Leaves from the Cotton Tree, Celebrating Thirty Years of the Sierra Leone Ireland Partnership, with a foreword by Claire Buckley, Ambassador of Ireland to Sierra Leone, edited by Joseph Bockarie and seven others (SLIP, Kilt ale, Dunsany, Co. Meath, €15.00 + $5.00 p+p; email martindillon@slip.ie for payment details.) The cotton tree of the title stands…
Drought in Spain uncovers submerged monuments A centuries-old church and a huge megalithic complex are among the underwater monuments that have resurfaced in Spain as a severe drought causes water levels in reservoirs to plunge, AFP reports. After a prolonged dry spell, Spain’s reservoirs are at just under 36 percent capacity, according to environment ministry…
The Diocese of Salford, UK has reiterated its commitment to preserving and protecting a historic Catholic mural in a church, following increasing concerns about its survival due to the threat of vandalism. The artwork was created in 1955 by George Mayer-Martin, a Hungarian Jew who sought refuge in the UK following the spread of Nazism…
A prayer service of thanksgiving drew hundreds of people to mark the closing of renowned Holy Cross College Clonliffe Dublin in the college chapel on September 4. More than 200 people, including priests and current and former diocesan staff members, attended. Archbishop Farrell acknowledged the contribution of Holy Cross College to the life of the…
Journey into Light: The Challenge and Enchantment of Catholic Christianity by Roderick Strange (Hodder & Stoughton, £10.99/€12.99 pb) A concern of some parents’ over the last decades is a feeling that somehow schools do not seem to impart religion, by which they mean Catholic culture, to their children in quite the way it was once…
The future of Taiwan and its 23 million people must be decided democratically by the people, an Irish missionary tells Chai Brady Violent rhetoric between China and Taiwan has intensified in the last month ever since a visit by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in early August. Tensions have…
Nothing is as important as forgiveness. It is the key to happiness and the most important spiritual imperative in our lives. We need to forgive, to make peace with the hurts and injustices we have suffered so as not to die angry and bitter. Before we die, we need to forgive – others, ourselves, and…
Personal Profile When Fr Eamon Kelly LC was a young man in Co. Clare, he considered giving up his schooling and working on his family farm. But the advice of a local priest changed his mind, and set him on a path to ministering in the Holy Land. Fr Kelly grew up on a farm…
Chocolate chip cookies, while a small, humble-seeming cookie, are such a wonderful comfort food. No matter your age or where you are from, a chocolate chip cookie just feels like eating a little bit of happiness. Kids and adults enjoy them, making these cookies perfect for back-to-school baking or a quick treat for the kids…
With numerous sponsors, including Hinch Distillery Company, the triennial Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition brought 36 young hopefuls, of whom nine were Irish, to the National Concert Hall last week to participate in its preliminary piano-accompanied rounds before being whittled down to six for the finale with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Laurent Wagner.…
Peter Costello
Chai Brady
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Ruadhán Jones