Courtney McGrail takes a look at the types of software available to stop children accessing unsuitable material online
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Beating cyberbullies
Courtney McGrail explains the phenomenon of internet bullying and how victims can take control
Cataloguing Catholicism
Courtney McGrail visits a hidden gem in the heart of Dublin city
Remembering the ultimate sacrifice
It is “an extraordinary slice of Maynooth and indeed of the Great War”, said the President of St Patrick’s College, Msgr Hugh Connolly at the ‘Maynooth College 1914-1918’ exhibition to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War. As part of Heritage Week and in order to honour the centenary of World…
Kilmore hosts vintage car show
Representatives from the Breffni Vintage Club with Seán Coll, Director of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre (left) and Fr Enda Murphy, Diocesan Director of Pastoral Services (right) preparing for a Vintage & Classic Car, Motor Cycle, Tractor and Machinery Display in the grounds of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan Town on Sunday, August 31…
A helping hand for Lourdes pilgrims
A group of young people who attended a special Mass and blessing of hands last Sunday in the Church of St Therese in Mount Merrion, Dublin for those who will help care for the sick on the Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes which takes place next month. Photo: John McElroy.
Facebook gives Pioneers a boost
Membership to Pioneers at 130,000
Parishes called to celebrate Rosary Sunday
Archbishop Eamon Martin, Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, has invited parishes to take part in Rosary Sunday for the intention of the ‘family’. Rosary Sunday, an initiative from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, will be celebrated in parishes across Ireland on Sunday, October 5, the day on which the Church celebrates the ‘Day for Life 2014’.…
Fourteen new seminarians for Maynooth
St Patrick’s College, Maynooth is welcoming 14 new seminarians who will commence their formation for the priesthood at the National Seminary this year. At the conclusion of the Introductory Programme at the end of September, two of the new seminarians from northern dioceses will continue their studies at St Malachy’s Seminary in Belfast. As reported…
Dublin parish celebrates ‘Mass on the Grass’
In a quiet terrace in the East Wall parish in Dublin, neighbours opened their doors for the annual ‘Mass on the Grass’, the final one to be held in this area by beloved priest, Fr Declan ‘Deco’ Blake, who moves parish this year. Organised by the St Laurence O’Toole Parish, this was the third year…