“In Nigeria, everybody knows Ireland. This is, in no small way, due to the sacrifice and dedication of our missionaries.”
From a low point of 7 in 2004, the numbers have steadily increased to a high point of 45 in 2014.
Good Friday collection supports the Holy Land shrines connected with the life of Jesus as well as for providing pastoral care to the region's Catholics.
"Here was a man of total commitment to the missionary cause to which he devoted his life. That shines through in every phase of his life,” Bishop Colm O’Reilly.
Pope Francis declares Irish foundress of Religious Sisters of Charity Venerable.
Church communities throughout Ireland prepare to pray in solidarity with the Christian women of the Bahamas.
Over 5.2 million adults and children have gone through the safe environment programme in the US - Mgr Steve Rossetti.
Plan to claw back £1m from the budget of St Mary's teacher training college overruled.
‘The Sky is the Limit’ will provide the parents and every child beginning Junior Infants in autumn 2015 with the assistance of a psychologist.
Glenstal Abbot warns that “The Catholic Church, for the pantomime which the press is keen to promote, is the Wicked Stepmother of every fairy tale."
Dom Mark Patrick Hederman to outline “a vision of what education should be”.
Social Justice Ireland warns that the number of people with jobs who are in poverty (the ‘working poor’) remains at very high levels.
Tribute paid to teachers' contribution to the holistic development of their pupils.
“No young person should be turned away from a Catholic school on the basis of their mark in an entrance test at the age of ten or eleven”.
Marist Education and Community Centre provides kindergarten, secondary level education, and child support programmes for Burmese migrant children.
Bishop Brendan Leahy pays tribute to Limerick school's contribution since 1796.
Spiritan priest Fr John Geary made “an incredible contribution to Catholic education in the city of Toronto”.
The total number of priests in the world increased by 895 to 414,313.
New residence in Dublin will enable 26 long-stay residents have a permanent base for six months and will also offer nine emergency beds every night.
Terenure College, which was founded by the Carmelites in 1860, is to close its private junior school in 2018 due to falling numbers.
Schools will have an opportunity to address outstanding maintenance issues - Fr Tom Denihan of CPMSA.
At their peak, the PBVM's schools in the town were catering for 1,000 pupils.
"Schools have to look to the education of the whole person, without ignoring the essential needs of the economy."
Archbishop Martin calls for greater inclusiveness of the disadvantaged in the Irish educational system at a graduation Mass for St Patrick's College.
Section 37 of Employment Equality Act is about the balancing of legitimate rights: Fr Michael Drumm in a talk on denominational education.
"UNICEF report reveals shocking and frankly shameful data for Ireland": Fergus Finlay, CEO of Barnardos.
"Irish society is no longer prepared to accept that our children are being raised for forced emigration."
Lived experience and struggle of spouses can help find more effective ways of expressing fundamental elements of Church teaching Archbishop Martin tells Synod.
Priest pays tribute to Mercy Sisters' legacies as enthusiastic educationalists.
Irish society must ensure that teachers receive the recognition they deserve: financially; in social standing; and the way concerns are addressed and supported.
