How we speak and interact with others affects our children

My four-year-old daughter talks incessantly of getting married

As I write, it is hard to believe that St Brigid brought the spring this year as the wind howls, the rain beats against the windows, and many thousands of people across the country struggle with flood water damage. But for us, February 1 is traditionally the first day of spring and with it, visible…

Ritual involves sacred objects, words and actions.

A happy hiatus in a castle in the midlands

Living alone is seen as a rite of passage

The theme for Catholic Schools Week this year centres on Catholic schools being places of faith and learning. This theme was chosen to highlight the fact that all learning takes place in a values context. Monsignor James Cassin, Executive Secretary of the Bishops' Conference Council for Education describes education as being “an education in values”,…

Protection comes in many guises

This month we are half way through the Do This in Memory programme

We carefully create worlds for our children devoid of violence