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Bishop Paul Colton on 25 years of change in Ireland as he retires from Cork diocese
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1474+ words) Recently retired from his post as Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Paul Colton was celebrated at the recent farewell service in St Fin Barre's Cathedral. Picture: Gerard McCarthy Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross Paul Colton…...
Colm O'Regan: Fear of Friday the 13th? Meet 'friggaheptadekaphobia' — fear of Friday the 17th
6+ mon, 20+ hour ago (705+ words) Fear of Friday the 13th is relatively new. We’ve actually been iffy about Fridays for far longer than 13s. File picture Columnist with the Irish Examiner. Once is unfortunate, twice is foolishness. Three times? You get used to it. You’ll definitely hear…...
Clodagh Finn: A woman’s toolkit for change for the next 100 years
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (1348+ words) Noirin Ni Riain: 'I’ve mellowed in so many ways, taken life as it comes. Living a much more compassionate life, an interfaith life.' Before we go forward, let us cast a glance back on this, the eve of International Women’s…...
Not a typical childhood: Trish Bourke on growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness in Tipperary
1+ week, 5+ day ago (185+ words) 6 Months for €18.50 Trish Bourke on growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness and finding freedom outside the faith. Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness in rural Co Tipperary was far from your typical Irish childhood. Weekends spent proselytising, no Christmas or…...
Gareth O'Callaghan: What weeks in Cork University Hospital taught me about fear, faith and survival
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (83+ words) 'Any Given Day: Cork University Hospital', goes behind the scenes at the facility with insights from staff and patients. "Call an ambulance." Three words that put the fear of God into anyone who has ever heard them. Your home for…...
Colin Sheridan: 21st century would be incompatible with a modern-day Jesus
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (116+ words) If Jesus were alive today, there is a very good chance he would find it even more difficult to be heard, trusted, and followed than he was back in AD 33 — and they crucified him then. It shows, not how far…...
Cork Eucharistic procession to welcome relics of 'God's influencer' St Carlo Acutis
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (100+ words) A piece of the heart of St Carlo Acutis, known as ‘God’s influencer’, is set to visit Cork City over the June bank holiday ahead of the centenary celebration of the Eucharistic procession. The 15-year-old computer whiz was canonised in…...
Staycation in the soulful Midlands, Ireland’s spiritual centre
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (733+ words) Irish Examiner Try from €1.50 / week Staycation in the soulful Midlands, Ireland’s spiritual centre My years as a young altar boy sparked a lifelong passion for religious buildings. Nothing excited me more than visiting my grandparents in Longford town because their…...
Ruti Lachs: Cork has so many precious memories of a vanished Jewish community
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1465+ words) Ten years ago, in February 2016, the synagogue in Cork closed its doors. Almost all of the Jewish children who had grown up in the city had left years before, to go to university or marry in other places with larger…...
Jennifer Horgan: We've lost the language of death by turning away from religion and poetry
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (125+ words) Try from €0.25 / day The story of the crucifixion allows us to practice living through suffering, and alongside death. File picture I write a Friday column. It would have made perfect sense to write about Good Friday last week, but it…...