Cathal BarrySoft drinks companies in the US have pledged to help cut the calories that Americans consume from their drinks by a fifth
Month: October 2014
Dad’s Diary
I was secretly chuffed as she was to be induced on my birthday
Beating winter bugs and blues
Dr Kevin McCarrollBut as the old adage in medicine goes, prevention is better than cure. So is there anything we can do to stave off winter illness or at the very least ameliorate our symptoms if we get sick?
Living with ADHD
Mags GarganMags Gargan talks to the parent of a child with ADHD about how it affects family life
Taking sacred permission to be human
Fr Ronald RolheiserThe Bible gives us sacred permission to feel the way we feel sometimes
Jesus, Israel and the law
From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy him. Because of certain acts of his expelling demons, forgiving sins, healing on the Sabbath day, his novel interpretation of the precepts of the Law regarding purity and his familiarity with tax collectors…
Issue of remarried Catholics is about more than mercy
Dear Editor, It seems from both the pronouncements of Pope Francis and the submissions made to him and the bishops’ synod on defending traditional marriage and family, that there is a real sense that a new dispensation of mercy is on the agenda of this pontificate. Clerical celibacy might be described as the low-hanging fruit…
Large crowd celebrates St Pio in Ferns
The town of Ferns came to a standstill for the annual St Pio Healing Mass, when over 1,500 people crammed in to St Aidan’s church to receive a blessing with one of St Pio’s relics. The Mass was concelebrated by Fr Terence Harrington OFM Cap., Fr Paddy Cushen PP and Fr Richard Redmond CC. In…
JPII awards in Longford
The Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois celebrated its first Pope John Paul II Awards ceremony in Temperance Hall, Longford. This event was organised to celebrate the gifts and talents of 46 young people who were to collect the Pope John Paul II Awards for their role in their parishes, communities and schools. The guest speaker…
Columban priests celebrate 75th anniversary
Recently two Columban missionary priests celebrated their golden jubilees and another 12 celebrated their diamond jubilees of ordination at St Columban's, Dalgan Park, Navan. History was made on this occasion when Frs Dan Fitzgerald (Cork) and Fred Hanson (Belfast) celebrated 75 years of ordination. This was a first for the Missionary Society of St Columban…