the diocese in recent years and the issue has led to considerable disquiet. The issue has caused what can…

Bishop Brendan Leahy has warned that to rebuild the Church there first needs to be “an acknowledgement in humility of its defects”. Speaking ahead of Limerick’s diocesan synod due to take place this weekend, the bishop said the assembly will be an opportunity to take both the good and the bad of Church life and…