Parishes that don’t employ a youth minister reap the benefits of other parishes’ investments according to a Galway priest. Fr Brendan Kilcoyne spoke at a conference last week designed to showcase youth ministry options for parishes in Ireland. He urged young people to engage in youth ministry, saying it is “urgent” and “profoundly meaningful” as…
Inside Christian communities finally liberated from ISIS With the ongoing retreat of so-called Islamic State in the face of an Iraqi army offensive, many Christians are speaking of the horror theyendured under the Islamist regime. This week, we report from northern Iraq which has been ravaged by violence and where Christians have been targeted for…
Last week Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg presented the specially commissioned ‘Relic of St Willibrord’, Patron Saint of Luxembourg, to Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin to honour the historical links between the town of Echternach in Luxembourg and Co. Carlow. St Willibrord is one of the most important saints in Europe, having spent…
The Knights of St Columbanus have received a first-class relic of St Teresa of Calcutta from the Postulation Office (c/o The Mother Teresa Centre of the Missionaries of Charity) and arranged a national itinerary across the island of Ireland to facilitate its veneration by the public. The relic began its journey this week in Belfast,…
After 65 years, St Martin Apostolate has announced the launch of the digital version of the St Martin Magazine – the publication of this digital version was launched in conjunction with Magzster.com. www.stmartin.ie/subscriptions Since 1952, St Martin Apostolate, as well as being home to the Moving Crib, has published the monthly St Martin Magazine. The…
Bishop John Buckley ordained Fr Pat Nugent for the Diocese of Cork & Ross on Saturday in Church of the Real Presence, Bishopstown. A native of Co. Clare, Fr Pat has spent most of his life in Cork where he taught at secondary and third level before studying for the priesthood at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.…
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