We need to keep our focus on mission, rather than maintenance, writes Maura Garrihy
Category: Opinion
Youth ministry needs a broader framework
Courtney McGrailThe challenges facing youth ministry are the same challenges facing the wider Church says Brian McKee
A holistic approach
What works in Youth Ministry is to minister the whole person
Abortion counselling not more legislation
Mags GarganDear Editor, In discussing the abortion issu. what really matters most is that top class unbiased authentic counselling and sympathetic advice are always readily available on the spot. This help was not forthcoming in a hurry with the current controversial case of the young asylum seeker 22 weeks pregnant. In the crazy circumstances, I believe…
Inviting, involving and inspiring the young Church
Gerard Gallagher gives an overview of Youth Ministry in Ireland
Would Ireland have voted for independence in 1916?
Mary KennyThe centenary of the Irish Home Rule bill was finally signed into law on September 18, 1914, and it is a nice coincidence that exactly a hundred years later, Scotland will vote on a referendum for or against Scottish independence. The debate about Scottish independence does prompt the thought: how would the Irish people have…
Fearing our own maturity
Fr Ronald RolheiserAll of us, at some level, fear growing into maturity
Seeking God in the most difficult of times
Dear Editor, The death of the actor Robin Williams is a terrible tragedy – its impact made all the more severe by his popularity, talent and charismatic character. For people in the clutches of something like a mental illness as powerful as depression it is very hard to find or even fight their way out…
The mysteries of Christ’s life
Cathal BarryMany things about Jesus of interest do not figure in the Gospels, writes Cathal Barry
Funerals are losing sense of the sacred
Dear Editor, I once attended a humanist funeral which was mainly about memories of the deceased person. Today Catholic funerals are largely similar, apart from the formal liturgical content. The homily, which is primarily meant to explain the scripture readings, is instead a combination of a eulogy and canonisation decree. Spiritual input generally presumes a…