Father Browne’s Dublin Photographs 1925-1950 edited by E. E. O’Donnell SJ (Messenger Publications, €14.99)

In the Shelter: Finding Welcome in the Here and Now by Pádraig Ó Tuama (Hachette Books Ireland, €16.99)

Books Editor The other week our reviewer discussed how Mártin Ó Cadhain, in writing his celebrated novel Cré na Cille, resorted to creating new words in Irish to express his meaning. In this he had many precedents, such as William Shakespeare. But words are odd things.  Recently it was reported that the rapper Eminem has the…

The Murder of William of Norwich: The Original Blood Libel in Medieval Europe by E. M. Rose (Oxford University Press, £16.99)

News of the visions at Knock first came to the attention of the wider world through the medium of journalists anxious to report on what many thought might be an Irish Lourdes. This had an unfortunate outcome in many ways. Veteran journalist Andrew Dunlop, an Ulsterman, in his memoirs Fifty Years of Irish Journalism (Dublin,…

Roots of Faith: A Journey of Hope by Fr Ray Flaherty and others (Headford Parish Committee, €20 plus €5 p+p, from the parish office, St Mary’s Church, Headford, Co. Galway; email: headfordchurch@gmail.com)

The passing of the Rev. Prof. Sir Owen Chadwick at the great age of 99 has brought a remarkable career to a close. Owen Chadwick was one of the most distinguished historians of Christianity in the last 60 years or so, whose works have left a permanent impression on historians, theologians and general readers.   …

Companion and Study Guide to the Encyclical Praise be to You by Pope Francis By Fr Eamonn Conway & Cathal Barry, with a foreword by Éamonn Meehan and a prologue by Archbishop Eamon Martin Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis (Veritas, €4.99; Kindle edition, Amazon Whispernet, £7.99)

This little book of spirituality is inspired by the writings of St John Cassian (circa 360 – 435 AD), the ascetic monk who introduced the concepts of Egyptian monasticism into the wider western Church, through his residence in Gaul. By her choice of title, the author alludes to that passage of the parable of tower…

Giving Life Away: Memories by James O’Halloran SDB (Little Book Company, 11 Hillbrook Crescent, Perystown, Dublin 12; ISBN 9781906077174 ; no price stated)