St Patrick does not provide many geographical details in his Confession about his time in Ireland, yet a later tradition associated his work as a slave with Slemish in County Antrim, his return as a missionary with Saul in County Down and his burial in Downpatrick. In...
St. Malachy was born in 1094 in Armagh and was educated in the same county. Around 1123 Malachy was consecrated bishop in County Down and the following year he was appointed bishop of Connor, County Antrim. However, over 1100 violent disputes over his position...
Fr Edmond Cullinan of Waterford Cathedral was recently asked why he thought vocations to the priesthood would increase over the next ten or twenty years. He addressed that issue in the wider context of the future of the Catholic Church in Ireland. The Lessons of...
Fr Chris Hayden (Totus Tuus, Edition 19) There’s a saying that goes: Many of the greatest things in history have been achieved by people who weren’t smart enough to realise they were impossible. Any time anyone ever ‘attempts the impossible,’ there are two available...
Image of St. Patrick as a slave in Ireland. Down Cathedral. St. Patrick wrote his main work, The Letters, around the year 460. His words remain a source of strength and courage for many people today, especially priests. He reminds us that it is never too late to give...