If the Church was making saints on spiritual miracles, Matt Talbot would have been a saint long ago,” told Bro Michael Murphy, a St Columbanus Knight and key figure in Matt Talbot’s commemoration, to The Irish Catholic. Recently, Matt Talbot’s Centenary Year launch was held at Ely House, Co. Dublin. From November 2024 to June…
With a monastery in the heart of Dublin, the Redemptoristine nuns are a group of women who try to bring God’s love to each other in community. “We live and pray in community. Community is a very important feature of our lives,” their website reads. They live an enclosed life, which means they do not…
Christ the King Cathedral, Mullingar, invites you to participate in these 40 Hours of Eucharistic Adoration, where faithful will come together as pilgrims of hope, seeking the face of Christ in the Eucharist beginning with the 7:30pm Mass on Friday, November 22, and concluding with Vespers and Benediction at 4pm on Sunday, November 24.…
“Many theologians are intimidated by scientists and many scientists are disdainful of theologians,” Fr Michael Connolly, astrophysicist and parish priest Oughterard told The Irish Catholic. Fr Connolly believes that discussing the relationship between ‘faith’ and ‘reason’, “or particularly faith in the scientific field” is imperative. The priest gave a talk in September in Oughterard when…
“Francis, Francis, go and repair My house which, as you can see, is falling into ruins”. These words of Christ, spoken from a cross in the little church of San Damiano to St Francis of Assisi, crept into my mind when I took an old wooden pew in the little church of the Immaculate Heart…
With the centenary of the Venerable Matt Talbot arriving next year, it’s good to recall the kind of man he was. Often we treat saints the way we treat celebrities, isolating them from their background but thereby overlooking the many friends whose encouragement and insight enabled their light to shine. It would be easy to…
Eoin McCormack in a conversation with Theological expert to the Synod Fr Eamonn Conway As the second and final session of the Synod came to close on Sunday with a Mass presided over by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica, he reflected in his homily on what he described as “the urgency of evangelisation…[We need]…
Ireland is facing a severe housing crisis, with more people than ever before experiencing homelessness. This has placed tremendous pressure on services across the country. Respond works tirelessly, with their statutory partners to provide affordable homes and essential community services, helping families and individuals in desperate need. How your gift can make a difference: By…
Trócaire has launched this year’s range of sustainable and ethical gifts for Christmas. The ‘Gifts of Change’ range receives incredible support every year from people in Ireland and is a fantastic way to contribute to Trócaire’s work in some of the world’s most fragile countries. Over one million life-changing gifts have been purchased by the…
Gender inequality and women’s rights in South Sudan are still a great issue. According to UNESCO, the literacy rate in South Sudan for women aged 15+ was 28.9% in 2022, compared to 40.3% for men. Many charities and missionaries are working tirelessly to improve women’s rights in that country. Sr Jacinta Prunty, a Holy Faith Sister…
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