Archbishop Eamon Martin: Pope Francis, the Synod and the Future of the Family in Ireland
On Saturday 30 January, Archbishop Eamon Martin delivered the keynote address at the Iona Institute & Irish Catholic conference on the them ‘Challenges for Ireland from the Synod on the Family’. The conference took place in the Red Cow Hotel in Dublin. The...
Launch of Catholic Schools Week 2016 in Mount Mercy College in Cork
Catholic Schools Week 2016 was launched in Mount Mercy College in Cork on Monday 26 January. Principal Padraigín Ui Riordáin welcomed representatives from schools across Cork and from Catholic education across Ireland. The CSW launch opened with prayer, and was...
Bishop Kevin Doran’s blog from IEC2016 in Cebu, Philippines
Bishop Kevin Doran’s blog from IEC2016 in Cebu
ICPO’s pastoral work featured in Irish Times newspaper
On Saturday 23 January the pastoral work of the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas was featured in The Irish Times newspaper. Below you will find the two articles which were prepared by journalist Dan Griffin. For more information on the work of the Irish Council...
Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes Pope Francis’ World Communications Day message: Communication and Mercy
The 50th World Day of Social Communications Day will be formally celebrated on 8 May 2016 – the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord – which falls on the Sunday before Pentecost Sunday. Pope Francis has chosen Communication and Mercy as the theme for 2016, and its...
‘You are not forgotten’ – statement by bishops to vulnerable Christians in the Middle East
• Statement of the Coordination of Bishops’ Conferences in support of the Church in the Holy Land “We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it.”...
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2016
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2016
Parish Resource Pack for World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2016
Parish Resource Pack for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
The Pope Prayer Video
A new resource has been made available this month which will see a video version of the Pope's monthly prayer intentions made available. 'The Pope Video' is a new platform through which Pope Francis invites men and women of the world to unite in prayer for his...
Bishop John McAreavey visiting vulnerable Christians of the Middle East
Bishop John McAreavey, along with bishops from across Europe, North America and South Africa is participating in a ten-day visit to the vulnerable Christian communities of Gaza, Bethlehem and refugees in Jordan for the meeting of the Holy Land Coordination group. On...