Courtney McGrailEurope in Crisis. Studies Special Issue, Autumn 2016 (Messenger Publications, €10)
Category: Reviews
New lessons in purpose of education
Peter CostelloCatholic Education in the Light of Vatican II and Laudato Si’ by Dermot A. Lane (Veritas, €7.99)
The peelers in the local barracks
The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Short History & Genealogical Guide by Jim Herlihy (Four Courts Press, €24.95)
The Wexford carols: the music of worship
World of Books
Recent books in brief
A Chosen Race, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation: Aspects of Priesthood and Baptism edited by Joseph Briody (Smenos Publications, €25.00 plus p+p) This is the eighth publication in the Fota Liturgy Series, the outcome of the regular Fota Conferences, which have drawn select liturgists from all over Europe. The editor is both a priest…
A lady with a head for heights… and business
The Story of Ireland’s Only Steeplejill by Angela Collins O’Mahony (Mercier Press, €19.99)
Light in darkest Africa
Uganda: My Mission by Fr Damien Grimes MHM (Published by the author, Llanwrst, Wales, €9.40; available on Amazon.co.uk)
Escaping the web – or learning to live with it
“This place diminishes us all,” wrote Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson of Twitter just over a week back. Announcing after a row with a colleague and following yet another interminable barrage of abuse from people who had found his politics insufficiently ‘pure’ for their purposes that he would be quitting the social media platform, he said:…
Iconoclastic cops lack redeeming features
Aubrey MaloneWar on Everyone (16)
Stunt politics and suffering little children
Brendan O’ReganIt was probably the most watched TV broadcast ever, with around 100 million viewers – the first US Presidential Debate (BBC News channel) was a lot to wade through last Tuesday morning and the advance hype didn’t lead to the anticipated drama. I have no time for either candidate, and it amazes me how…