A Dark Song (16) Grieving mum seeks atonement for murdered sonMost horror films seem to populate their casts with masochists. They summon up demons to plague them. They run repeatedly into the face of danger. They seem geared towards inflicting the greatest amount of punishment on themselves for the least possible gain. Sophia Howard (Catherine…
Michael Higgins It is a story of two Maries and their personal courage over against intransigent authority that is as much inspiring as it is dispiriting. Marie-Julienne Farrington, now deceased, was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur, its international leader, a university president’s advisor on spiritual matters, a French translator and a social activist. …
My Memoirs by Peter Malone (Kingdom Books, €25.00; all receipts will go to charity; for details contact Loretto Dalton, lorettodalton@gmail.com) This is a delightful memoir by a proud son of Dundalk. Born in 1944, Peter Malone was educated at the Dominican Friary Primary School and St Mary’s Marist College. Both sides of his family were…
Edith Stein: Selected Writings ed. Marian Maskular CPS, foreword by Sarah Borden Shareky (Paulist Press, £35.99) Edith Stein (St Theresa Benedicta) is very much a witness to faith for the modern world. It perhaps significant that her philosophical thesis in 1920 was entitled ‘The Problem of Empathy’, for empathy, the sympathetic love and concern for others…
A perusal of radio presenters and their techniques I’d love to be completely in the dark about the personal opinions of radio presenters, I’d love them to respectfully ask the hard questions of all sides in a particular debate, to be so well informed that they know what questions to ask, and to know the…
Jim Bird The social aspect of the Pioneers has had a positive effect on my life, writes Jim Bird I hail from the small rural area of Boardsmill in Co. Meath. I’m 24 and currently studying history and geography in Maynooth University in the hope of entering the teaching profession. My parents are teetotallers all…
Green Fingers April is full of those perfect early spring days when the sun is shining, the air is clear and you just want to get out into the garden and enjoy it. Clip over winter-flowering heather with shears now that they have finished flowering. This will dead head and tidy them up in one…
Protecting children from modern fears Whenever visiting London, I like to walk across Westminster Bridge on the way from Waterloo station. The vista of Westminster palace and the Thames stretching towards Tower Bridge is a sight to behold. I had been there just a few weeks before the recent terror attacks, with the children in tow,…
A Parent’s Perspective According to The Good Retreat Guide, a retreat is a journey that can be religious or spiritual in nature, and is typically taken away from the confines of everyday living. Its purpose is to get closer to God and to rediscover one’s faith. Some adults will go on a retreat every few…
Venezuela’s bishops have described a Supreme Court decision to eliminate the country’s National Assembly as “morally unacceptable”. Saying Venezuela’s Catholics cannot remain “passive, frightened, or hopeless”, they have called for peaceful protests and civil disobedience to the government of President Nicholas Maduro. The abolition of the assembly, which opposition parties have dominated for over a…
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