Staff Reporter The Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary, where according to legend St Patrick came to convert King Aenghus to Christianity, is one of three sites added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The neolithic passage tomb landscape of Co. Sligo, the Transatlantic Cable in Valentia, Co. Kerry, and royal sites of Ireland have…
The diocese of Limerick is made up of 60 parishes spread across three counties in the Mid-west with a Catholic population of approximately 155,000 out of a total population of 177,000. In April 2016, the diocese held a diocesan Synod, the first since 1937. The principal themes discussed in the Diocese of Limerick are as…
Fr Gabriel Stawowy SDB explains to The Irish Catholic how the Salesians are helping the 60 Ukrainian refugees in their Krakow seminary, and how Irish generosity has been so important.The refugees are mainly women and children.Food, polish classes, computers, clothes and much more are also provided to help.
Former Republic of Ireland football star on what it meant to be part of the first pilgrimage to the Holy Land since the pandemic.
Students in Limerick are facing a “very tight” situation when it comes to finding accommodation, the Catholic chaplain of Mary Immaculate College has said. Fr Michael Wall told The Irish Catholic newspaper that student accommodation is becoming increasingly scarce, and that it is a concern of some of the students that he interacts with in…
Towards a Better Education of Children: Extracts from Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation on Love in the Family, ‘Amoris Laetitia’ edited by Bishop Brendan Leahy (Veritas, €2.99/£2.56) With back to school days already here, the minds of families all across Ireland are focused on the education of their children. Education for Catholic families is not merely a…
Nearly 40,000 Catholic pilgrims journeyed on foot, by bicycle, and on horseback to arrive at the Marian shrine of Jasna Góra in Czestochowa, Poland this summer. The traditional walking pilgrimage to venerate an icon of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa housed in the shrine dates back to the 17th century. Among the pilgrims to make…
Mayo-born Fr Michael Murtagh was “thrilled” by his county’s win over Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final, which he attended in Croke Park. Based in the Dublin parish of Ballyroan, Fr Murtagh admits to a bit of banter with parishioners before and after the game. “I’ve two bears in the church,” Fr Murtagh explained. “I got…
Congratulations to our period instrument Irish Baroque Orchestra (IBO), currently celebrating its silver jubilee. As part of its anniversary programmes the ensemble presents a short Dublin HandelFest online over the coming weekend – August 20 to 22 – centred in and around Dublin Castle. Beginning with the pastoral Acis and Galatea in St Patrick’s Hall…
Youth 2000 Ireland has launched registration for their ambitious summer 2021 initiative aimed at 16-35 year-olds. Their annual festival, which usually attracts crowds of over 1,000 people from around Ireland, had to move online last summer. This year it will go ahead from August 13-15, but in multiple satellite locations, with public liturgies all happening…