Erin FoxEvery summer I look forward to making elderflower cordial. Elderflower is best picked on a sunny day, but we had so many dull and drizzly days last month that I had little opportunity to pick any. As soon as the sun peeped out from behind the clouds, I legged it out of the house with…
Month: July 2015
Waterford ordains first permanent deacon
Courtney McGrailDr Lazarus Gidoff became the first person ordained for the permanent diaconate in the Diocese of Waterford in a ceremony led by Bishop Phoncie Cullinan in St Oliver’s Church in Clonmel on Sunday. Rev. Lazarus is married to Seena and they have three children, Romald, Serena and Tracy. He is a native of Kerala in…
Tributes paid to victims in Tunisia
Local bishops have paid tribute to the three Irish people killed by a gunman in Tunisia and offered their prayers and condolences to their families. Bishop Michael Smith of Meath paid tribute to Lorna Carty, a nurse from Robinstown as a woman “known to, and loved by, very many people”. “The brutal circumstances of Lorna’s…
Thousands are expected at pro-life rally
Thousands are expected to attend the island’s biggest pro-life event of the year this weekend, with Dublin hosting the All Ireland Rally for Life. Now in its ninth year the rally is alternately hosted between Dublin and Belfast, and the Dublin event in 2013 saw an estimated 60,000 people march through the capital’s main streets.…
Appeal made for info on Disappeared
Following the discovery in Co. Meath of what are believed to be the remains of Séamus Wright and Kevin McKee who were abducted and killed by the IRA, former NI police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan has appealed for information on the location of the remaining Disappeared. “The greatest problem is to persuade people to talk because…
The World of Books
Ronsard’s rose garden is a pure delight Stratford-upon-Avon, especially in summer, is one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions: the crowds come not to see the Royal Shakespeare Company at the theatre, but the birth place of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage. The theatre with its celebrated productions is a truly vital place –…
Racy of the soil
Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History by James Quinn (UCD Press, €30 pb)
Poetry in motion with a unique vision
Peter CostelloEpic by Desmond Egan (Goldsmith Press, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, €15.00pb)
The God of our desires
Fr Ronald RolheiserWhat lies deepest inside authentic faith is the truth that God is the object of all human desire, no matter how earthy and unholy that desire might seem at times. This implies that everything we desire is contained in God. We see this expressed in the Psalms, which tell us that God is the object…
Liturgy as source of life
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that liturgy is a participation in Christ’s own prayer, writes Cathal Barry