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Looking at Confirmation positives during bleakness of Covid-19

Breda O'Brien January 14, 2021
Looking at Confirmation positives during bleakness of Covid-19

The View It is profoundly disappointing, not to mention scary if you are what the French call a ‘certain age’ to be once again in lockdown. It is heartbreaking to see it sweeping again through nursing homes, including places where it was successfully kept out in previous waves. Impacts Young people may not be as…

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Even in the dark days of 2020, there is still so much for which to be grateful

Breda O'Brien December 17, 2020
Even in the dark days of 2020, there is still so much for which to be grateful

The View Recently, I was straightening a framed photograph of my mother which sits on my cluttered office desk at home. I noticed that the photo had slipped down in the frame and that something was visible behind it. Intrigued, I removed the backing and found an undated letter from my mother. I had absolutely…

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Separating God and religion reflects our radical individualistic culture

Breda O'Brien November 19, 2020
Separating God and religion reflects our radical individualistic culture

The View What is religion for? We know that NPHET, or at least, Dr Ronan Glynn, then the acting Chief Medical Officer, did not think religion sufficiently important as a source of social contact to allow people to continue with public worship. In response to a question by David Quinn, he said that the aim…

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Amy Coney Barrett’s exclusion from Supreme Court would be a real failure of liberalism

Breda O'Brien October 22, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett’s exclusion from Supreme Court would be a real failure of liberalism

The View Amy Coney Barrett’s life should be a role model for feminists. She has a marriage where her husband, Jesse, does more of the cooking and cleaning than she does. She manages to balance a busy household of seven children, including two adopted from Haiti, with working outside the home. She is the first…

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Learning to live amid ongoing lockdowns is a must for parishes

Breda O'Brien September 24, 2020
Learning to live amid ongoing lockdowns is a must for parishes

The View Like all other Catholics in Dublin last weekend, I was unable to attend Mass due to the level three restrictions designed to lower the numbers of Covid-19 cases. Although during the original lockdown I was very grateful to have live streamed liturgies, nothing replaces worshipping in a real-life community. Still, it is amazing…

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American Catholics are faced with a terrible choice in the election

Breda O'Brien August 20, 2020
American Catholics are faced with a terrible choice in the election

The View The US election poses yet another difficult choice for Catholics. Yes, Joe Biden plays on his Catholic heritage to the extent that he has featured his 2016 meeting with Pope Francis in campaign advertisements. However, in that same video, he also talked about meeting a group of nuns the same day, “lovely women”…

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Light in the elusive search for family-friendly movies

Breda O'Brien July 30, 2020
Light in the elusive search for family-friendly movies

The View During the lockdown, many people turned to Amazon, Netflix and good old-fashioned DVD box sets for entertainment. But it is remarkably difficult to find series that are family-friendly, particularly if you have older children and teens. Family-friendly films or series with religious themes which are well-made are even rarer. As a result, I…

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The post-pandemic Church can be an enriching place, even at a ‘distance’

Breda O'Brien July 2, 2020
The post-pandemic Church can be an enriching place, even at a ‘distance’

The View This column is being written as we begin to be able to return to worship the Risen Lord as a real and not just a virtual community. What a shame the Government has flip-flopped so often on numbers. Of course, not everybody will be able to or should return. People with medical conditions…

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Who knows, new ways of precious reconciliation could be infectious

Breda O'Brien June 4, 2020
Who knows, new ways of precious reconciliation could be infectious

The View   When the happy day comes when Covid-19 no longer constitutes an ongoing serious threat to human life, I hope that things will not go back to normal. I hope they can be better than they were and particularly in the area of the celebration of sacraments. For example, there is one Sacrament…

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The loneliness of loss is magnified by the curtailment of funeral traditions

Breda O'Brien May 7, 2020
The loneliness of loss is magnified by the curtailment of funeral traditions

The View   There was a tragic case recently in Mullingar when the wrong body was given to a family for burial. It was spotted by a mortician when a name on a body bag matched that of someone whose remains had allegedly already been collected by a funeral director. Imagine the distress of the…

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