"It is a joy for me to celebrate this special ordination in Gardiner Street where I was ordained myself.”
The daily broadcast by RTÉ is facilitating a spiritual communion of worshippers who, while not physically present within the church, are digitally united in faith – Bishop Alan McGuckian.
We want people of all faiths to know that RTÉ is with them in spirit – RTÉ’s Head of Religious Content, Roger Childs.
"He had huge shoes to fill, and he served communities in difficult times.”
“My key message today is: wherever we call home it is incumbent on all of us to live responsibly, and in a sustainable way, always thinking of our neighbour” – Bishop Alan McGuckian, chair of the Bishops’ Council for Justice and Peace.
“We state definitively that those who do not respect freedom of thought, conscience and religion must be held to account” – Chair of the Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Alan McGuckian.
The number of parishes using Church Services TV to broadcast live Mass increased by almost a third during 2017.
“It is an amazing privilege to be asked to be the centre of unity for a local Church,” says CatholicIreland founder, Fr Alan McGuckian SJ in advance of episcopal ordination.
Wealth and technology don't still the hunger of the soul, Dr Boyce warns.
