Staff reporter Bishop William Crean of Cloyne ordained nine seminarians as deacons in the college chapel of the national seminary in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, at the weekend. Addressing the ordinands, Bishop Crean said “you will have the opportunity to proclaim the Gospel and break open the word of life for those in your care”. “This…
To mark the 50th anniversary of Frank O’Connor’s death, Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre will play host to ‘God Bless the Child: First confessions are the hardest!’ based on stories by Frank O’Connor and adapted for the stage and directed by Patrick Talbot The show will run for one week only, from June 6-11 and tickets from…
“When life is tough, even drab, life as a big shot in the crime world can seem incredibly glamorous”, writes Mary Kenny
Crowds cause Clonard novena times change Clonard Monastery in Belfast has changed the session times of its annual Solemn Novena to facilitate the large crowds which are expected to attend. Each year up to 20,000 people attend the 10 daily sessions during the nine-day ‘festival of faith’ which runs between June 15 and 23 this year. There had been concerns…
The winner of the caption competition (IC, May 5) featuring Bishop Paul Tighe and ‘The Edge’ from rock band U2 is Pauline Dunne from Enfield, Co. Meath. Pauline wins a copy of the beautiful book The Vatican: Secrets and Treasures of the Holy City by Fr Michael Collins.
‘Celibacy is a huge gift to the Church’
Third level Catholic institutes provide an environment for the contest of ideas as well as the communication of ancient truths, writes Michael W. Higgins
A Columbian bishop has offered the aid of his diocese in searching for a missing journalist. Salud Hernández-Mora, a journalist with El Tiempo newspaper, has not been heard of since May 21; military and police searches have found no trace of her. “We are very familiar with the territories, places and paths, we know the…
The Marian shrines are taken down in our homes when the month of May comes to an end. The feast of the Sacred Heart falls on the second Sunday after Pentecost, this year on Friday, June 3. There may be one day to mark the feast of the Sacred Heart, but the entire month of…
I had been thinking about blessings – Marty Whelan in the morning on Lyric FM, our damson tree setting fruit, two glorious bullfinches in the garden. Then the blessings changed, becoming more profound but also more painful. My Dad was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer before Christmas. He has lived these months well, becoming less…
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