This year’s Day for Life will be celebrated on Sunday 3 October on the theme ‘The Good Samaritan: A Model of Compassion’. Day for Life is celebrated annually by the Catholic Church in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales as a day dedicated to raising awareness of the meaning and value of human life at every …
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Pope Francis has chosen the single word, “Listen!” as the theme for the 56th World Communications Day, which will be celebrated in 2022. Announcing next year’s theme, the Holy See said, “Pope Francis is asking the world to listen again.” After the Message of 2021, which focused on going and seeing, in his new Message for World Communications …
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The Diocese of Dromore has opened a redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse by priests in the diocese. The Redress Scheme was launched today in Newry by Archbishop Eamon Martin, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Dromore. In a statement published today, the diocese apologised unreservedly for the hurt and damage caused to …
Taking up the “difficult but important topic” of justification in his catechesis at today’s weekly General Audience, Pope Francis said that St Paul “insists on the fact that justification comes through faith in Christ.” The Holy Father acknowledged that it is “not easy to arrive at an exhaustive definition” of justification. However, with the help …
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Bishop Denis Nulty, chair of the Bishops’ Commission for Pastoral Care, has called on the Government to accelerate its implementation of the recent White Paper on the ending of Direct Provision, and for improvements in the processing of international protection, or asylum applications. Bishop Nulty’s comments were made to coincide with the 2021 World Day …
On Saturday 25 September 2021 Bishop Fintan Gavin, Bishop of Cork & Ross, ordained Reverend Ronan Sheehan to the diaconate. The ordination took place in the Cathedral of Saint Mary & Saint Anne, Cork City. Deacon Sheehan is a seminarian of the Diocese of Cork & Ross and a graduate of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth. …
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Franciscan BrothersThe MonasteryClaraCo. OffalyDear Fr. John & Parishioners Greetings of peace & love to all of you. Thank you so very much for the tremendous welcome you gaveme when I visited Farranree. The brothers in Kenya and Uganda and the people among whom we work, will be thrilled to know of your great concern for …
As the Church celebrates the 107th edition of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR), Pope Francis is inviting all Catholics to open our hearts to those who have left their homes. Speaking at the Sunday Angelus, the Pope said all people must “walk together, without prejudice and without fear, drawing near to the …
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The new website for the Irish Centre for Padre Pio and the National Shrine of Saint Pio went live today, Thursday 23 September, the Feast of Saint Padre Pio. The website has some new and innovative features including: an online shop; the option to light a virtual candle at the National Shrine of Saint Pio …
Catechists are evangelizers who live from the celebration of the Eucharist and feel more vividly the passion to transmit the faith with the creativity and drive of the Holy Spirit. “The privileged place of catechesis is precisely the Eucharistic celebration, where brothers and sisters come together to discover more and more the different ways of …
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