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WEB4 days ago · Twenty-one new seminarians have begun their 2024-2025 academic programme and priestly formation for Irish dioceses. Welcoming the new student intake, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, chair of the Bishops' Council for Vocations, said: "It is really heartening that 21 men have started as seminarians in various locations to study on propaedeutic courses.
Member of Royal Family to marry at the Vatican | ICN
WEBOct 31st, 2006. The Vatican will witness an historic moment in relations between the Catholic Church and the British Monarchy on Saturday, when Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, is married at a church situated in the papal gardens behind St Peter's Basilica. Lord Windsor, the least known member of the Royal Family will ...
Join the campaign for canonisation of Mary Ward + Petition
WEBJan 23, 2024 · A online campaign is being launched today, 23 January, for the canonisation of Yorkshire woman Mary Ward. This date marks the beginning of the global annual celebration Mary Ward Week 2024 (23-30 January). Mary Ward was the foundress of the Congregation of Jesus who reside at the Bar Convent York, the …
Two new Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Birmingham
WEBApr 25, 2024 · The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Timothy Menezes, Dean of St Chad's Cathedral, and Canon Richard Walker, Vicar General, as new Auxiliary Bishops to serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Mgr Menezes has been the Dean of St Chad's Cathedral since 2019. He is also the Vice-Dean of …
Gospel in Art: My Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood - ICN
WEBGospel of 24 June 2023. Luke 1:57-66,80. The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son; and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had shown her so great a kindness, they shared her joy. Now on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; they were going to call him Zechariah after his father ...
St Stanislaw - ICN
WEBBishop and martyr. Patron saint of Poland. Stanislaw was born in 1010 to a noble family in Szczepanow. After his ordination, he received a canonry in Krakow. In 1072 he was consecrated bishop and became a reformer, a tireless preacher and generous benefactor to the poor. At that time, the king, Boleslaw II, was abusing his power in many ways.
Young Palestinian Christian woman arrested in West Bank - ICN
WEBApr 9th, 2024. Layan Nasir. The Archbishop of Canterbury has appealed for the release of a young Christian woman who has been arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank today. In a message on X (formerly Twitter) The Archbishop wrote: "I'm shocked and deeply concerned by this news. Together with our Palestinian Christian brothers and sisters ...
World - ICN
WEB3 days ago · Sep 13th, 2024. An academic consultation of the Societas Oecumenica, the European Society for Ecumenical Research, has been exploring the significance of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea, whose 1700th anniversary will be celebrated in 2025, for the search for Christian unity today. Meeting from 5-10 …
Service for new Parliament held at St Margaret's, Westminster
WEBJan 9, 2020 · The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, gave the Address at Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 8th January 2020. The service, which was attended by MPs, peers and parliamentary staff, was conducted by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster.
St Josaphat and St Machar - ICN
WEBSt Josaphat and St Machar. St Josaphat. Archbishop. Born in 1584 in Wolodimir, then part of Poland. His parents belonged to the Eastern Rite Church of Kiev (Ukraine) which was then separated from Rome. When John was a young child, his mother explained the icons in church. Years later he told a friend that he felt a spark of fire leave the ...