Courtney McGrailTransition and fifth year students from Roscommon CBS took centre stage with their principal, Fiona Gallagher, and chaplain, Msgr Charles Travers, as they assisted Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin to launch a series of scholarships for the Star of the Sea Summer Schools for senior post-primary students that will take place in Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo,…
Month: March 2015
Two archbishops celebrate Venerable Fr John Sullivan SJ
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was the main celebrant at a Mass in St Francis Xavier’s Church, Gardiner Street in Dublin to celebrate the recognition of Fr John Sullivan SJ (1861-1933) as Venerable Servant of God. The church was packed to capacity as people of all ages came to celebrate the recent declaration by Pope Francis of…
Letterkenny hosts inter-church climate justice event
It is imperative that steps are taken to “climate-proof” society, Prof. John Sweeney of NUI Maynooth said at a recent inter-church climate justice event held in Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre, Co. Donegal. The event, which drew a crowd of more than 80 people from different churches, was co-hosted by Eco-Congregation Ireland and Raphoe Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Group. Prof.…
World of Books: We should be wary of all claims to historical truth
Peter CostelloThe World of Books by the books editor
Cartoons of Edwardian Dublin
Thomas Fitzpatrick and The Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly, 1905–1915 by James Curry and Ciarán Wallace (Dublin City Council/Fours Courts Press, €19.95m)
What to expect from Cameron
Cameron’s Coup: How the Tories took Britain to the Brink by Polly Toynbee and David Walker (Guardian Books with Faber and Faber, £9.99)
Our mission to the poorest of the poor
Aengus Finucane: In the Heart of Concern by Deirdre Purcell (New Island hb, €24.99)
Defenders of their Faith
Paul KeenanChristians have joined the fight against IS, writes Paul Keenan
Congregations voting with their feet?
Recently, I was struck in a fresh way by a stale cliché. I heard someone opining that Massgoers are “voting with their feet” and, although I had heard those words many times before, on this occasion I was practically knocked off my own feet by the superficiality of the expression. The issues facing the Church…
Pills not best solution to all ills
Mags GarganIt has been suggested that anti-anxiety medications are being too widely prescribed and too often used in Ireland, writes Mags Gargan