Pilgrimage and Spiritual Tourism in Ireland: this was the title of a seminar hosted some weeks back by Waterford Institute of Technology. The title is an intriguing one. Some will balk at the very idea of ‘spiritual tourism’! Some will apply the ‘New Age’ label and consign the concept to an appropriate receptacle. Some will…
Theresa Laurence Fr Pat Connor was on his way from a graduate class at the University of Memphis to St Joseph Hospital to visit a priest friend the evening of April 4, 1968. That’s when he heard the news crackle over his car radio speakers: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr had been critically injured…
Chaz Muth Deacon Timothy Tilghman, his sister and his cousin still remember the enormous sense of loss they felt when they received that news on April 4, 1968 that Dr King had been killed. The deacon, who is on the staff of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Southeast Washington, was 15 and…
Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, “we need to ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to build the culture of love, respect and peace to which the Gospel calls us”, US bishops have said. In reflecting on Rev. King’s life and work, “what are we being asked to…
A major gathering in the Vatican has attempted to allow the Church to hear the concerns of today’s young people, writes Greg Daly “Finally, the Church in Rome has decided to give us a platform; they decided to give us a listening ear,” thought Nigeria’s Vincent Paul Nneji when he was invited to take…
Monk takes the sting out of beekeeping discovers Chai Brady and Colm Fitzpatrick With swarms of bees zooming in all directions, seemingly in a state of agitation, the volume of the relentless buzzing oscillates whenever one of the furry insects passes close to an ear – which can be rather shocking. Glenstal Monastery is…
Legacy of charity is attracting adults to Church, writes Chai Brady The prevalence of religion in everyday life in Ireland is often a revelation for many immigrants, but particularly those coming from governments who put strict limits on religious freedom. For the 31 catechumens entering the final stage of preparation for Baptism in St…
The bodily resurrection of Jesus was central to Christian faith from the very beginning, writes Greg Daly “The resurrection of Jesus is fundamental to our Faith, but that does not mean it happened exactly as it is described in the various biblical accounts,” wrote Fr Tony Flannery on his blog almost exactly a year…
A one-off RTÉ programme seeks to bring the Passion of Christ to life, writes Michael Kelly Actor Hugh Bonneville is perhaps best known for his role as Lord Grantham in the hit British series Downton Abbey. What people may not know, however, is that he studied theology at Cambridge University and has always had…
Writing in this newspaper in 2008, Fr Jim Good, who died last week, discussed his clash with the Bishop of Cork, and their eventual reconciliation in Africa I am the only person familiar with the last two years of Bishop of Cork and Ross Cornelius Lucey’s life, so I feel some record should be written…
Greg Daly
Chai Brady
Michael Kelly