Fr John McCarthy Dear friends, there have never been so many languages within our hearing. When you walk down any street in a big town in Ireland, you hear many languages other than English or Irish. But the thing is, no matter what language is used, the physical gestures will be familiar on their…
Bishop Martin Hayes said, “This week, the tenth anniversary of the publication of the bestselling encyclical letter Laudato Si’ – on care for our common home, is tinged with sadness due the death on Easter Monday of Pope Francis RIP who undoubtedly spiritually inspired and educated humanity to care for our common home. “Of…
Vincent Sherlock He had to go for counselling! In a wonderful one man play by Gerry Farrell, his character Colin O’Rourke, was advised to seek counselling and he shares the journey with us. In the play Colin has recently retired from a lifetime of teaching and the enjoyment of the freedom retirement offers begins to…
Our vision is to create a team of leaders within schools who will serve as an example of faith in action, Sr Bernadette Carron DC writes The Ember programme is a Faith leadership training programme for students at senior level in post-primary schools coordinated by the Education Secretariat, Archdiocese of Dublin. The word Ember describes…
Emma O’Broin What can I tell you about the Logos Scripture Summer School? Perhaps if I tell you that I begin to look forward to it shortly after I put away my Christmas decorations, you might have some idea! And it looks like I’m not the only one who feels this way, because this year…
Iva Beranek This simple ‘God-incidence’ is like Heaven affirming the decision for this year’s consecration writes, Iva Beranek ost of us are truly unaware how deeply we are loved by God. But we are also unaware how people around us are loved, as well. We’d have more peace, joy and trust in difficulties with the…
Independent TD for Tipperary, Mattie McGrath, has today strongly reiterated his opposition to the proposed World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty, as the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) meets this week in Geneva to finalize negotiations on the agreement. Deputy McGrath warned that the Pandemic treaty poses a grave threat to Ireland’s sovereignty, democratic…
Bro. Michael Murphy This Matt Talbot Centenary Year marks a century since the death of Venerable Matt Talbot, known for his dedication to faith and recovery from alcoholism. This year is an opportunity to reflect on his life, contributions to our Catholic faith, and his lasting impact on addiction recovery programs worldwide. Remarkably, Matt Talbot…
Seamus Cashman Plenitude, by Thomas McCarthy (Carcanet Press, £11.99 / €14.99) Tom McCarthy’s new collection Plenitude has that centrality of ‘pleasure’ and ‘vocation’ at the heart of poetry’s creative energies which Auden once alluded to, as indeed do so many of his recent prose works. Plenitude completes a trilogy of collections, the previous books are Pandemonium (2016) and Prophecy (2019), all…
Dr Kieran J. O’Mahony OSA Robert ‘Bob’ Prevost OSA, now Pope Leo XIV, is a member of the Order of St Augustine, the first to be elected as bishop of Rome. The Order is an old one, going back to 1256, taking its inspiration from the great St Augustine of Hippo. Of course people wonder…