The author’s name will be familiar not only from his articles in The Irish Catholic, but the lectures he has given in Dublin in recent years. This book seems to be aimed at exploring the myths and legends about the Church held by those who are not Catholic. But as many of these are held…

This is a title in a series which Avril O’Reilly is self-publishing called 'First Holy Communion in Cork'.  It is delightful fun.  She has a wonderful way of observing with great simplicity, but truthfulness, the tiny realties of life for a girl in a First Communion tizz. There is a lot of adroit observation. The…

Thomas Aquinas is usually thought of in terms of the Summa Theologica, even if the long shelves of that compendium are rarely consulted by many of the faithful today. However, in this most interesting book, Paul Murray an Irish Dominican and poet, deals with very different aspect of Aquinas; not with the philosopher and theologian,…

Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path of Knowing and Following Jesus, by Sherry A. Weddell (Our Sunday Visitor, €12.75 / £10.50 / $16.95)

Wild Child, by Alan Croghan (Penguin Books, €9.99/£7.99)

The Monastery Murders: An Unholy Communion by Donna Fletcher Crow (Lion Fiction)

Priesthood Today: Ministry in a Changing Church ed. by Eamon Conway (Veritas, €19.99 / £16.99)

The Irish Dancing: Cultural Politics and Identities, 1900-2000 by Barbara O’Connor (Cork University Press, €39.00/£32.00)