The synodal journey is a “pathway not a runway” and will not give an “instant solution”, Archbishop Francis Duffy said during his homily for his installation Mass as Archbishop of Tuam. Archbishop Duffy was installed in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuam on Sunday, January 9, taking the reins from Archbishop Michael Neary who served…
Notebook There was a time when: Being a close contact was a good thing. To walk into a bank wearing a mask spelt danger! To give someone the elbow was akin to ignoring. If you sneezed, a stranger would say “God bless you”. Delta was an airline! We worried about who was in hospital and…
The Sunday Gospel Christmas may be gone but we are still celebrating the Epiphany, that is the manifestation of the divinity of Jesus. There were three great moments of revelation. First was the adoration of the Magi and the three symbolic gifts. Next was last Sunday’s reading of the Baptism of Jesus when the voice…
Children’s Corner Over the Christmas many people may have given or received bath salts as a gift. The popular substance is dissolved in bathwater to enhance the experience and is said to have medicinal qualities. The use of salts for healing purposes has been happening for thousands of years and can be tracked back to…
As I rarely ‘read the deaths’ in the daily newspapers, notable departures sometimes escape me. This happened recently with the death on November 9 of the doyen of our composers, John Kinsella. We first met in the 1970s serving on the organising committee of Dublin’s ‘20th Century Music Festival’. At the time John was RTÉ’s…
New resource helps care home residents and families during pandemic Care home residents and their families have been particularly affected during the pandemic. In response to this, a new online resource led by Queen’s University Belfast has been developed to bridge the gaps of information to enable carers and their families to make informed decisions around end of life…
One of the welcome things about the extended holiday period is that we get a greater variety of presenters, on the radio shows in particular. And so it was that Katie Hannon stood in for Joe Duffy on Liveline (RTÉ Radio One) last week. Thursday’s show was dominated by a discussion of Pope Francis’ words…
Dear Editor, In relation to the statement by the main Christian Churches in the Holy Land [The Irish Catholic – December 23, 2021]. Firstly, it is appalling that a small minority of Jewish extremists has been responsible for “physical and verbal assaults against priests and other clergy and attacks on Christian churches”. It is good to hear…
Personal Profile Fr Kieran O’Mahony OSA is one of Tarsus Scripture School’s founders and key lecturers. The expert in Biblical Scholarship has dedicated his life to conveying his great love of Scripture to interested laity and religious, in the hopes that they too might see that the Scriptures are “endlessly interesting”. The Dublin-based priest was…
Editor’s Comment I came across a quotation recently something along the lines of: counting other people’s sins does not make you a saint. Though I haven’t been able to find out the origins of the phrase, it resonated with me and struck me as very wise indeed. It speaks to something persistent at the very…
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