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Dublin’s new Catholic cathedral to close for €17m renovation
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (456+ words) St Mary’s Cathedral, one of Dublin’s “most important” Catholic church buildings, is to close next week until 2028 for a €17 million renovation, Dublin’s Catholic Archdiocese has announced. St Mary’s, which was designated by Pope Leo XIV as the Catholic cathedral for…...
Church services â The Irish Times
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (302+ words) Church services The Irish Times Week beginning Saturday, July 25th, 2026. National Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Dublin THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY â 09.15 EUCHARIST â said in the Lady Chapel. 11.15 CHORAL EUCHARIST â sung by Southwark Cathedral Choir- Moore: Misa Brevis, Rose:…...
Church closes as Augustinians bring almost 800 years of service to people of Cork to an end
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (521+ words) More than 200 years before Michaelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the Augustinians arrived in Cork. Almost 800 years later, they have bid farewell to Leeside, celebrating the last Mass in St Augustine’s Church in the city centre on Sunday....
First Communion is an important initial step in joining community receiving the Eucharist â The Irish Times
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (247+ words) Sir – It was a disappointment to read Karina Shanley’s letter “Allergic to First Communions” (May 19th). It is not the Catholic Church, as you state, that “continues to allow this annual charade to take place” – far from it. In the eyes…...
Devil in the detail: Frank McNally on the diabolical reputation of St Dunstan
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (858+ words) The scaraveens and the Ice Saints, whose reign of terror passed last weekend, are not the only supposed supernatural disrupters of weather in May. Folklorists also insist we need to worry about St Dunstan, a 10th century English holy man, and…...
Pope Leo designates St Mary’s Pro Cathedral as Dublin’s Catholic cathedral
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (804+ words) Dublin’s Pro Cathedral, St Mary’s, has been officially designated as the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin by Pope Leo XIV. Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell said: “It is with great joy that I am pleased to announce that…...
Even Judas couldn’t hold an Easter candle to one Irishman for betrayal
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (412+ words) It’s Easter Monday. Thought you should know that in case you overdid the chocolate, even the alcohol, in recent days and now are uncertain who you are, where you are, what day it is. [This “gentle reminder” is just another…...
Crowd gathers in Dublin’s Phoenix Park for Good Friday pilgrimage
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (377+ words) More than one hundred people gathered in the Phoenix Park in Dublin to take part in an event to mark Good Friday. The Way of the Cross in Dublin marks five scenes from Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, beginning at the Wellington…...
Church of Ireland ‘less likely’ to let vacant rectories due to rent reforms
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (642+ words) The Church of Ireland has warned it is much less likely to rent out vacant rectories and curates’ houses due to “significant challenges” in repossessing the properties for newly appointed clergy under reformed rental rules. The representative body of the…...
Diocese apologises over priest’s sermon claiming autism is caused by ‘evil demons’
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (324+ words) The Diocese of Kerry has apologised after a visiting missionary priest told people attending a mission mass in one of its parishes in Co Cork that autism was caused by “evil demons”. The comment was made by a member of…...