Every year roughly 400 people take part in the workshops.
Phone ban helps children reclaim their childhood, says school principal
The problem with children checking their phones at 2.00 a.m. is they “go to bed buzzing and can’t get to sleep”. The next day they are completely exhausted, not performing their best at school and so their confidence is knocked. “It’s a whole cycle.”
We bring the presence of Jesus on to our streets to bring hope, to be a blessing and to build up communion: communion with Jesus Christ, a communion that then binds us together to build wider communion and community.
“To keep silent in the face of evil is to be an accomplice” bishops warn as death toll passes 7,000 killings in just seven months.
Well-known broadcaster, Miriam O’Callaghan, described Mercy nun at Cuan Mhuire’s 50th anniversary celebration as “a living saint”.
Sr Concilio’s book shows us how we can discover a place of peace, unconditional love and joy – a harbour within.
“When you serve the poor, help the suffering or those in need, God will find you,” Fr Peter McVerry tells Transition Year students in County Tipperary.
“Today in Cuan Mhuire, there is a message of hope. Addiction need not be the last word. We can do something about it” - Bishop Brendan Leahy.
The Saint’s relics will visit Ireland on 1 - 2 October 2016 to mark the 75th anniversary of his martyrdom in Auschwitz in 1941.
In a new one-hour television documentary ‘Peter McVerry: A view from the Basement’, which will air on RTÉ One tonight, the Jesuit priest tells the Government, “We ignore the drug problem at our peril.”
“It has become so difficult for people to resist the culture of artificial and chemical enhancement for all kinds of performances and entertainment” - Bishop Éamonn Walsh.
"We have tried to institutionalise God’s mercy and many of those in our institutions have experienced them as anything but merciful” - Archbishop Martin.
Seven modern 'dolors': abortion, neglect of the earth, displacement of refugees, trafficking, addiction, assisted suicide or euthanasia & indifference.
Alcohol is a factor in half of the suicides in Ireland and more people die each day from alcohol-related problems than on our roads.
New residence in Dublin will enable 26 long-stay residents have a permanent base for six months and will also offer nine emergency beds every night.
Author and former alcoholic “saddened” by decision to move statue of sobriety priest from Dublin's O'Connell Street.
Archbishop Eamon Martin marks the opening of Prisons Week by suggesting that our prisons should be places where lives can be changed and turned around for the better.
“There are many, many citizens around this country who remain eternally grateful to Cuan Mhuire."
Church has yet to discover fully the place of the diaconate within it: Archbishop Martin.
Pope Francis pays tribute to the work of the Pioneers in a letter to mark 115th anniversary.
Dublin to host major international conference on addiction and spirituality.
2012 was a difficult year financially for MQI.
Irish people spent €6.35 billion on alcohol in 2012 new figures reveal.
CEO would like to see other sources of revenue tapped into.
Pontiff denounces "dealers of death" who profit from drug-addicted
The Irish Bishops Drugs Initiative (IBDI) have a launched a pocket booklet of prayers and reflections for those affected by addiction
