by Oisin Walsh | Oct 25, 2016 | News archive 2016
Prayer gatherings to take place on Monday 31 October Faithful encouraged to use hashtag #PeacePossible4Syria Irish bishops are inviting the faithful to join with them and with Pope Francis to pray for peace in the Middle East and especially for the people of Syria on...
by Oisin Walsh | Oct 25, 2016 | News archive 2016
Bishop Denis Brennan, Bishop of Ferns, will represent the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference at the upcoming annual general meeting of the Santa Marta Group in Rome on 26 and 27 October 2016. An initiative of Pope Francis, the Santa Marta Group is an alliance of...
by Oisin Walsh | Oct 23, 2016 | Features, Front Page Banners, Headlines, News Feed
In a new short film produced by the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, some of the couples and individuals involved in the movements and organisations working to support marriage and the family in an Irish Church context,...
by Oisin Walsh | Oct 23, 2016 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
On Saturday last, a special conference marking the Catholic Church’s celebration of family and family life took place in DCU Saint Patrick’s Drumcondra Campus in Dublin. Guest speakers included the co-chairs of the Council for Marriage and the Family of the Irish...
by Oisin Walsh | Oct 23, 2016 | News archive 2016
Kilmainham Jail, 23rd October 2016 Last Sunday’s Gospel reminded us that we must pray often without tiring. In today’s Gospel, Saint Luke places the emphasis on how we pray and what our attitude in prayer and in our lives should be like. The Gospel is a little more...
