Aubrey MaloneDanny Collins (15A)
Month: May 2015
The backbone of Ballymena
Martin O'BrienLeading priest Fr Paddy Delargy speaks to Martin O’Brien about the ‘essential mission’ of being a Catholic
A goodie bag for Father’s Day
Courtney McGrailFather’s Day is coming up on Sunday, June 21 and it’s time to get planning the perfect day to spend with your dad. Choosing the perfect gift can at times be a difficult task but sometimes the way the gift is presented can carry more meaning. Start the day with a homemade goodie bag designed…
Congratulations on restoration of St Mel’s
Dear Editor, May I through the medium of your newspaper congratulate all involved in the restoration and rededication of the iconic St Mel’s Cathedral in Longford. We all remember when the news went viral on Christmas morning 2009, when the devastating fire destroyed St Mel’s, but like the phoenix it has risen from the ashes…
Referendum defeat should not silence Church voices
Dear Editor, Along with many of your readers I am disappointed by the result of the marriage referendum. We face a period of uncertainty as this vote has its knock-on effects in our country’s laws. However, it was heartening to see the brave efforts of the ‘No Campaign’ to defend the meaning of marriage in…
Dr Martin between the devil and deep blue sea
Mary Kenny“gay people are surely part of God’s plan too”, writes Mary Kenny
Participants invited to Cork Eucharistic Procession
Cork’s annual Eucharistic Procession, now in its 90th year, will take place on June 7. Participants will start assembling in the grounds of the North Cathedral at 2.30pm to leave at 3pm and process to Daunt’s Square. An invitation has been offered to the various Catholic groups to walk in the procession. The rosary will…
Jude Law to play a young American Pope
Mags GarganBritish star Jude Law has been cast as a fictional young American Pope for a new television series, directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino. The actor will play Italian-American Lenny Belardo, a conservative “recruited by a Vatican fed up with liberals” who is thrust into the papacy as Pope Pius XIII, and must grapple with…
A ‘reality check’, but which kind?
David QuinnIt is more important than ever that the Church teaches with clarity, writes David Quinn
The modernisation of the world from differing perspectives
Ten books that caused controversy in their analyses of the Middle Ages are put under the spotlight on medievalists.net. Stephen Greenlat’s award-winning 2011 book The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, which addresses the end of the Middle Ages and the beginnings of the Renaissance, is identified as a book disliked by medievalists “partially because…