Jem Sullivan August 27 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 22:19-23 Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 Rom 11:33-36 Mt 16:13-20 Artificial intelligence and language processing tools like ChatGPT are changing the face of education today. Teachers are finding new ways to evaluate what their students truly know. Instead of superficial questions that can be answered easily by…
Among the tributes to the late Jane Carty was one that struck a particular chord for me, “She helped young people fall in love – with music”. It was part of the death notice informing us of her passing on August 2 and funeral from St Patrick’s Church in Dublin’s Monkstown on August 11. She…
A History of the World in 500 Maps, Christian Grataloup and others (Thames & Hudson, £35.00/ €40.50) This is an interesting and unusual book. It was originally published in French a couple of years ago. Christian Grataloup is the overall editor; the introduction is by Patrick Boucheron; other associates were French academics; and the attractive cartography…
It’s official — the significance of Baptism in Irish parish life is the top ‘hot-button’ issue for readers of this page. In all my years of contributing here, nothing else has exercised readers in the way this topic did in the July 23 edition. Reactions have been flooding in (quoted below, with permission). My thesis that…
Chai Brady and Jason Osborne Ireland hosting a major international Catholic event like World Youth Day could be a key moment in renewing and reforming the Church here, bishops have told The Irish Catholic. A dozen Irish bishops have just returned from the global youth event in Lisbon where more than 1.5 million young Catholics…
A Nigerian priest based in Athlone has begged the Irish Faithful for prayers for peace in West Africa as tension mounts in the region following the Niger coup which took place last month. The coup that ousted Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum in late July comes in the wake of a series of similar military takeovers…
Chaplain to the Ukrainian community in Ireland Fr Vasyl Kornitsky has said that “every single Sunday” he hears from members of his congregation about family members who’ve died in Ukraine, and that the ongoing war is “affecting everyone”. This comes following the news that the community of Carrick-on-Shannon in Co. Leitrim are rallying around 18-year…
Following the PSNI’s colossal data breach which revealed personal and employment details of staff, the Catholic Police Guild raised concerns about future recruitment of Catholic officers. Supt Gerry Murray, chairman of the Catholic Police Guild, called on the PSNI’s Chief Constable Simon Byrne to “reassure” Catholic officers. He told the Irish Times: “What we need…
Catholic migrant communities have higher levels of religiosity then ‘indigenous Irish’ and should be seen as a “resource for the future” of the Church, a University College Dublin (UCD) academic has said. Professor of Migration and Social Policy Bryan Fanning of UCD told The Irish Catholic that religion in Irish society should not be viewed…
Pope Francis appointed to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles four new auxiliary bishops July 18, one of whom is assigned to the San Gabriel region filling the role following the murder of Irish-born Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell in February of this year. Bishop-elect Brian Nunes said he could never “replace” Bishop O’Connell but that he…
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