Bishop Michael Duignan of Clonfert, Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora celebrated St Joseph’s Day at Clonfert College in Ballinasloe last week, where he congratulated recipient of the Founding Vision Award Phillip Costello. Clonfert College is the result of an amalgamation between two former Co. Galway secondary schools, Garbally College and Ardscoil Mhuire. The event marked the…
Young people in Ireland are moving from climate concern to action through creative learning initiatives, according to organisers of Trócaire’s Game Changers competition, which held its national final in Dublin this week. A recent survey by ECO-UNESCO found that 97% of young people in Ireland are worried about climate change. That concern was reflected at…
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded others on Saturday while the Israeli military demolished parts of a Catholic convent in a border village, officials said. Israel’s military on Saturday issued a new warning for residents of nine southern villages to evacuate. Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group have kept…
Children “bear the brunt” of international religious freedom violations, panelists at an April 30 hearing of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said. Vicky Hartzler, chair of USCIRF, an independent, bipartisan US federal government commission that monitors religious freedom around the globe, said the group is “deeply concerned about countries where governments restrict religious…
The former Presentation Convent lands in Portlaoise have been officially reopened following a two-year redevelopment, delivering 52 social housing apartments for people on the long-term homeless waiting list in Co. Laois. The site, originally established by the Presentation Sisters more than 200 years ago, had fallen into dereliction by the late 20th century. After the…
EXCLUSIVE The Diocese of Derry – which dates back to the Twelfth Century and is one of the oldest in Ireland – may cease to exist within a decade, according to its outgoing Bishop. In a wide-ranging interview with The Irish Catholic, Bishop Donal McKeown suggested that his successor may be the last Bishop of…
An Irish theologian has said that lack of moral courage among the Irish people has roots that stretch back centuries — and that it continues to shape the character of Irish society today. Fr Vincent Twomey, former Professor of Moral Theology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, made the observation during a wide-ranging conversation on Just…
The Diocese of Clogher has celebrated the ordination of Fr Stephen Sherry to the priesthood on Vocations Sunday, April 26, in St Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan. Originally from Tullycorbet, Co. Monaghan, Fr Sherry was ordained by Bishop Lawrence Duffy in a ceremony attended by clergy, family and parishioners from across the diocese. His ordination marks the…
he tone was warm, the delivery assured. But does Archbishop Dermot Farrell’s Knock homily actually offer the Church in Dublin what it needs, or does it dress a crisis in hopeful language while the hard decisions go unmade? The Archbishop’s central consolation — that crisis proves life — is sound as far as it goes.…
Irish clergy are encouraging Christians from across the globe to gather for the first ‘Worldwide Marian Procession’, taking place on June 13. The event is being launched by the YouTube channel ‘Guardians of the Faith’ and supported by Bishop Donal McKeown and Archbishop Eamon Martin. Participants are encouraged to join the procession in person in…
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