Mother Fahy of Glencairn invited people to join the 31 or so sisters at Glencairn in “keeping up a constant and trusting prayer for all our medical and healthcare workers and for all humanity”.
Bishop Phonsie Cullinan of Waterford and Lismore describes the lives of Fr Rufus Halley and Fr Des Hartford as “a sign to us all that dialogue is absolutely necessary”.
The bells, named Benedict, Scholastica, Joseph and Columba, were decorated and ready to be blessed before Mass on Wednesday, St Benedict’s Day.
The number of parishes using Church Services TV to broadcast live Mass increased by almost a third during 2017.
46-year-old Fr Brendan Coffey is the sixth Abbot of the Benedictine monastic community and succeeds Abbot Mark Patrick Hederman.
A special Mass commemorating the Abbey's 800-year history has been commissioned from composer Fr Liam Lawton as part of the octocentenary celebrations.
High number of personal injury claims against Benedictine monastery and rising insurance costs may force drastic action.
Glenstal Abbot warns that “The Catholic Church, for the pantomime which the press is keen to promote, is the Wicked Stepmother of every fairy tale."
Dom Mark Patrick Hederman to outline “a vision of what education should be”.
Reviews praise progress made in dioceses of Cloyne, Dublin, Killaloe and Meath.
The Real Easter Egg, having been an “eggs”traordinary success in the UK, is now available in Ireland.
"The female line idea offers a basis for dialogue with feminist theology.”
Retired and semi-retired Religious have given “tremendous service to society and the Church.”
