“It is important to bring the solicitude and the presence of the Church into the world of communications so as to dialogue with the men and women of today and bring them to meet Christ…The God in whom we believe, who loves all men and women intensely, wants to reveal himself through the means at…
Month: October 2013
Defining doctrine
Whenever there is a question of the Catholic faith, the Catechism of the Catholic Church has the answer. The Catechism is a concise book that states the beliefs of the Catholic faith. It presents the teachings of the Catholic Church on faith, sacraments, morality, and prayer in an orderly and complete manner. As Catholics, we…
The path to First Holy Communion
Faith Formation – Maeve Mahon
A model church
There we were; Fr Eddie Moore, my mother and I, standing in an enormous if peculiar space. We were in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Allenwood, Co. Kildare but a part of it few of the congregation would ever see. Behind us was the gable end wall of this massive church while in…
Quo vadis, Quebec?
A shift in ‘values’ is causing division, writes Michael Higgins
Life’s Little Things
Coping with an empty nest
Turkey’s Christians become political pawns
Turkey stands accused this week after it emerged that the state’s military may have had a hand in a notorious case of triple murder of Christians in 2007. The deaths of German missionary Tilmann Geske and converts to Christianity Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel are better known locally as the Zivre murders, the name garnered…
Planting seeds for next year
Erin Fox gives advice on planting seeds for next summer
The Mater Hospital and abortion
Dear Editor, I’m sure that I’m not the only one who is totally baffled and shocked at the news that the Mater Hospital has agreed to carry out abortions in keeping with the Government’s legislation, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act. Recently, Fr Kevin Doran said that the Mater Hospital could not carry out…
Catholic Guides celebrate high achievers
Catholic Guides of Ireland award members who have set themselves above the standard challenges of the Guiding programme

Cathal Barry
Paul Keenan