Enigmas of Sacrifice: A critique of Joseph M. Plunkett and the Dublin insurrection of 1916 by W.J. McCormack (Michigan State University Press, €20.16 pb / €43.91hb)
Plunkett – an enigmatic revolutionary
Month: August 2016
Nurturing the seeds of Mercy
Peter Costello
With World Youth Day behind us nowadays, the question obviously is “what’s next?” The Catholic youth festival is clearly an extraordinarily enthusing time, loaded with spiritual, catechetical, evangelising and social content, but most realistic Catholics recognise that if our youth ministry is directed solely towards such marquee events without looking beyond them, then the seeds…
Beyond Catholicism 101?
“The excitement of discovering the intellectual wealth of the Faith has been replaced by a frustration with Catholicism”, writes Maolsheachlann Ó Ceallaigh
Cyclists’ trip from Tipp to honour local priest
Greg Daly
About 230 cyclists took part in a 60km cycle from Clonmel to Tramore on Sunday, August 6, to commemorate a much-loved local priest and raise money for charity. The Fr Colm O’Brien Memorial Cycle, now in its seventh year, began at St Peter and Paul’s Church in Clonmel and concluded at Tramore GAA club, where…
Olympic Games a boost to Brazil – Spiritan missionaries
Paul Keenan
Spiritan missionaries in Brazil have described the Rio Olympics as a positive step for the country despite recent media coverage of protests there. Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week as the 2016 Games were underway, Fr Seán Doyle, who has ministered in Brazil for 43 years, acknowledged that there had been some local opposition…
Can we say what we like, when we like?
Studies Summer 2016. Special Issue: Freedom of Speech. How Far Can You Go? (Messenger Publications, €10.00)
Maynooth controversy described as ‘stumbling block’ to sharing the Gospel
A senior figure in the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has said that current high-profile tensions about the national seminary have become a stumbling block for ordinary Catholics. Anonymous allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, have led to Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin withdrawing his seminarians from Maynooth to send them to…
Medal is great – but Christ is greater: US Olympian
Staff reporter US Olympic diver Steele Johnson scooped a silver medal at the Games this week. It was the first Olympic outing for the 20-year-old athlete. But, while he expressed obvious delight at winning a medal for his country, Mr Johnson was in no doubt that Olympic glory fades in comparison with his faith. He told…
Young adults urged to attend faith conference
Courtney McGrailCasey Schmauder Flyers are hung about the city proclaiming not Beyonce and Rihanna concerts, but “Mary Inflames the Embers…Are You Ready?” This is the title of the 16th Catholic Young Adults’ Conference which will take place August 20-21 in Dublin’s All Hallows College for ages 18 to 40. The event typically draws more than 200 people.…
New guidelines to embrace term ‘fatal foetal abnormality’
The controversial term ‘fatal foetal abnormality’ is expected to be used in new formal guidelines to help health service workers deal with grieving parents, it is understood. As The Irish Catholic went to press, sources indicated that new guidelines entitled ‘Standards for Bereavement Care following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death’ would include the term which…