Courtney McGrailAustralia’s Labour Party has pledged to support same-sex marriage and to require all party members eventually to join in that effort. After tense negotiations, a Labour Party meeting voted to amend a resolution that would have required party members to vote in favour of same-sex marriage immediately. In a compromise measure, the party agreed that…
Month: July 2015
Praise be to you
Mags GarganOrder now from our online shop: http://www.irishcatholic.ie/shop/
Primate affirms ‘witness’ of Pioneers
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh has praised the “witness” of the Pioneers at a time when “excessive drinking and other addictions continue to cause so much hurt and destruction in many Irish homes and families”. In his homily to mark the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association’s annual pilgrimage to Knock, Archbishop Eamon said he wanted to…
The divided loyalties of John Mitchel
Between Two Flags: John Mitchel and Jenny Verner by Anthony G. Russell (Merrion Press, €19.99pb/ €65.00hb)
Sadness for a homesick child
Aubrey MaloneInside Out (G)
Simplifying life will help protect the environment
Wendy GraceSome basic changes to our everyday life can have a positive impact on our planet, writes Wendy Grace
Improving your skin condition
Cathal BarryLooking after your skin is vitally important. Skin is the body’s largest organ and provides a thin, yet highly effective, barrier to billions of health threats that could make you sick. Your skin plays a vital role in your overall health too. It regulates body temperature, stores energy and provides sensation through touch. Neglecting to…
The healing place of silence
Fr Ronald RolheiserA recent book, by Robyn Cadwallander, The Anchoress, tells the story of young woman, Sarah, who chooses to shut herself off from the world and lives as an Anchoress (like Julian of Norwich). It’s not an easy life and she soon finds herself struggling with her choice. Her confessor is a young, inexperienced, monk named…
Maynooth claim ‘choir of the world’ title
Dr John O'Keeffe (Department of Music, Maynooth University), Prof. Chris Morris (Department of Music, Maynooth University) and the Maynooth University Chamber Choir pictured at the St Patrick’s College campus after becoming the first Irish choir to lift the coveted Pavarotti Trophy as ‘choir of the world’ at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, North…
Banville’s attack on Pearse displays teenage attitude
Mary KennyWriter’s ‘shallow’ judgement of Irish hero is nothing but attention seeking, writes Mary Kenny