Month: March 2015

The other week at the Trinity College Books sale, one of the high holidays for Irish books lovers, I picked up a book published in 1935 – the whole purpose of such a sale is to enable people like myself to rediscover older books as an escape from the tidal waves of new ones that…

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Pope Francis has awarded Sr Emmanuel Kilkelly RSM the Bene Merenti Medal for her exceptional long and dedicated service to the Church and the parish of New Ross, Co. Wexford. Sr Emmanuel, who celebrated her 90th birthday recently with her family and community, entered the Mercy Convent in New Ross on December 18, 1943 from…

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The law of the Church should be seen as something that empowers and can help build community, according to a new study of canon law. A Novus Habitus Mentis: Canon Law as Empowerment of Communio with particular application to selected new ecclesial communities and associations by Sr M. Bonaventure Higgins was formally launched at All…

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Baddies are still cartoonish characters in the mind of my five-year-old boy. But sadly, he is becoming increasingly aware that bad things do happen, and that there are bad people out there. Like most parents, we always try to shield him from unnecessary fears, even if we are only delaying the inevitable.  Driving past an…

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