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Trócaire update on Pakistan Floods emergency response

Trócaire update on Pakistan Floods emergency response

Following the national church collection last weekend for the victims of flooding in Pakistan, Trócaire’s Paul Healy provides an update on how Trócaire is helping.

The Gospel of Life – Making the Choice to Love

Learn more about the Church’s pro-life teaching in a video featuring Cardinal Seán O’Malley and through a summary of Pope John II’s encyclical ‘Evangelium Vitae’ (The Gospel of Life)

Meitheal Summer Training 2010 – Gallery

View a slideshow of images from the Meitheal Summer Training of 2010 which involved 200 students from 20 schools across the diocese run over four weeks.

Centenary of the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta

The 100th anniversary of  the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta is now being celebrated around the world. She devoted her life to serving the poorest of the poor, with the motto “To love until it hurts”.

Liam Lawton – The Hope Prayer Tour

Liam Lawton – The Hope Prayer Tour

Fr Liam Lawton is presenting a series of concerts that will combine performing songs and sharing the inspiration of ‘The Hope Prayer’.  Concerts in Naas and Portlaoise.

WYD 2011 – register before 17th Sept

Registration for the K&L pilgrimage to the 2011 World Youth day in Madrid is underway.  Pilgrims (17-35yr olds) need to register interest before 17th Sept 2010.

The History of World Youth Day

This video recounts the origins of World Youth Day which goes back to international youth meetings in Rome in the 1980s and the leadership of Pope John Paul II. 

Record number of Dominican novices in the USA

The Dominican Province of St. Joseph in the USA recently formally accepted 21 men as novices — the province’s largest novitiate class since 1966.  Read about how it came about.

Spirit Juice Studios – contemporary Catholic multimedia

Spirit Juice studios in Illinois provides contemporary design for Catholic groups in the fields of web, print, motion and audio production. See demo reel of their video work.

John Murphy – Teacher, Legend and Prophet

John Murphy – Teacher, Legend and Prophet

In this week’s blog, Fr Paddy pays tribute to John Murphy from Ballywilliamroe, Bagenalstown who recently passed away.

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