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Green road to Glenamaddy
Mags GarganBreda Keaveney and Geraldine Duane, members of Glenamaddy Pastoral Council with Fr Paddy Mooney PP at the entrance to the new Green Way Walk at Frass/Englishtown, Glenamaddy, Co. Galway which will be blessed on Sunday, June 12 as part of the Laudato Si celebrations in the parish.
Catholic schools must be ‘assiduous’ in promoting vision
Fr Niall Coll encourages Catholic schools “to prioritise the importance of Religious Education”
US Dominican nuns ‘best possible outcome’ following friars’ Limerick departure
Cathal Barry
“It is the best possible outcome as the church is going to remain open and the parish will continue with a Dominican presence there,” Limerick’s Episcopal Vicar for Pastoral Planning, Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon said.
Marie Collins: Implementation key to bishop removal rules
Greg Daly
“What’s important to me is that it emphasises the gravity of being negligent in the area of child protection”
Deacons not ‘stop-gap’ solution for priest shortage, archbishop warns
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin says that deacons are not replacements for priests
New priest ordained for Cork & Ross
Colm FitzpatrickBishop John Buckley ordained Fr Pat Nugent for the Diocese of Cork & Ross on Saturday in Church of the Real Presence, Bishopstown. A native of Co. Clare, Fr Pat has spent most of his life in Cork where he taught at secondary and third level before studying for the priesthood at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.…
Northern Bishops warn of Brexit impact
Bishops warn against the impact of a ‘Brexit’ on the on-going peace process
Vatican Roundup
Consultant’s volte-face in Vatican court hearing A former consultant to a pontifical commission who denied to a Vatican court that she leaked documents about Vatican financial reform admitted to sending the documents when originally interrogated, a Vatican policeman has said. Stefano DeSantis, an officer investigating the matter, testified on May 24 that Francesca Chaouqui, one of five people on trial…
Return to academic selection ‘ludicrous’ – Bishop
The Church has signalled strong opposition to attempts by the North’s new DUP Education Minister to roll back on education reforms that have sought to remove academic selection for 10-year-olds. The contentious tests – once known as the 11+ – are used by some grammar schools to decide whether or not to admit students. The…
