The real demand in Ireland is not for secular schools but for school places and providing adequate places is the responsibility, not of the Catholic Church, but of the State.
“There has been a significant increase in those attending Third Level. When I started, 7% went on to third level, last year we sent 78%.”
Priests ordained for Armagh, Cashel & Emly, Clogher and Cloyne.
Four men to be ordained this weekend for the dioceses of Armagh, Cashel & Emly and Clogher.
Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh to give lecture in TCD and lead summer school on Clare Island exploring the beauty of God's creation.
Fr Michael Geraghty is the youngest priest in Killaloe. He will spend his summer helping the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes followed by a stint of missionary work in Africa.
Nine new deacons and 14 ordinations to the priesthood contribute to a "remarkable year" for Maynooth.
"We haven't been 'praying and inviting' for twenty years, and look where it has got us!" states Vocations Director.
"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.
"Mothers and fathers bring different, yet complementary, gifts and strengths into a child's life".
Fr Des Hillery, parish priest of Nenagh, to oversee the running of the diocese until a new bishop is appointed.
Limerick priest Fr Alphonsus Cullinan replaces Bishop William Lee who retired on health grounds in October 2013.
Priest of the diocese of Killaloe, Archbishop Eugene Nugent, has been serving as apostolic nuncio to Madagascar, the Commorros and Mauritius.
ACP's Fr Brendan Hoban warns, it is “now mathematically certain that Irish priests are an endangered species."
Fr Liam Hayes SVD founded homes in Argentina for some of the world’s most forgotten people.
New pastoral statement says "Marriage should be reserved for the unique and complementary relationship between a woman and a man.”
“If we as priests don’t encourage this culture of discernment, the young men who want to become priests ... will slip through the cracks.”
Two spokespeople for lay reform groups urge Irish bishops to call a national assembly to discuss the role of women in the Church.
“We need to help priests recover their confidence in themselves and their priestly ministry” - Fr Stephen Langridge tells diocesan vocations directors.
Dr Neary launches ‘Earthing the Word: Selected Writings from the Furrow’ by the late Fr Tommy Waldron.
Secular society “can be allergic to any explicit mention of faith commitment in the life of men and women with responsibilities in the economic or social or political life of society."
Nine students currently studying for the priesthood in the diocese - one of the highest number in the country.
Cohort of new students at Maynooth includes one missionary priest.
Fr Seán’s experience of family life has the potential to be an enormous help to many people he may encounter in his priesthood: Bishop Nulty
“The visit was very friendly and cordial and very warmly supportive of the seminary community.”
"See the surroundings, experience the life of a seminarian and allow God to work from there.”
Bishops Crean and Fleming to preside in Cobh and Ballina.
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy one of the first issues considered by Vatican II.
"Be courageous!" President of Maynooth urges student priests.
