Risks of the internet addressed by cleric, competition winners announced, St Anthony relics travel Ireland, and Killaloe school sales fund new site
Cleric warns of internet dangers
A priest has warned of the continued threat to young people from the dangers of the internet.
Speaking on the first anniversary of the death of Co. Tyrone teenager Ronan Hughes, Fr Benedict Fee said “social media can be used for a thousand goods but sadly we know, and no-one knows better than us, that it was used for evil a year ago in the townland of Coole and to steal away the precious life of Ronan Hughes”.
The 17-year-old from Aughamullan, outside Coalisland, took his own life on June 5, 2015 after being tricked into posting images online.
God Bless the Child competition winners
Four lucky readers have won two tickets each to the production of God Bless the Child: First Confessions are the Hardest! at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre. The play is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of Frank O’Connor’s death and is based on stories by Frank O’Connor. It is running from June 6-11. The winners of the competition are:
Gavan O’Leary;
Marian King;
Nuala Higgins;
Patrick O’Keefe.
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who participated.
High hopes for St Anthony relics visit
The priest leading the visit of the relics of St Anthony of Padua to Ireland has said he hopes the event will help people “rediscover” their faith.
“I think that sometimes we go through our days, sometimes our lives, thinking about jobs we have to do, the problems we have and we forget that the most important thing is our relationship with God. So I really hope that St Anthony is able to help us rediscover our faith in God because God is never ending love,” Fr Mario Conte told The Irish Catholic.
“Anthony has always had this goal in all his preaching, in his helping people, in everything he did. He just wanted to take people to God. In a certain way, Anthony wants to be a bridge between people and Jesus, between people and God.”
Killaloe school sale funds new site
An expected payment of upwards of €1.2 million to the Diocese of Killaloe should not be regarded as a windfall for the diocese to use generally, a diocesan spokesman has said.
Rather, according to Fr Brendan Quinlivan, most of the proceeds from the sale of the former site of the Ennis National School will be used to cover the cost of developing the school’s new site on diocesan land.
Ennis pupils moved into the new school, which was formally opened in May 2014, in September 2013.
The sale of the old school site is awaiting approval from the Charity Regulatory Authority.
