Pauline Dowd describes a children’s parish-based programme that the Diocese of Down & Connor is making available to parishes across the country
Parishes passing on the gift of faith
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A cornerstone of values for next stage in our lives
Emma Keenan describes how attending a Catholic school has set students on a positive path for life
Remembering Europe’s path towards peace
For pro-European Catholics the last few weeks will have been dispiriting ones, with the ‘Leave’ side in Britain’s ‘Brexit’ referendum looking to be gaining in momentum, with just days until the June 23 poll. Peculiarly, it seems that online British Catholics of a more ‘traditional’ mould to the majority are themselves leaning heavily towards voting…
What exactly do we mean by a ‘pluralist society’?
In much of Western civilisation, we have arrived at a juncture where questions of the Churches’ identity and political relevance need to be examined and discussed in a serious and fresh way.
The World of Books: A Muslim legend of dogs and Heaven
The relationship between faith and man’s best friend
White flags over Dublin’s streets
1916 Surrenders: Captain H. E. de Courcy-Wheeler’s Eye-Witness Account by Alex Findlater (Edited by A & A Farmar) Produced by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, €11.99)
Recent books in brief
New children’s book tells a simple story while new memoir and novel share vivid stories
Each one of us is called
‘Becoming the Presence of God. Contemplative Ministry for Everybody’ by Michael Ford (Columba Press, €14.99)
My ‘two cents’ on the Eighth Amendment
Dear Editor, As the Eighth Amendment is now up for general discussion I should like to contribute my ‘two cents’ by way of a quotation from the book, Maurice Baring Restored, by Paul Horgan, published by Heinemann. This is the quotation: “One doctor to another, ‘about the termination of pregnancy – I want your opinion. The…
Lack of follow-up after the sacraments
Dear Editor, Now that First Holy Communion and Confirmation have been administered to our young people, perhaps it’s time to take stock of the current situation. Many of the parents, and those who committed themselves to follow Christ in the Catholic tradition, will not be found in church at Mass the following Sunday but at…