The bishops press office is refusing to confirm to The Irish Catholic the no of new seminarians in Maynooth this year. At a time of bad news for Catholics, they wouldn’t know a good news story if it jumped up and bit them on the nose! Eamon Martin CatholicBishops #CatholicX

ITALY: The Irish group attending The 2024 international conference of Equipes Notre Dame (Teams of Our Lady). The conference took place between July 15-20 in Turin.

The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson on the night of September 2. irishcatholic.com/devastating-at…

MAYO: Recently a group of young people from the Dioceses of Galway and Clonfert took on the challenge of climbing Croagh Patrick. It was a day filled with faith, friendship, and fun.

Anyone reading the draft Senior Cycle curriculum would be forgiven for not understanding what was proposed to be taught to students. The documentation is filled with vague language that gives parents little idea as to what their children will learn. irishcatholic.com/freedom-of-cat…

My review of REDMOND & IRISH PARLIAMENTARY TRADITIONS in today’s The Irish Catholic. UCD Press Martin O'Donoghue Restoring Redmond to his rightful place in Irish history irishcatholic.com/restoring-redm…

National coordinator of the Syro-Malabars in Ireland, said that the 17,000-strong group are a migrant community, and as an Eastern Catholic Church, “we acknowledge our missionary responsibility to revive the Faith in this country”. irishcatholic.com/indian-catholi…

TYRONE: The Lourdes Grotto once on the grounds of Loreto Convent at Brook Street has found its new home in St Mary’s Church, Drumragh. The grotto blessing service took place on September 8.

Two members of the The Catholic Chaplaincy at QUB have described the recent upward trend in the number of students registering to take part in Chaplaincy-related activities for the forthcoming year as being indicative of student’s natural “curiosity” to find something a little more “meaningful

In the modern media landscape that is so fragmented it is rare to find a programme that draws huge numbers, but we got one last week - the Harris v Trump the US Debate! I wasn’t impressed by either Trump or Harris, more of the ‘same old same old’. irishcatholic.com/can-we-still-b…

The relic of the ‘Millennial Saint’, Blessed Carlo Acutis concluded its four-parish tour of Ireland on Tuesday, with hundreds of people flocking to churches to deepen their own relationship with Christ and emulate Blessed Carlo’s saintly nature. irishcatholic.com/young-and-old-…

New legislation to ‘protect’ women going through abortion will come into operation next month. This new law will prohibit protests within 100 metres from any establishment providing services such as family planning. irishcatholic.com/new-abortion-l…

Patrick Kielty has revealed he thought he had given Pope Francis shingles after meeting him at the Vatican over the summer. irishcatholic.com/late-late-show…

As the first resident Vatican representative to South Sudan, Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan of Co. Clare attests that the Church is alive and, despite the enormous challenges, it tenaciously testifies to the country's unwavering faith and generosity. irishcatholic.com/south-sudan-ha…

National coordinator of the Syro-Malabar Indian Catholics in Ireland, Fr Joseph Mathew Oliakkattil highlighted the impact of secularism on Faith practice in Ireland and how “Government policies and new ideologies” are causing the decline. irishcatholic.com/indian-catholi…

Stories like St Brendan’s voyage remind us that there’s always something more. Something beyond what we can see or understand... What is faith, after all, if not the conviction that there is something more? irishcatholic.com/st-brendan-and…

Before we follow Christ, most of us do everything in our power to avoid the cross in all its forms. We run from suffering and keep a safe distance from those who suffer. But that changes when we begin to pursue our faith. irishcatholic.com/we-cannot-foll…

With her expansive understanding of the many ways women could bring their femininity to bear on their particular situations in life, Edith Stein upheld the Virgin Mary as the ideal. irishcatholic.com/reflecting-wit…

What energy am I habitually bringing into a room and leaving behind? Frustration? Anger? Chaos? Jealousy? Paranoia? Bitterness? Depression? Instability? Or am I bringing and leaving behind some energy that blesses rather than curses others? irishcatholic.com/our-real-legac…