March 10, 2022
By Catherine Sheehan While St Patrick’s Day is commonly treated as merely a celebration of all things Irish, the story…
February 8, 2022
By Catherine Sheehan The names of Saints Perpetua and Felicity would be familiar to many Catholics because they are mentioned…
December 16, 2021
By Catherine Sheehan Although this feast day honours the Holy Family—Our Lord Jesus Christ, his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary,…
November 19, 2021
By Michal McKenna, Archdiocesan Master of Ceremonies The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales comprise those Catholic clergy, laity and…
October 25, 2021
Feast: 9 November Discalced Carmelite, mystic and biblical spiritual writer, French born Elizabeth Catez was the eldest of two daughters…
Fr Brian Lucas, National Director of Catholic Mission, has welcomed with great joy the announcement of the beatification of Pauline…
September 21, 2021
While we were in the depths of our COVID slumber mid last year, and with world’s borders firmly shut, the…
August 20, 2021
Feast: 13 September Owing to the date of St John Chrysostom’s death coinciding with the feast of the Exaltation of…
July 27, 2021
Feast: June 19 On a June day in 1925 a poor elderly man collapsed in Granby Lane, Dublin. Arriving to…
May 24, 2021
Feast: June 1By Michael McKenna The prophet Isaiah instructs (7:9) “Unless you believe, you will not understand” – a sentiment…
April 30, 2021
By Ben Smith, Director of the Office of Justice and Peace. On May 1 each year, the Church celebrates the…
April 22, 2021
Feast day: April 28 St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort served as a priest for only 16 years before he died,…
April 15, 2021
Feast: April 16 St Benedict Joseph Labre left a comfortable home to become a beggar and a pilgrim, embracing Jesus’…
March 19, 2021
Homily for the Feast of St Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary. This year the Feast of St Joseph takes…
March 17, 2021
By Sam Clear, Caretaker for the Director of the Office of Youth Evangelisation Why has it taken me so long…
December 21, 2020
Feast day: December 27 St John the Beloved – also known as St John the Evangelist, amongst other names –…