The Children’s Grief Centre in Co. Limerick intends to double the number of grieving children it can help with the opening of a new centre in Limerick city. The centre, which was started 14 years ago by Sr Helen Culhane, provides a support service for children who have been bereaved and for those whose parents…
Hundreds turned out in their finest for the seventh annual Ceiliúradh Cois Life Dinner for Pro-Life Education which took place in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, in Dublin on Saturday. An evening of celebration, live music and dancing, newcomers were introduced to the pro-life cause while old friends and colleagues in the fight for life were reunited. The guest speaker…
Legacies help to provide sports, health, wellbeing and community for people with intellectual disabilities, writes Jason Osborne You may remember the joyous scenes that graced our screens at the beginning of the summer, as Irish athletes took part in and returned home from the Special Olympics World Summer games 2023, which took place in Berlin.…
News that the next World Youth Day will take place in Seoul, South Korea, has raised hopes that the event might boost the profile of Irish missionaries martyred by communist forces during the Korean war. Six Irish Columban fathers and two missionaries of Irish descent died as “witnesses of modern and contemporary faith” during the…
The “Fighting Irish” took over Dublin city centre at the weekend as tens of thousands of Americans travelled to Ireland for the Notre Dame University American football game against the Navy. It was the third time the Catholic university and the Navy have gone up against each other and once again, Notre Dame came away…
British actor Tommy Jessop has set his sights on Hollywood with the goal of changing the world for the better for people with Down Syndrome. Mr Jessop (38) made headlines when he became the first actor with Down Syndrome to star in a primetime show, appearing in the hit show Coming Down the Mountain. Having…
The universal Church’s “solidarity” with South Sudan amid so many trials is “highly respected” and appreciated, an Irish missionary in the stricken African nation has said. This comes after the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, visited the country for the third time in a year in an effort to promote peace-building initiatives. Speaking…
Following mob violence in east Pakistan that saw thousands of Muslims burn and vandalise churches and Christian homes, Pakistan-based missionary, Fr Liam O’Callaghan SSC described the scenes as “appalling” and “disturbing”. More than 100 people have since been arrested in the city of Jaranwala, where violence was sparked August 18 by claims that two Christian…
Following the deaths of two competitors in an Ironman event in Youghal, Co. Cork, parish priest Fr William Bermingham has said that the whole town is “saddened” and that the community will be praying for both men who died during the event. The men who died have been named as 64-year-old Ivan Chittenden, from Toronto,…
Speaking to a packed Knock Basilica as part of the annual Knock novena, Bishop of Raphoe Alan McGuckian SJ told the Faithful that the synod will be successful if it remains grounded in Scripture and the Church’s Tradition. Describing the Church as “divided,” Bishop McGuckian said that the Church can rely on the “anchors” of…