It is time for a call to action for Christians in the West to stand up for their embattled brethren, Chai Brady hears Given their status as a tiny minority in the region today, it’s sometimes hard to believe that the Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity. The first followers of Jesus – quickly…
Junno Arocho Esteves As millions of Ukrainian refugees continue to flee the ongoing violence of Russian aggression, many have found some comfort in neighbouring Hungary thanks to the efforts of Caritas. Arriving in the border town of Barabás, refugees are immediately taken to the charitable organisation’s makeshift refugee centre, where they are given shelter, a…
Young Gainsborough: Rediscovered Landscape Drawings Curated by Ann Hodge Runs to 12 June 2022; Print Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland | free admission (This exhibition has been organised in collaboration with the Royal Collection Trust, the York Museums Trust, the National Gallery of Ireland and Nottingham Castle.) Thomas Gainsborough was hugely productive of drawings, so…
Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell ordained two Dominican friars, Bro. Anthony Kavanagh OP and Bro. Kellan Scott OP, to the order of diaconate, March 5. A large congregation was present to participate in this celebration in St Saviours Dominican church, Dublin, along with Dominican friars, sisters and laity from throughout Ireland. The archbishop of Dublin,…
The Myanmar conflict’s destruction continued early March 10, when a military aircraft attack on a town in the east of the country caused severe damage to a Catholic convent’s roof, ceiling, and windows. Two Myanmar military aircraft hit the Sisters of Reparation convent, which serves as a retirement home and hospital for aging nuns. The…
Personal Profile Sr Stephanie O’Brien IBVM traces her vocation to her days as a schoolgirl in a Loreto school in Cavan. Two missionary sisters heading to India gave a talk to Sr Stephanie’s class, saying that they were going to “sacrifice their life to save the world”. “This little 12-year-old wanted to do the same,”…
We enter the season of Lent by putting ashes on our foreheads. What’s symbolised here? Perhaps the heart understands better than the head because more people go to church on Ash Wednesday than on any other day of the year, including Christmas. The queues to receive the ashes in many churches are endless. Why? Why…
The Hollywood Academy likes to ‘big up’ a given film each year. People are saying Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog is going to sweep the boards this year. Will Smith is expected to win best actor for King Richard but let’s remember what happened to Chadwick Boseman last year. He was unbeatable and…
Dear Editor, Leaflets headed ‘A Prayer for Ukraine’ are being distributed around our churches, but I think they are misleading. The Catholic Church is a universal Church, so surely we should be praying for both Ukraine and Russia. God has no favourites. He loves us all and we should be following his example. In a…
When I made my Confirmation in 1990, our teacher excelled at helping us to memorise the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Each of us boys could rhyme them off one by one. Probably not to the same extent that previous generations could recite the catechism from heart, but certainly in a way that is probably…
Chai Brady
Peter Costello
Ruadhán Jones
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Aubrey Malone
Michael Kelly