Event: Marian Year

Assumptions about women in religion show Mary is vital symbol

Today is the Feast of the Assumption all over the Christian world, a feast day first instituted by Emperor Maurice in 600 AD and bigged up by Pope Nicholas 1 around 850 AD to rival Christmas and Easter.

Thu, 15 Aug, 2019

Grotto vandals widely criticised

THE Mayor of Limerick yesterday led condemnations of the desecration of a statue and grotto in Ballinacurra Weston.

Wed, 10 Aug, 2011

Visit your local grotto

FACED with a crisis in vocations, falling church attendance and a society now floundering in a spiritual vacuum, we are approaching make-your-mind-up time both for the laity and the religious of the Catholic Church.

Mon, 19 Apr, 2004

#HomeAtHeart

We want to help you to connect with the people you love, but may not see, this Christmas. Every Saturday, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, we will publish your messages in print and online, starting November 28.

Say it here, in the Irish Examiner.

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