Month: February 2023

Heading on the pilgrim’s progress

Pilgrims on The Irish Catholic’s Christian solidarity pilgrimage to the Holy Land gathered early in Dublin Airport before taking to the air. Men and women from across the island of Ireland are undertaking the spiritual journey through Christ’s home on earth. Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown is the spiritual director of the pilgrimage, which is…

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Recognising faith and service

The 16th annual Pope John Paul II Award ceremony was held in St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry on February 6. The guest speaker, Melany Francisco-Lawless alongside Bishop Donal McKeown, patron of the award, presented the award to 328 young people from all over the Diocese of Derry and beyond. This year three people received the Papal…

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Recovering the curious life and the European legend of ‘the white Martyr of Munster’

Searching for Thaddeus: Images of a Forgotten Irishman in Ireland and Italy, by Patricia Curtin-Kelly (Liberties Press, €20/£18) This is an interesting and unusual book, which will perhaps lead readers into new places to explore, not only in the remoter parishes of western Munster, but also in northern Italy. It focuses on the city of Ivrea, a place…

Ministering to the masses on and off-line

Sr Miriam James Heidland SOLT tells Jason Osborne about her love of sports and reluctant online ministry Well-known in Ireland for her internet appearances and for her books Loved as I Am, Behold, and Restore, US-based Sr Miriam James Heidland of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity tells me with a laugh that…

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In Brief

Priest charged for praying in UK ‘buffer zone’ A Catholic priest who faced criminal charges for praying for free speech outside an abortion clinic after business hours is the latest to run afoul of a strict buffer zone law in the English city of Birmingham. “I pray wherever I go, inside my head, for the…

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