Courtney McGrailMinister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD and Bishop Denis Brennan cut the ribbon on the newly built school in Barntown parish in Co. Wexford assisted by parish priest Fr John Carroll and local dignitaries.
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Maynooth to bolster links with top-level colleges
Cathal Barry
St Patrick’s College, Maynooth is set to strengthen its links with a number of top-level European colleges this year. The Kildare-based Pontifical University has been in discussions since 2013 with Heythrop College, London (Britain), Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Utrecht (Holland) and the Newman Institute, Uppsala (Sweden) with a view to forming a strategic partnership.…
US federal judge says state can cut contract with Planned Parenthood
The state of Utah can end its contract with Planned Parenthood, which is paid for with federal funds, a judge has ruled. US District Judge Clark Waddoups, who previously blocked an effort by Utah governor Gary Herbert to defund the Utah affiliate of Planned Parenthood, has ruled that “these are the types of decisions that…
Vocations drive gets boost from generous grant
EXCLUSIVE ‘Delight’ at funding from Hilton Hotel fortune Efforts to promote vocations to religious life in Ireland will move up a gear in 2016 thanks to a generous grant from a US-based foundation set up by hotel billionaire Conrad Hilton, The Irish Catholic can reveal. Vocations Ireland, an umbrella organisation which helps religious orders to…
Exemplars of the Church
Paul Keenan
Paul Keenan looks at those pastoral workers lost to violence in the last 12 months Statistics by their nature are flat, dry things. Designed more for the summation of the ‘state of play’ for, say, Wall Street stocks or the standing of political parties at a given time, statistics offer an emotionless picture that fails…
Jean Vanier and the Year of Mercy
Staff reporter Renowned Catholic thinker Jean Vanier will be the theme of an event in Dublin next week to mark the ‘Year of Mercy’. Mr Vanier is renowned for his founding of the L’Arche movement and his work with people living with developmental disabilities. US-based Prof. Michael W. Higgins, an expert on Vanier’s spirituality and author…
Middle East Christians experiencing ‘genocide’ at ISIS’ hands – Clinton
The leading US Democratic candidate has said she believes ISIS’ campaign against Christians constitutes genocide. Hillary Clinton was asked at a New Hampshire meeting whether she would join faith and secular leaders from across the political divide “in calling what is happening by its proper name, genocide”. She replied that she would do so “because…
Praying for the gift of peace
Marie-Claire Campbell (8) from Foxrock peering through some international flags as she listens to a speaker at the World Day of Prayer For Peace Mass celebrated by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Foxrock, Dublin. Photo: John McElroy
Govt won’t describe Christian persecution as ‘genocide’
Greg Daly
The Government has refused to follow the lead of former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in describing the persecution of Christians in the Middle East as ‘genocide’. The Opposition has accused the coalition of turning a blind eye. The Democratic presidential candidate has broken with President Barack Obama in saying that “we now have…
South African Church’s nuclear warning
South Africa’s Catholic justice and peace commission has called for a halt to nuclear procurement plans and a referendum on the issue, claiming that the risks of adding nuclear energy to the financially beleaguered country’s power grid outweigh its economic benefits. According to a statement from the commission’s chairman, Kimberley’s Bishop Abel Gabuza, the country…