Month: August 2014

Dear Editor, I once attended a humanist funeral which was mainly about memories of the deceased person. Today Catholic funerals are largely similar, apart from the formal liturgical content. The homily, which is primarily meant to explain the scripture readings, is instead a combination of a eulogy and canonisation decree. Spiritual input generally presumes a…

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Dear Editor, I note Peter Costello’s faint praise of the noted Marian theologian, Fr Rene Laurentin with reference to Medugorje! “He is perhaps as reliable and as well informed a writer as can be found these days” but “what he says does not always carry conviction, as in the case of Medugorje”. Seemingly, he is…

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Archbishop Eamon Martin, Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, has invited parishes to take part in Rosary Sunday for the intention of the ‘family’. Rosary Sunday, an initiative from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, will be celebrated in parishes across Ireland on Sunday, October 5, the day on which the Church celebrates the ‘Day for Life 2014’.…

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Kerry parishes are being called on to do their bit for the environment as part of Earth Week 2014, which the diocese is celebrating from September 21-28, making the care of creation an integral part of diocesan and parish life. Fr Gerard Finucane, Chairperson, Diocese of Kerry Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Committee said:…

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Can friends who become lovers preserve their friendship or are the two circumstances mutually exclusive? This was a theme that was explored to some acclaim in When Harry Met Sally. Here it acquires a somewhat different spin. Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) is a medical student drop-out who's trying to recover from being rejected by his girlfriend.…

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