Dear Editor, Colm O’Gorman, the executive director of Amnesty International in Ireland, was present in a Catholic national school in the Archdiocese of Dublin, to present the students with the “first ever Amnesty Friendship trophy for the huge generosity and effort” put into the school’s Friendship Week’s fundraising. It is reported on the school’s website…
Month: June 2016
World Report: High hopes Orthodox ‘Vatican II’ is imminent
Highlighting stories from around the world
A saint with an ear for those in need
Mags Gargan visits the National Shrine to St Anthony of Padua in Ireland
St Anthony’s order in Ireland
A look at the work of Friars Minor Conventual
Mixed marriages and disparity of cult
In marriages with disparity of cult the Church insists that the Catholic spouse has a particular task
Identifying St Anthony in art
Artistic depictions of the famous saint call people to follow his example, writes Keilah Blohm
A saint of many miracles
Highlighting the miracles of St Anthony’s life
St Anthony of Padua’s ‘travelling companion’
Fr Mario Conte OFM Conv. tells Cathal Barry he hopes the visit of St Anthony’s relics to Ireland will help people rediscover their faith
Devotions to St Anthony
A look at the various ways devotees interact with St Anthony
Born to preach
A look at the life of St Anthony of Padua



Mags Gargan

Cathal Barry




