St Patrick’s Church, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon will be a lively spot in the early hours of Saturday, September 26 as pilgrim walkers from all parts of the Elphin diocese gather to begin their 20 mile walk to Ireland’s National Shrine in Knock. This is Elphin diocese’s second time to make this pilgrim walk,  once again…

Armagh Diocesan Vocations Commission are presenting three more evenings of “Great People, Great Stories, Come and Listen” during the autumn. The first evening takes place on Thursday, October 8 in Kilsaran Legion of Mary Centre at 8pm. Speakers are Sr Julie McGoldrick and Fr Ryan McAleer. On Thursday, October 15 at 8pm in The Synod…

In April of this year Parish Cells of Evangelisation received permanent recognition from the Pontifical Council for the Laity. To bestow this recognition Pope Francis issued an invitation to all cell people from around the world to meet with him in the Vatican earlier this month. Over 5,000 people from all over the world, 124…

For nine Mondays and Tuesdays, starting on Monday, September 28 in St Senan’s Church Kilrush and on Tuesday, September 29 in SS John & Paul Church Shannon, people will gather each week at the Shrine of Matt Talbot, to pray and intercede for people suffering or sharing in the life of addictions. Now in its…

Mid-East Christians feel ‘forgotten’ by the West

The Askeaton/Ballysteen Parish Pastoral Council in Co. Limerick is hosting a film festival to run over four consecutive Wednesday nights.  Films by their nature can be informative, uplifting and reflective and with this in mind the parish group has chosen to show four films with various life themes: The Way, The Mission, Amazing Grace and…

Well-wisher Orla Cashell takes a ‘selfie’ at the weekend diaconate ordination of Bro. Martin Bennett OFM Cap. The ordaining prelate was Bishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh and Bro. Martin is pictured flanked by (left to right) Regina McCarrick, Francis’ O Brien, Natalie Doherty, Fr. Sean Kelly OFM Cap., Gerard and Anne Gallagher and Anna Keegan.

Earlier this month a number of priests, religious and laity from the Diocese of Ossory and beyond joined with Bishop Séamus Freeman SAC at St John’s Church, Kilkenny for a Mass of Thanksgiving to honour 48 years of ministry at Peace in Christ, the Ossory Diocesan Retreat House. The large congregation gave thanks for the…

There has been “a huge reservoir of enthusiasm” for this weekend’s National Eucharistic Congress, according to Elphin’s Bishop Kevin Doran. Speculating that this passion has its roots in the 2012 International Eucharistic Congress, Dr Doran says there’s a striking contrast between the run-in to the Dublin congress, when “people asked whether it was a good…

The European Union “was born to knock down walls, not to build them” according to Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, criticising Hungary’s erection of a border fence to regulate the movements of asylum seekers.  “If you stop the flow in that direction, we have to pose the problem of how to respond to the urge…