Saint Oliver Plunkett: Journey to Sainthood by Tommy Burns (St Oliver Plunkett for Peace and Reconciliation Committee, €10.00)
Catholic Ireland’s last martyr
Month: June 2016
News in Brief
Overcrowded prisons criticised The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has welcomed the “considerable progress” shown in the Irish Prison Service annual report, which was launched this week, but said “chronic overcrowding” still needs to be addressed. Overcrowding continues in the Dóchas Centre, Cork prison and Limerick men and women’s prison, said Eoin Carroll, Advocacy Officer in the…
The danger of retreating into being ‘beige Catholics’
Michael Kelly
The saints did not fall into the modern trap of letting particular worldly experiences ‘measure doctrine’, writes Editor Michael Kelly
World News in Brief
Hindu politician attacks Mother Teresa as ‘Christian conspirator’ A member of India’s parliament has denounced the legacy of Mother Teresa as “a conspiracy to Christianise India” during a major Hindu festival. Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath, a member of the extreme Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a grouping frequently linked to Hindu attacks on minority communities in India, including the anti-Christian pogrom in Orissa in…
Brexit for breakfast, dinner and tea
Brendan O’Regan
Brendan O’Regan is left ‘as shocked as anyone’ in the wake of the surprise victory of the Leave Campaign
Brexit shows lack of solidarity
Dear Editor, Despite support for continued EU membership in London and Liverpool, the recent Brexit vote seems to suggest a huge gap between English Catholics and Church leaders. Polls show that almost 60% of voters who self-identify as Christians voted to leave the EU, strikingly disproportionate to the 52% of the general population who did…
Faith in the Family
Bairbre Cahill
The bread had been baked, the table was set and the kettle was on. I was meeting with a small group of children and parents who had been preparing for First Holy Communion in our parish. This was our final meeting, after the celebration of First Holy Communion, and I had decided to have a…
A warm welcome at the heart of town
For anyone driving through Bray town, the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer is an unmissable landmark perched on a hill on the main thoroughfare. While Holy Redeemer is a small geographical parish, “it has always drawn in a lot of people because it’s a church within the centre of the town”, says Fr Enda…
Needlessness of abortion referendum
Dear Editor, The call for a referendum, presumably to legislate in favour of abortion and to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, is based on a flaw. The Republic of Ireland despite its constitutional provisions of equality between the unborn and (with due regard) the mother, does in fact permit abortion. Abortion is permitted…
Reaching out and welcoming in
It has been a time of transition for the people of Ballybrack/Killiney and Loughlinstown over the last year, which has seen the two communities and four churches become gradually incorporated into one parish with Fr Alex Conlan as moderator and Fr Tom Dalzell SM as curate. Fr Conlan says the parish team is trying to maintain…