Mags GarganDear Editor, In The Irish Catholic on 28/8/14, Archbishop Eamon Martin said “on matters relating to marriage and family, poverty and injustice etc, Irish Catholics must not be afraid to speak out with conviction in the public square”. I wish to say that surely Church teaching on marriage and family life includes parents loving and…
Month: September 2014
The sharing of our common humanity
Sr Lilianne Flavin OP writes about her work with women in prison in Louisiana
Tales of Hoffman
A Most Wanted Man
A return to radical Chritianity
If there is one thing that attracts a young person it is radicality.
It’s time to see eggs as a key health food
Cathal BarryEggs are often demonised by modern-day diet fads and misinformed medical advice
Raphoe celebrates ordination
Our timidity in the face of God’s abundance
Fr Ronald RolheiserA mindset of scarcity rather than of abundance debilitates us in several ways
The mysteries of Jesus’ infancy
Christ’s whole life was lived under the sign of persecution, writes Cathal Barry
Priests are afraid to engage youth
Dear Editor, David Quinn’s article of August 28, “We won’t reach young people without being evangelical”, made important points about the importance of prioritising youth ministry. As a young person back in the 1980s, it was the work of young and not so young dynamic priests that influenced me most in terms of living the…
Appalled at Galway bishopís attitude towards SVPís donation
Dear Editor, I am appalled and deeply saddened by your headline in last week’s paper (04/09/2014) “Bishop demands answers from SVP on gay donation”. I feel we have stepped back into the 1950s when we had the Magdalene laundries, and the shame and disgrace heaped on the heads of the girls and families who found…