Courtney McGrailBurma can hope for a blessed year The coming year can be a year of blessing for Burma, also known as Myanmar, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has said in his Christmas message. “With the general election of November 8, our nation sees the dawn of a change,” the cardinal said, calling on “all men and women of goodwill to join…
Month: December 2015
Irish politicians tone deaf to authentic Christmas message
Michael KellyMr Higgins’ apparent belief that religion is a club ‘keeping a society together’ is as superficial as it is stupid, writes Michael Kelly
Off the Hook
Cathal BarryVeteran broadcaster George Hook talks faith and family with Cathal Barry
Congratulations on the 1916 Rising commemorative issue
Dear Editor, Congratulations on the quality of the commemorative 1916 Rising issue of the paper on December 17. I found it highly informative and many articles provided a new perspective on the events of the Rising. I particularly enjoyed the personal accounts from the Dublin archives, the Capuchin friars and the writings of the female…
Secrets of the powers that be… from the archives
Resettling refugees not a new issue Currently the whole of Europe is greatly concerned about migrants arriving from the Middle East and from Africa. But this is not for Ireland a new problem. In between the wars and just after, small numbers of individual refugees from Germany, and later from Brittany, some with dubious political…
Secrets of the powers that be… from the archives
The Vatican: Ireland’s diplomatic listening post In recent years the justification of Ireland maintaining an embassy in both the Vatican and Italy has been the subject of much controversy, with the Vatican legation being abolished and then re-established. The Government seems to have taken little cognisance of the fact that the Italian State does not…
Unborn not protected by UN
Dear Editor, The opening quotation in the UN’s explanatory document relating to the Bill of Human Rights is taken from Article 1 and reads as follows: “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights…” This appears to mean that the UN believes that the unborn has no human rights whatsoever, let alone…
Nashville nuns to keep Limerick church alive
Greg DalyAn iconic Limerick church is to remain open with American help. Four apostolic sisters from the Nashville, Tennessee-based Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia will move into the priory at St Saviour’s Church on Glentworth Street in August 2016, keeping alive the Dominican order’s almost 800-year association with Limerick. St Saviour’s was one of five Dominican…
Craft Three Wise Men for the epiphany
Erin FoxWho says Christmas crafts have to end at Christmas? Coming up to the epiphany, make these Three Wise Men dolls to tell the story of how they came to Bethlehem. The feast of the epiphany is in just a few days and celebrates the arrival of the Magi, otherwise known as the Three Wise Men. …
Music down memory lane
Mags GarganMags Gargan visits a choir for people suffering from memory loss