USA: Capital letters representing the 89 chapters of “The Four Holy Gospels” are seen inside The Art of the Gospels by Makoto Fujimura gallery at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC.
Around the world
Month: November 2017
Rescued nativity statues spread Christmas cheer
In Short After 100 years nativity statues from a North Belfast church have been restored with the help of young people, an artist, and the Housing Executive. Over time the figures were substantially damaged but restoration work from local young people, shepherded by Antrim artist Janet Crymble, has given them a new lease of life…
From dream to nightmare in Pleasantville
Aubrey Malone
Suburbicon (15A) George Clooney working with the Coen Brothers? Surely not. Would that not be a bit like Cary Grant teaming up with David Lynch? And yet here he is, doing it for a fifth time and carrying it again, calibrating the twisted parabolas of this jocosely dark parable with a deftness one mightn’t have…
Universal lessons from the art of war
Greg Daly
Notebook July 2009 saw the commissioning of HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer and the most technologically advanced ship the Royal Navy had ever deployed. Capable of travelling nearly twice as far and almost half as efficient again as the ship it was replacing, it had stealth technology and a huge radar which could…
Remembering a remarkable man who lived his priesthood to the end
Michael Kelly
Fr Ronan Drury – who was buried on Monday – shaped several generations of students for the priesthood. He lived at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth for more than a third of that institution’s history. As Professor of Homiletics – the art of preaching – he helped aspirants the length and breadth of Ireland prepare for…
Out & About
Kiladare: Orla Curtin, Sarah Lennon and Aishling Mc Kenna graduate from the Pontifical University St Patrick’s College Maynooth. Archbishop Eamon Martin presided over the ceremony which included 241 lay, clerical and religious students and 24 permanent deacons who were first to complete a Diploma in Diaconal studies. Photo: John Mc Elroy.
Rediscovering prayer through meditation and stillness
Chai Brady
Anthony de Mello is known as a pioneer in his style of prayer teaching, writes Chai Brady Harvesting Hope with Anthony De Mello by John Callanan SJ is available from Columba Press. Contact 016874096 or visit http://www.columba.ie/
Dad’s Diary
I believe that viruses are the most powerful non-human creatures on the planet. I’ve never had to take a day off work in order to recover from an attack by a bear, shark, lion or wolf. Only viruses have the power to so casually disrupt our lives. Any large, fang-toothed creature you might think of has…
Around the world
Brazil: Soldiers of the Brazilian army patrol a street in the Rocinha favela of Rio de Janeiro. Police crackdowns on drug dealers in the area have affected people’s religious activities.
Actions not words
Youth Space Niamh O’Sullivan, Rosa Geoghegan and Sarah Lennon Holy Child Killiney is a school in the Le Chéile Trust and has a tradition of undertaking an Immersion Project with Fifth Year students which has involved travelling to Kenya and Kolkata. The initiative echoes the Christian ethos of the Le Chéile Mission statement and continues…