The head of healthcare at the Conference of Religious Ireland (CORI) has described as “shocking” a report that found vulnerable elderly people were left for more than a month without a shower or a bath in a nursing home run by the HSE. Sr Pat O’Donovan, RSM insisted “there is no situation in Ireland that’s…

Staff reporter Internationally acclaimed spiritual singer and author Nóirín Ní Riain is to lead two spiritual retreats at the renowned Benedictine monastery Glenstal Abbey in Co. Limerick. The songstress, who holds a PhD in Theology, told The Irish Catholic the retreats are an opportunity to “chill out” in a “very spiritual and special place”. The…

An Irish artist commissioned to craft a life-size monument of Archbishop Fulton Sheen for New York’s famous actors’ chapel hopes the work will inspire a new generation of devotees to the archbishop. Dublin-based Dony Mac Manus is currently working on the 10-foot piece which it is hoped will be installed at St Malachy’s Church, which…

Staff reporter An Irish production company is set to launch a major crowd-funding campaign for a feature documentary on Knock. Underground Films is aiming to raise €70,000 in 40 days to help fund a motion picture on Ireland’s national Marian shrine which is set for the silver screen in Easter 2017. The Dublin based company,…

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin ‘regrets’ referendum reality check call

Tyrone senior football manager Mickey Harte was guest speaker at the recent Michaela Camp in Derry. The Michaela Foundation was established by John McAreavey to honour the life and values of his wife Michaela McAreavey after her tragic murder during their honeymoon in 2011. It runs summer camps across the island of Ireland to help…

The Rose of Tralee has insisted that she has always felt welcome at Mass despite her homosexuality. Maria Walsh, who won last year’s pageant, said she has “never been turned away” from a Catholic Church and has a “really great relationship” with the parish priest in her hometown of Shrule in Co. Mayo. The 28-year-old,…

A priest among a group of hillwalkers from the Diocese of Ferns who survived the devastating earthquake in Nepal was “astounded” by people’s generosity in helping to raise over €170,000 for relief efforts in the country. Fr Tom Dalton was one of eight people from Wexford who had just landed in Nepal when the earthquake…