“We were welcomed by families whose focus is now day-to-day survival and whose aspirations have been reduced to bare essentials such as electricity and clean water.”
“The reprehensible sub-culture in our society which views all human life as expendable, including the lives of children, must be defeated” – Bishop Michael Router.
“We celebrate the Eucharist and the Divine Office in choir every day” – Adoration Sisters.
While we acknowledge that points of difference obviously remain, the goal of restoring devolution remains within reach – Ireland’s church leaders.
My thoughts turn to families in our own diocese who have welcomed the birth of a child during this past year and to those who are expecting a baby in the near future – Bishop Kevin Doran.
"The Holy Land Coordination stands in solidarity with all Christians in Israel and Palestine."
Last weekend about 175 women attended the Shine Retreat, and – unsurprisingly – there are only 20 tickets left for the 2-day retreat Blessed Is She.
More than 245 million Christians live in a place where they experience high levels of persecution – IDOP.
“When someone asks the question ‘How do I pray?’ there is neither a quick nor a simple answer.”
"The Church must learn anew the ability to speak the things of God – not to flee from the realities of life, but to challenge the men and women of our time and the culture of our time to become the seedbed of a new humanity."
“When we pray together, we share in God’s love. We’re inspired to make the world a better place.”
“We all share a responsibility to protect human life on our roads.”
When an “extraordinary” year or month is declared, the Pope is asking us to become more focused and attentive during this special time, says Julieann Moran, national secretary of World Missions Ireland.
Bishop asks people all around the country to choose the prayer they like most, such as the Rosary or the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps a prayer learnt at their mother’s knee or handed down in their family.
Camp Veritas, a summer camp with a difference, sets young people alight in faith.
“It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department.”
"I ask you to think of five different people, that the love of Christ may really take root in their hearts."
“Let us draw close to Jesus and touch his wounds in our brothers.”
“Lord bless our Christian mothers; Lord Bless our Christian fathers.”
Leave behind your selfishness and share your goods, appeals pontiff, by living three pillars of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
In a strong message on care for creation, Pontiff warns that “Sin leads man to consider himself the god of creation, to see himself as its absolute master and to use it, not for the purpose willed by the Creator but for his own interests.”
“When you pray for someone every day for more than a year, you start to build some sort of a relationship, even if one-sided.”
Weigh your words carefully to respect the integrity of those who conscientiously differ from you, and speak with grace, warn church leaders in joint statement on Brexit.
Italian bishops introduce new translation of line from the Lord's Prayer, but Irish bishops have no immediate plans to change the wording.
“I pray as I climb; I pray the Rosary, and I pray as I walk around the penitential beds along the way," says Dr Michael Neary.
Strong Ignatian influence in Pope Francis’ words about the devil in recent exhortation.
They have one special prayer intention – the referendum on the Eighth Amendment. “Many people, of all faiths and none, strongly support the protection of life from the moment of conception to natural death,” said John Carlin, one of the organisers.
Former MEP appeals for support for Rosary at the Mass Rock initiative which takes place on 18 March 2018 all over Ireland.
The ‘24 Hours for the Lord’ initiative is a moment of grace which invites the entire Church community to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation in the context of Eucharistic adoration.
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin invites school communities to pray and place prayer petitions in box in school prayer spaces.
