Two new religious websites have been launched by the diocese of Derry and the Infant Jesus Sisters, who set up one of the country’s best-known boarding schools, Drishane Castle, in Co. Cork. Derry’s Catechetical Centre developed the www.catecheticalcentre.org site to provide details of religious events and activities throughout the diocese, resources for priests, teachers, students, parents and parishioners, as well as a youth section and a ‘Thought for the Week’.
Bishop Seamus Hegarty who launched the new site said he hoped people of all ages will benefit from the site which he said, offered new opportunities for “communication and interaction for all people of the diocese”.
“For it to work in a dynamic way, the family, the Catholic school and the parish community need to work together in living and spreading the faith in the diocese at this time,” the bishop remarked.
“I hope that many people will use the website to help them on the faith journey,” he said.
The Infant of Jesus Sisters’ website, www.ijs.ie was launched to coincide with preparations for the hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the order in Ireland.
The site chronicles the history of the order and will be used to communicate details of events to mark next year’s centenary.
The French-based congregation opened its convent in Millstreet, Co. Cork in May, 1909 and shortly afterwards opened a boarding school and crafts school which became popular with young girls from across Munster.
One of its main aims in opening an Irish house was to recruit English-speaking sisters for the missions.
The new websites follow on the launch last week of the Irish bishops’ new website.
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