Please pray for
Please pray for Kathleen Martin, late of Baltimore Lawn, who has died.
Sunday 10th
Pope Francis inaugurates new cycle of studies dedicated to ecological and environmental issues
Pope Francis has inaugurated a new cycle of studies at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, dedicated to ecological and environmental issues, in conjunction with the Patriarchate of Constantinople and UNESCO. In his speech, the Pontiff underlines that the complexity of the ecological crisis requires responsibility, concreteness, and competence. In the presence of Patriarch Bartholomew […]
Bishops call for a special parish collection on 6 and 7 November to support Trócaire’s work to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in East Africa
Bishops are asking parishes throughout Ireland to undertake a special Church collection on 6 and 7 November to invite the public to support Trócaire in its work to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in East Africa. Bishops made the request following discussions at their Autumn General Meeting which concluded in Maynooth on Wednesday 6 October. Bishops […]
Canonisation of Sister Faustina was ”best day” of Pope John Paul II’s life
Tuesday 5 October last was the feast of Saint Mary Faustina. Helena Kowalska was born in 1905 in Poland. She was accepted by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, which she entered in 1925, taking her new name, Sister Faustina. From 1931, Saint Faustina had several apparitions of Christ, through which […]