Brendan O’ReganFrom European elections to the Holy Land visit
Month: May 2014
Discernment groups set to boost vocations
Cathal BarryIrish vocation directors are taking creative steps in an effort to boost the numbers of young people considering a call to the priesthood and religious life. A major assembly to be held in November is set to tackle the crisis of vocations in the Irish Church by establishing new strategic discernment groups. The key meeting…
Faith and the power of poetry
Paul KeenanJohn Donne and religious authority in the reformed English church by Mark S. Sweetnam (Four Courts Press, €65.00 hb / £52.99 hb)
Pope Francis and renewing Catholic Ireland
Dear Editor, The missed element in Andrew O’Connell’s Notebook ‘Revisiting the legacy of the papal visit’ (IC 15/5/14) is the question as to whether a visit to Ireland by Pope Francis could lead to the same effect on people here as that most memorable 1979 visit undertaken by now St John Paul II. Quite rightly…
Vocations ministry is certainly tough but also essential
Promoting vocations is a challenge to be faced
Poetry that is rooted in our very beings
John Donne’s poems move towards a genuine contact with Christ
What do we really see when we gaze upon the city?
Fr Ronald RolheiserJesus loved the world even as he criticised it harshly
Irish catechism receives Rome approval
New catechetical resource to hit the shelves as early as June 12
Fond memories of John Paul II
Dear Editor, Your issue of May 15 mentions the Pope's visit to Ireland in 1979. I had a tiny involvement in it, in that I am the father of one of the six young children of Aer Lingus staff who were chosen to greet the Pope when he arrived in Dublin on an Aer Lingus…
European governments ‘ignoring Christian persecution’
Lack of response despite high number of attacks