The yearning for God can sometimes manifest itself in the most unlikely of ways, writes Maolsheachlann Ó Ceallaigh In 1982, the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden released their third album, The Number of the Beast. The album was hugely popular, entering the UK charts at number one and remaining there for two weeks. It…
Pope tells young people to dream big Spending a bit of time with young people before leaving at the end of his apostolic trip to Cyprus and Greece, Pope Francis encouraged them to have the courage to hope, to dream and even to question their faith. He met with Catholic teenagers and young adults from…
Italian tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm An Italian man who wanted a coronavirus vaccine certificate without actually having the jab tried to play the system by presenting health workers with a fake arm, an official said. Despite the realistic skin colour, nobody was fooled by the silicone limb, and the man –…
Dear Editor, Dr John Murray is so right when he states that “there exists a huge need for teaching Catholic doctrine clearly, wholistically, energetically, and honestly, and calling all Catholics, and indeed all people willing to listen, to personal conversion to the Gospel of Jesus Christ” [ The Irish Catholic – November 25, 2021]. It…
It’s Christmas again, that lovely season when we can forget for a while the troubles of the year. For Christians it is the greatest day of the year, when God broke into human history and walked among women and men. In times of war and hardship people have always found a way to remember the…
Frank Duff was a truly Catholic revolutionary, in his own quiet way, writes Fr John S. Hogan In a 1943 correspondence with Fr Michael Toher, a collaborator with Frank Duff in the foundation of the Legion of Mary, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid offered his assessment of Frank Duff’s character. The archbishop accepted that Frank was…
He was part of a new generation of public servants in the new State, writes Finola Kennedy W hen EP McCarron, former Secretary of the Department of Local Government and Public Health, died in 1970, Frank Duff wrote an Appreciation in The Irish Times. He said that his aim was to cast a true light…
The Irishman had key insights about the lay vocation ahead of his time, writes Fr John Harris OP In this age of synodality within the Church, it is opportune for us to recall the importance of the laity in the Church and there is no better champion or challenger of this cause that Frank Duff,…
Frank Duff treated women with absolute equality in his relationships and his views, writes Dr Evie Monaghan Frank Duff’s outreach to marginalised women has long been recognised. Perhaps the most enduring legacy of the Legion of Mary, the organisation founded by Duff and a group of lay women in 1921, was its mission to ‘street…
Fr Bede McGregor OP on Frank Duff’s vision of a laity called to sainthood On September 7 2021, the Legion of Mary celebrated 100 years of existence. Of course, we will also be celebrating the life and message of the Founder of the Legion, the Servant of God Frank Duff (1889 – 1980). In this…