by Oisin Walsh | Jan 24, 2012 | News archive 2012
Bishops welcome Pope Benedict’s message for World Communications Day 2012 – “Silence and Word: Path of Evangelisation” Bishop John McAreavey and Bishop Denis Brennan of the Irish Bishops’ Council for Communications today welcomed the 2012 message of Pope...
by Oisin Walsh | Jan 23, 2012 | News archive 2012, Uncategorized
Bishop Kirby comments on Irish emigration In response to the recent public debate on the causes affecting contemporary Irish emigration, Bishop John Kirby, chair of the Irish Bishops’ Council for Emigrants, said, “While some Irish people may choose to work abroad –...
by Oisin Walsh | Jan 20, 2012 | News archive 2012
ACCORD centre in Roscommon opens following refurbishment ACCORD, the Catholic marriage care service, has opened its Roscommon centre following a year-long refurbishment project. The centre which is based at Saint Coman’s Club on Abbey Street, closed in December 2010...
by Oisin Walsh | Jan 20, 2012 | News archive 2012
Homily of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Saint Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Dalkey, on Christian Unity Fifty years ago the Roman Catholic Church worldwide was preparing for the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Pope John XXIII had surprised the Church by his call...
by Oisin Walsh | Jan 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Dublin, 18 January 2012 Sermon preached by the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Michael Jackson Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 1 Corinthians 15:52b … For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise...
