Vatican II is only just beginning to bear fruit, Colm Fitzpatrick is told No other event springs faster to mind when conversing about radical changes in the Church than the occasion of the Second Vatican Council; an event which continues to reverberate in the hearts and minds of Christians today. With well over 50…
Ger Gallagher Pastoral Co-ordinator, Archdiocese of Dublin There are a few things that resonated. The whole thing that the Church needs the momentum of young people – the line, “And when you arrive where we have not yet reached, have the patience to wait for us” – that was fairly melancholic in saying that we…
A Cork coffee shop will be on the coalface of Catholic evangelism in the city, writes Greg Daly “How good, how delightful it is for all to live together like brothers,” begins Psalm 132 in the traditional Vulgate numbering, while for those committed to Catholic hospitality, Hebrews 13:2 might seem even more to the…
If we enter fully into Holy Week our observance of Lent and our celebration of Easter will be deepened beyond measure, writes Fr Martin Browne OSB I got a promotional email from a hotel during the week, trying to interest me in some of their seasonal special offers. It loudly proclaimed that “Easter is for…
Dominican sisters tell Chai Brady about their new youth group Young people are longing to be “known and loved” says a Dominican sister based in Limerick, and that’s exactly what her order intend to let them know. Coming from Nashville, Tennessee, Sr Mara Grace and her three fellow sisters have been organising events and…
Pilgrimage Supplement 2019 – Pathways With Purpose Pilgrim paths follow many routes in Ireland and abroad, Greg Daly learns Ireland’s religious landscape may have changed dramatically over recent decades, but according to Knock’s Fr Richard Gibbons, pilgrimage sites are still vibrant places. “I think that when people come to a religious site, it might…
Pilgrimage Supplement 2019 – Pathways With Purpose The Holy Land opens up the Scriptures in a way that touches everyone who goes there, writes Michael Kelly It’s not for nothing that the Holy Land has often been referred to as the ‘fifth Gospel’. I have been blessed to participate in more than a dozen…
Pilgrimage Supplement 2019 – Pathways With Purpose Learning to live the Camino in our everyday lives is the key lesson we need from Europe’s most famous pilgrimage, John Brierley tells Greg Daly With the possible exception of Martin Sheen, the star of 2010’s The Way, there can be few people in the English-speaking world…
I was born in 1945 at the end of World War II. As I grew up, I heard about the Holocaust. Descriptions of the greatest crime in history disturbed me deeply during my teenage and college years. I was ordained a priest in 1971. At that time, I suspected that references to the Devil were…
Young pilgrims are the ‘lifeblood’ of an ancient Irish site, writes Colm Fitzpatrick There aren’t many Irish historical events or places that elicit more of a reaction or moment of nostalgia than the Lough Derg pilgrimage; the mere mention of this 5th Century island usually evokes memories of fatigue and hunger, but also respite…
Colm Fitzpatrick
Greg Daly
Chai Brady
Michael Kelly