The future of the Catholic boarding school sector faces a serious threat in a changed Ireland, following the closure of Cistercian College Roscrea, which has been described as “a very sad death knell”. The announcement of the closure of the college, at Mount St Joseph Abbey in Co. Offaly, means there are now just two…
Divine Mercy Conference organiser Don Devaney tells Greg Daly about bringing God’s mercy into the world “The reason for this year’s conference is that we’re encouraging people to be apostles of mercy,” says Don Devaney of Ireland’s 26th Divine Mercy Conference, held in Dublin’s RDS this weekend. “The theme for this year is ‘Have mercy…
The Presentation Brothers are hosting a series of Lenten talks which offer practical tips for living faith in Ireland today. The ‘Monday at the Monastery’ series of talks returns to the Presentation Brothers’ house in Glasthule, Co. Dublin for four Mondays during Lent. The series has proven popular since it began in 2013, as part…
President Michael D. Higgins meeting with Cardinal Jaime Ortega during his offi cial visit to Cuba last week. President Higgins told The Irish Catholic he was “delighted” to meet with the cardinal and they had “an hour long discussion on current events, local, regional and global”. Cardinal Ortega was Archbishop of Havana for 35 years…
Our attitude towards the disabled is something we must seriously consider as we debate abortion, writes David Quinn One of the issues that has given rise to the very strong possibility of an abortion referendum in the next year or two is that of unborn babies diagnosed with a life-limiting disability, also known as a…
Westminster’s Cardinal Vincent Nichols tells Martin O’Brien about Pope Francis’ programme to reform the Church Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, is the foremost Catholic Church leader in these islands, one of the Pope’s principal advisors in the appointment of bishops and a major figure…
This year marks the centenary of the appearance at Fatima, Portugal of Our Lady to the three children, Blessed Jacinta and Blessed Francisco Marto and their cousin Sister Lucia Santos from May 13 to October 13, 1917. In celebration of this event, all are invited to Holy Mass in the church of Saint John the…
Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin and Bishop Michael Burrows, CofI Bishop of Cashel, Waterford, Lismore, Ferns, Ossory and Leighlin will lead a historic joint diocesan pilgrimage in June from Co. Carlow to Echternach, Luxembourg in honour of St Willibrord. St Willibrord was ordained in Co. Carlow in the 7th Century and is patron…
The Irish-made film The Call to Fatima has received the backing of both the Fatima Shrine and the Portuguese government in exclusively promoting the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions. According to filmmakers Thomas and Solvita McCormack, the award-winning DVD, now translated to 12 languages, “emphasises the importance of the Fatima Message left behind by…
The Leprosy Mission is hosting a ‘Strictly Dancing Competition’ as a fundraiser on Saturday, February 25 in Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney, Dublin. Despite being the oldest known disease, leprosy is still not fully understood particularly how the disease is transmitted. The Leprosy Mission began in Ireland in 1874 and its research focuses on transmission, prevention and treatment. Tickets for…
Paul Keenan
Greg Daly
David Quinn
Martin O'Brien
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