Hop on your bike for a family adventure For cycling lovers and adventurous families who want to get out and about and be active together, hop on your bike and get down to 8th Lock, Grand Canal in Dublin. This socially distanced cycle from Park West along the Grand Canal to Griffeen Park is said…
The Sunday Gospel Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. In today’s Gospel (Matthew 15:21-28), a troubled mother pleads with Jesus to cure her tormented daughter. We are surprised to read that he answered her not a word. It’s so unlike Jesus. But he knew what he was doing. He was drawing out deeper depths of her…
Dear Editor, Your coverage of the sad passing of the legendary John Hume [IC 06/08/2020] was impressive and unlike many other publications you highlighted how his Catholic Faith was instrumental in making him the man he was, which is something that should not be overlooked. The Irish people have much to be proud of in…
Notebook Last weekend I found myself celebrating Mass in an almost empty church again. Our parish is part of the Kildare/Laois/Offaly two-week lockdown so we had no choice but to close our church doors for public worship. The Gospel passage of the frightened disciples in the little boat battered by the unexpected storm seemed very…
Summer outings (No.4 in a six-part series) My first visit to Iona was a memorable event in my life. After a long dreary drive across the central valley of Mull, we came down to the little port from where visitors took the ferry to the island. It was now a sunny afternoon. The sea bed…
ACN sending €250,000 in food aid to Lebanon International Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has announced an emergency €250,000 food aid package for victims of the massive August 4 explosion in Beirut. The ACN grant will focus on poor families most affected by the explosion, which devastated the port area of…
The news cycle last week was dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Beirut bombing and the death of John Hume, and in a way they were all connected. As if the people of Lebanon hadn’t enough to put up with, what with political turmoil and the pandemic, that massive explosion earlier in the week…
‘A paragon of peace’ Archbishop Eamon Martin – Primate of All-Ireland “A great sadness has descended on my home city of Derry today as we learn of the death of one of our greatest sons, Mr John Hume. That sadness ripples out to every corner of Ireland and all around the world where the mere mention…
Ireland bids farewell to a prophet and a peacemaker Delivering an island at peace was John Hume’s life calling, the bishop of his native Derry has said. Bishop Donal McKeown told The Irish Catholic that the city was overcome with two emotions when news of Mr Hume’s death was announced by his family on Monday.…
He was a great man of faith who chose not to parade his Christianity – just to practice it and persevere through thick and thin writes Martin O’Brien John Hume was one of the greatest Irishmen who has ever lived. He was one of the greatest in this or in any age since hunter gatherers…
Peter Costello
Brendan O’Regan
Chai Brady
Martin O'Brien