Youth motivated by prayerful and faith-filled energy
The rocky road to virtue
The real point of pilgrimage
Some Good News: We can know God
The understanding of ‘a personal God’ is at heart of our religion
A Culture of discernment is yielding dividends
I’m writing this week’s Notebook in Birmingham; I’m at St Mary’s seminary at Oscott where the Invocation discernment festival is coming to an end. The annual festival gathers young men and women from all over England and Wales for a weekend of prayer, reflection, workshops and talks on the theme of discernment of vocation. It’s…
We need to up our game in passing on the Faith
Students are well able for more substantial content
Community support is essential for us all
A faith community should be one of friendship and support
Vocations ministry is certainly tough but also essential
Promoting vocations is a challenge to be faced
Revisiting the legacy of the papal visit
One weekend in 1979 had a profound and lasting effect
A pilgrim’s diary
Andrew O’Connell was in Rome for the papal canonisations
The Irish gather in Rome
Irish pilgrims flocked to Rome for the canonisations
