Róise McGagh looks at the affect Covid-19 has had on children’s education and what you can do to help your kids out at this time There was recently a call for schools to reopen so Sixth Class pupils could say goodbye to their classmates and teachers. Catherine Martin TD, Green Party spokesperson for education…
Dioceses across Ireland have begun working on their own roadmaps for a return to public Masses. Archbishop Eamon Martin said at the weekend that “our parishes and dioceses have now begun to draw up their plans and ‘roadmaps’ for a return to collective prayer as soon as it is safe to do so. “It has…
Personal Profile In 2017 Emma Edgeworth took a career break. She left her home county of Kildare and headed for Mongu, the capital of the Western Provence in Zambia. Emma was already working with children and families in the Dublin area when she saw the development role with Viatores Christi advertised on a professional…
RóiseMcGagh gives some ideas on celebrating the ancient Irish festival of Bealtaine Bealtaine is the word for May in Irish, it marks an ancient festival, one of the most significant historic dates in Ireland. It is also known as a month to celebrate and pray to Our Lady. At the moment, gathering for Bealtaine is…
Cavan-based Fr Martin Gilcreest has said that housebound parishioners are delighted that he can still make the traditional First Friday contact using the telephone. “This is a generation that Faith is very important to. It’s their foundation, it’s the one thing that keeps them grounded. “The fact that we’re making an effort at all is,…
Bishop Brendan Leahy [pictured] has said the pandemic has become a time for great personal reflection in his address after midday Mass on Sunday at St John’s Cathedral. He said one thing we have learned is that time is valuable and that we often complain of it disappearing in our modern world. “Suddenly, with the…
Personal Profile “I was being put up on a barstool in a pub when we came home to Achill from about 1975 to sing for my grandfather’s buddies at the bar,” says James Kilbane. The Gospel and Country singer spoke to The Irish Catholic about his upbringing and his thoughts on faith. He says…
Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary in Liberia are attempting to tackle Covid-19 through passing vital information between rural villages. Sr Bridget Lacey, one of the founders of Social Empowerment Through Learning, said: “Our aim of what we’re doing in Covid-19 is to prevent villages from getting the virus. “We are currently working with around…
Róise McGagh chats to a specialist in marriage and relationships counselling from Accord about the issues heightened by lockdown No one’s relationship is perfect. They require constant work in order to keep both parties happy, contrary to the songs; love is not always simple. Issues that usually crop up in relationships are undoubtably going…
Personal profile “You have grenades going over, not knowing where they’re going to land and you have bullets flying – like our house had a number of bullet holes,” says Sr Bridget Lacey, speaking of her personal experience of an attack on a refugee camp where she was working at the time. It was…