Dear Editor, I wonder if Laurena O’Donoghue (Letters 12/05/16) is aware of the profound implications for the use of special bread for coelics at Mass? In order to avail of this proposed accommodation one has to refuse the sacred host in the first place as a harmful substance. Is this an oversight which Christ wasn’t…
Dear Editor, Well done to the Pro-Life Campaign for organising the ‘Celebrate the 8th’ event to promote the positive stories of children born thanks to the protection of the constitutional amendment (IC 19/05/2016 Meet ‘Generation 8th’). Unfortunately we have a very biased media in this country, so we only ever hear one side of this…
A drunken revelation at a wedding threatens to ruin the lives of two families in this engrossing Australian drama which contains all the big themes: betrayal, loss, infidelity, subterfuge, death. Christian (Paul Schneider) is coming home from America to the logging town in New South Wales where he grew up. He’s there to attend the…
Dear Editor, The findings of a current survey undertaken by British Social Attitudes shows that, in 2014, 48.5% of Britons say they are of ‘no religion’ – almost doubling the 25% statistic found in 2011. According to an analysis of the survey by St Mary’s Catholic University in Twickenham, the Anglican church in Britain is…
Arooja Hussai, Katie Feeney and Jennifer Moran report on their experience of the CEIST Student Leadership Conference
Accommon soldier dies without fear, yet Jesus died afraid. Iris Murdoch wrote this and that truth can be somewhat disconcerting. Why? If someone dies with deep faith, shouldn’t he or she die within a certain calm and trust drawn from that faith? Wouldn’t the opposite seem more logical, that is, if someone dies without faith…
Dear Editor, Like many readers of The Irish Catholic I was delighted to see the news in last week’s edition (IC 19/05/2016) that a visit to Ireland by Pope Francis is increasingly likely in order to participate in the 2018 World Meeting of Families. I also noted at the weekend that a collection is to…
Dear Editor, Two items in your May 19 issue highlight a major problem in our parishes – the case of the lay reader in Cork and the couple who wanted to be married in a pretty church. Both smack of individualism and moral relativism (basically an ego crisis in the Church) which Francis, Benedict and…
Coasters made to look like round slices and wedges of citrus fruits bring some summer cheer to a plain glass of juice or water. Because they are so light, you can take them out with you to use on a picnic. You will need: Sheets of felt in lime green, yellow, orange and white, scissors,…
Violence, Politics and Catholicism in Ireland by Oliver P. Rafferty SJ (Four Courts Press, €45)
Aubrey Malone
Courtney McGrail
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Erin Fox