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Month: March 2014
A unique card for Mother’s Day
Erin FoxMothering Sunday is on March 30
Asia Bibi appeal postponed
Paul KeenanChristian makes legal bid for freedom
Leading campaigner for abuse victims Christine Buckley dies
Mags GarganArchbishop Diarmuid Martin described her as “a woman of courage”.
Mary’s Meals open first Irish fundraising office
Irish people have raised over €1.3million for overseas development charity
Daniel supports Daffodil Day
Daniel O’Donnell and his wife Majella, who was diagnosed with cancer last year, were on hand to launch the Irish Cancer Society’s 27th Daffodil Day which will take place across the country on Friday, March 28 with thousands of volunteers fundraising for the work of the Society across research, services and advocacy. See www.cancer.ie/daffodilday
Pope Francis’ first year hailed as an inspiration
Pontiff has fulfilled the hopes of many members of the Irish Church
Coalisland clergy working together for peace
As pastors we needed to make this a wider conversation
The ageing process
Peter CostelloProfessor O’Neill, a consultant geriatrician, has written an excellent handbook on the myriad aspects of ageing in the largely medical sense. But out of some 380 pages little more than two are devoted mental and social activity. Some years ago the director of a nursing home remarked to us that it was striking that those who…
A primer in modern Catholicism
The author’s name will be familiar not only from his articles in The Irish Catholic, but the lectures he has given in Dublin in recent years. This book seems to be aimed at exploring the myths and legends about the Church held by those who are not Catholic. But as many of these are held…