The new Religious Education programme for primary schools, Grow in Love, is proving a winner with teachers and parents, according to feedback offered to those rolling out the programme. Fr Dan O’Connor, Episcopal Vicar for Education in the Dublin archdiocese described as “very positive” the response to information in-service days for teachers tasked with engaging…
Sisters Sky and Willow Shaw at the launch of the Under the Weather Campaign. Information on a wide range of common conditions like colds, flu and tummy bugs, is available at www.undertheweather.ie from the HSE and health professionals, for adults and children. Photo: Photocall Ireland
Adoration chapel in Fermoy restored St Patrick’s Church, Fermoy, Co. Cork has unveiled its newly refurbished adoration chapel. In a project aimed at reversing wear to support beams in the chapel, a full programme of work was undertaken to reverse the site’s previous layout to offer better use of four stained glass windows. In addition…
The Belfast 4 Corners Festival will take place this year from February 3 to 12, under the theme ‘Our Wounded & Wonderful City’. The event comprises innovative events aimed at encouraging people to go beyond the ‘corners’ of their own neighbourhoods towards discovering new ideas and friends. The 4 Corners Festival was established by a…
Ireland’s bishops are likely to ignore plans by ‘silenced’ priest Fr Tony Flannery to celebrate a public Mass on January 22. Redemptorist Fr Flannery, who has been out of ministry since 2012, has announced on his website that he intends to disregard the ban and celebrate his 70th birthday, which will be on January 18,…
Ireland’s Ambassador to the Holy See has revealed to The Irish Catholic that she offered the nation’s welcome to Pope Francis for his intended visit next year, following the annual papal address to the Diplomatic Corps at the Vatican last Monday. Afforded the opportunity to speak with the Pontiff from among some 180 ambassadors represented,…
Move comes after criticism of earlier ‘outrageous’ motion The Dáil is set to debate a full motion condemning the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, The Irish Catholic has learned. Just weeks after the failure of politicians to include Christians in a motion attacking the treatment of Iraq’s Yazidi minority by so-called Islamic…
The founder of social media giant Facebook has asserted the importance of faith in a Christmas message to followers. The previously avowed atheist took to social media over the festive period to wish one and all a “Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah”, prompting one viewer to pose the question: “Aren’t you an atheist?” Zuckerberg was…
The head of the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA) has defended the “core role” of religion in faith schools amid renewed suggestions that Religious Education could be side-lined in a curriculum shake-up. With the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment consultation ongoing towards a new primary curriculum, reports over the Christmas period suggested that…
Immediate action is needed to protect families at risk of losing their homes through repossession, following comments from the Master of the High Court, leading campaigners have urged. Edmund Honohan, who has previously called on the Government to ‘nationalise’ repossessed homes and use them as social housing, said this week that thousands of repossession orders…
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