14 November marked the Feast of Saint Laurence O’Toole, patron saint of Dublin, and Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Dermot Farrell in Saint Mary’s Pro-Cathedral to mark this significant faith date in the calendar of priests and people of the largest diocese on...
The Church Leaders from Ireland participated in a special ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Island of Ireland Peace Park, in the village of Messines, Belgium, on 11 and 12 November. Archbishop Eamon Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and...
This week in Hungary, Father Willie Purcell of Ossory, and Sister Breege Keenan (pictured), are representing Bishop Michael Duignan and the Council for Immigrants of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, at a meeting of the National Directors for the Pastoral Care of...
The Catholic Schools’ Trustee Service (CSTS) today publishes its submission – see link here – to the Department of Education’s Relationships and Sexuality Education Consultation. The CSTS calls on parents, carers and others, who share its concerns, to express...
The Catholic Chaplaincy at Queen’s University, Belfast, invites all those with an interest in vocations to the Catholic Church to a 'Take the risk for Christ - Holy hour and Panel discussion', which will be held at 6.00pm on 21 November at the Chaplaincy in 42...
A new five-part volume series, The Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism, by general editor Professor John McCafferty (pictured), analyses the history of Catholicism on these islands from 1530 to date. The Irish launch for this ground-breaking research...
The month of November marks the noble tradition of our faith of praying for the faithful departed in a profound way. While Catholics take time for remembrance of our dead throughout the year, in November we pray in particular way for those whom we have loved and...
To mark Prisoners’ Sunday on 5 November, Bishop Martin Hayes (pictured), the Episcopal Conference’s Liaison Bishop to the Irish Prison Service, said, “On Prisoners’ Sunday we remember to pray for the people who are in prison. We make our prayers through Jesus...
Photo caption: Sophie Gregg (EAPPI), Sylvia Thompson(Pax Christi Ireland) and Rob Fairmichael (INNATE) Nearly 40 people from around Ireland joined the conversation on ‘Gospel Nonviolence’ at the invitation of Pax Christi Ireland and the Loyola Institute on 14...
Bishop Donal McKeown (pictured) has invited parishioners across the Diocese of Down & Connor to participate in a series of parish consultation sessions as part of the ‘Pathways for the Future’ initiative which will examine, reflect upon and plan for the future...
Synodality - "this will happen or not at local level"
Pray for the gift of peace for the Holy Land - Michael Kelly
Synod2023 ends in Rome ... a new stage begins
Making Decisions and Preparing for the Future Together - Kilmore Diocese
"I would be hoping that back home in the Church in Ireland we can do this ..." Bishop Alan McGuckian
"Everyone has to feel that this Synod is for them ..." Bishop Brendan Leahy
Synodal Sunday Reflection for 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 29th October 2023
"A very different kind of Synod ..." - Austen Ivereigh on Synod2023
