Erin FoxRhubarb is the ultimate flavour for spring or early summer. From rhubarb tart and rhubarb crumble to rhubarb bellinis and rhubarb ice cream, I could cook with rhubarb until the end of days. Custard with rhubarb mellows out the sharp tangy flavour and while I love a rhubarb and custard tart, you can’t beat rhubarb…
Month: May 2016
Faith in the Family
Bairbre Cahill“How do we know if any of this is real, if Jesus ever existed at all?” It is a challenging question but one that shouldn’t surprise us. What do we mean when we talk about Jesus? What are we actually telling our children? What do we believe ourselves? To some extent I think the problem…
Parents must prepare children to deal with stress
Parenting Matters
Active lifestyles – helpful or harmful?
Mags GarganMags Gargan attends a public lecture where medical and health experts discuss both the benefits and risks associated with regular exercise
Rome and the Rising
Courtney McGrailFr Mícheál MacCraith OFM explores the links between Easter 1916 and the Eternal City
Dandelions make great summer decorations
Dandelions may be a nuisance to keen gardeners and yet their sunny appearance signals the arrival of warm summer days. It seems such a shame to lay down weed killer and tear them out of the grass. Unfortunately they don’t keep well either in a vase of water like flowers do. If you like dandelions…
On the side of God, peace and the poor
Fr Ronald RolheiserBefore you get serious about Jesus, first consider how good you’re going to look on wood! Daniel Berrigan wrote those words and they express a lot about who he was and what he believed in. He died at the weekend aged 94. No short tribute can do justice to Dan Berrigan. He defies quick definition…
The celebration of Holy Orders
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that Christ himself chose the apostles and gave them a share in his mission and authority, writes Cathal Barry
An opportunity for mercy
Dear Editor, In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, is it time for the Irish Church to revise its treatment of Bishop Eamon Casey? Yours etc., Pat Conneely, Dublin 11.
In reference to the name of the inhabitants of Lesbos
Dear Editor, Interesting that Mary Kenny (IC 21/04/2016) empathised with that Kentish priest’s ‘lesbian’ dilemma. I think it shouldn’t have embarrassed him to have to say, “The Lesbians…” However, lesbians (small ‘l’) are not confined to Lesbos (now Lesvos), as we all know. Lesvos, apart from being the birthplace of the poet Sappho in the…