by Oisin Walsh | Feb 28, 2017 | Features, Headlines
The Meaning of Lent The English word ‘Lent’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Lencten, meaning ‘Spring’. In other languages the word comes from the Latin, Quadragesima – a period of 40 days. In the Christian tradition the forty days is understood to refer to a...
by Oisin Walsh | Feb 26, 2017 | News archive 2017
Bishop Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath, yesterday presided at the canonical establishment of a new monastery at Silverstream Priory in the Diocese of Meath. Silverstream is home to a community of eight male religious who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. The...
by Oisin Walsh | Feb 26, 2017 | Features, Headlines
Sunday 26 February is a Day of Prayer for Temperance, a day which offers us an opportunity to reflect on our relationship with alcohol and a day on which we can take time to pray for those who suffer from addiction. Writing about temperance Bishop Éamonn Walsh of...
by Chah Garde | Feb 24, 2017 | News archive 2017
Homily notes of Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin Archbishop of Dublin Pro-Cathedral, 24th February 2017 “We come to bid our farewell in this earthly life to Cardinal Desmond Connell, who passed to eternal life in these days. God gave him the gift of a long life: he died...
by Oisin Walsh | Feb 23, 2017 | News archive 2017
Pro Cathedral – 23 February 2017 “On the mountain the Lord of hosts will prepare for all people a banquet of rich food” For Cardinal Connell the mountain represented being in communion with God: the mountain was ‘going into the inner room’, listening to God...
