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1 week ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
Misean Cara was founded in 2004 to support the overseas development work of Irish missionaries. However, the organisation’s story began much earlier. It is part of a long history of service among the world’s most overlooked communities. Missionaries have lived where others would not stay, learned languages and customs not their own, and built relationships that last for decades. Their work is often done in remote villages or conflict zones where few outsiders can go.
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1 week ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
Ireland must tackle human trafficking ‘disgrace’ People are pictured displaying signs in Los Angeles during the ‘Walk 4 Freedom’ in advance of NationalHuman Trafficking Awareness Day.
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1 week ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
Aontú’s Árd Fheis calls to bring Christian persecution to public debate Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín The importance of bringing the issue of Christian persecution to the public debate was emphasised during Aontú’s Ard Fheis held on May 24.
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1 week ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
For some reason, Catholics can get a little nervous when it comes to charismatic prayer. Years ago, I brought my good Catholic mother to a Life in the Spirit Seminar. We both thought it was just a series of lectures on the Holy Spirit. But when scores of people in the hall jumped up to…
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1 week ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
What kind of soil am I? Choosing Heaven again and again is what sanctifies even the messiest corners of Earth, writes Renata Milán Morales In our fast-paced world it’s becoming unusual to find moments of quietness. Our souls used to be content with waiting, but now they want to experience new things all the time, stopping the voice of God from…
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2 weeks ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
Dublin Lay Ministers commissioned in new Diocesan Pastoral Council Bishop Donal Roche with the new Dublin Diocesan Pastoral Council at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. Photo: John McElroy Eighteen members of the first Dublin Diocesan Pastoral Council (DDPC) were commissioned for ministry on Lay Ministry Sunday, May 18.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
Hundreds gathered at the Avila Retreat Centre in Dublin to celebrate the centenary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as the Little Flower. The event began with Mass at 12 pm and continued longer than expected due to the ongoing stream of people attending the exhibition. The Sweeney family organised the event and brought an innumerable number of relics and documents about the saint and her family.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
IEC invites everyone across Ireland to pray for life A person praying outside of an abortion clinic. Photo: Getty. The Pray for Life novena runs from May 23 to May 31 and falls on the Feast of the Visitation. It is an initiative of the Council for Life of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
Saint of the week – St Rita of Cascia: Holiness as priority St Rita of Cascia is a unique saint, in that during her life she was a wife, a mother, and later, a nun. Born in 1381 in Cascia, a republic in the Umbrian valley of Italy, Margherita Lotti was the daughter of noble parents. Given the nickname of ‘Rita’ from her youth, St Rita was…
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3 weeks ago | 
irishcatholic.com | Renata Milán Morales
Hope and excitement among youth in Ireland following election of Pope Leo XIV The election of Pope Leo XIV has been received with optimism among young Irish Catholics. The Irish Catholic reached out to young people across the country to gather their thoughts and aspirations for the new pontificate. “I’m really excited about our new Pope.
