Speaking to The Irish Catholic at the launch of the new Focus Ireland campaign, titled ‘No Child Without a Home’, which took place on November 12, former President Dr Mary McAleese said the fight against homelessness “is not just an issue for politicians. That is an issue for us all as a people.” When asked…
Dr Michael Shortall is to be confirmed publicly as the new President of St Patrick’s College Maynooth this paper has learned. Dr Shortall had been serving as interim president since last year when Prof. Michael Mullaney stepped down as President of St Patrick’s College Maynooth in a move that took friends and colleagues by surprise. …
At the opening of recent John Main Seminar in Balally Parish, Bishop Donal Roche welcomed participants by reminding them that renewal in the Irish Church “will not come from programmes alone, but from recovering the spiritual roots that first brought the Gospel to this island.” He pointed to the early monks and communities who shaped…
The Fossa Climate Action Group is welcoming scientific and spiritual perspectives to their November 30 event titled ‘The Web of Life: How do we care for our common home?’. The event hopes to address growing concern for the warming climate’s effect on Co. Kerry’s landscapes. Dr Brendan O’Keeffe, a Kerry-based geographer and social scientist, will…
The Mass of the Bells will be broadcast live from St Peter’s Church, Drogheda, on Sunday, November 23, marking a major cultural and spiritual celebration of the town’s history and its contribution to Irish Catholic life. Composed by Michael Holohan, the Mass brings together music, memory and place, drawing deeply on Drogheda’s religious heritage. The…
In one of her last engagements before her inauguration as President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly led public representatives at the 15th Annual ‘Swimmers Mass’ in St Mary’s Church, the Claddagh, Galway, on Saturday, November 8. The November Mass, which is offered for swimmers in the city and others who have died in the past year, was celebrated by…
Pope Leo XIV gave Dublin a birthday present for the bicentenary of St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral that could not be matched. The prolonged and joyful applause when I had the privilege of announcing that Pope Leo had consented to my request and approved by decree that St Mary’s be designated as the Cathedral Church of our…
‘We need to re-present the faith and be a renewed Church that goes out to meet people’ When Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Niall Coll as Bishop of Raphoe, it marked not just a homecoming, but the beginning of what he calls “a renewed sense of mission” for the Church in Donegal. Speaking of…
Many braved the stormy weather on Saturday, November 15 to gather at Ardee Parish Centre, Co. Louth for ‘Hopefest: A Day of Praise and Worship’, an event filled with inspiring speakers, musical performances, and community. Around 350 attendees joined in the celebration, getting the chance to listen to testimonies from John Pridmore and Meabh Carlin,…
Leo XIV has 1,300 special guests on Sunday: homeless people, refugees and other marginalised people. Among them was a transgender activist – an acquaintance of Pope Francis. Rome (KNA) A first for the Pope: according to media reports, Leo XIV will also receive five trans people for lunch on Sunday. The meeting in the Vatican…
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