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,…

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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.   …

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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…

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