Men’s Sheds provide a vital role is combating mental health issues, writes Colm Fitzpatrick Typically, sheds have been understood to be small garden-based shacks which store tools or extra clutter, but a new type of shed taking Ireland by storm is also housing men. And their purpose? To gather for meaningful projects and tackle…
Personal Profile Life is often filled with twists and turns, writes Matthew Carlson A person’s life very rarely moves in a straight path and Diocesan Youth Director Dermot Kelly, is no exception to this wise aphorism. From working in Disney to exploring the importance of pilgrimage, Dermot’s story is a prime example of how God…
Without literature, we lose our humanity, writes Davis Clark The perception among many of us is that reading as an art is slowly fading from public consciousness, as people throw down their Shakespeare in favour of smartphones and Netflix. This is only partially true – literacy is increasing worldwide, and it’s been estimated that…
A Parent’s Perspective When I was a child, it was a regular week-end job to lay down newspaper, take out the box of polishes, cloths and brushes and set to work on the family’s various boots and shoes. It was usually a job for two and my brother or sister and I would take a…
Youth Space Seeing the joy created from volunteering makes it all worth it, writes Emma Meehan On August 25, as part of a CEIST school initiative, 12 fifth year students, accompanied by their teachers, Mr Jason Cotter and Mrs Tina Johnston, had the privilege of travelling to Dublin to volunteer at the Papal Mass…
Vending machines can be corrosive to children’s health, writes Davis Clark Evolutionarily speaking, human beings aren’t built to resist easy doses of glucose, hence the proliferation of fast food restaurants all over the rich world. With a slew of fast food chains available in pretty much every major city, it can be difficult to…
Youth Space Liam Linden recounts the transformative power of visiting Fatima Utter brilliance. Eye opening. Challenging. Encouraging and enlightening. These were some of the words used by our pilgrims to describe the Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission’s (ADYC) recent summer pilgrimage to Fatima. Describing my experience with ADYC would be a similar choice of words…
Returning to school is one of the biggest changes in your child’s life, writes Davis Clark As summer break draws to a close, it’s time to pull our attention away from the beach and focus on a very important event: the first day of school. Starting a new school year can be both a…
Personal Profile Matthew Carlson learns about the intricacies of parish life Born in England, Glen Phillips says that there were two things that were enforced in his house growing up: soccer and Faith. “I grew up going to Mass. Growing up in our house there were two things, being Catholic and supporting Manchester United,”…
Obsessing about how we look is extremely destructive, writes Davis Clark Our constant presence in the digital world leaves us open to the bombardments of advertising, and because we unconsciously, whether by nature or nurture, compare ourselves to those around us, it would seem especially cruel that unreachable and often fabricated ideals are constantly…
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