Category: Reviews

Books Editor  The view from the priest’s window In recent years we have seen the publication of many memoirs by Irish missionary priests. Dealing as they do with exotic lands, and often troubled people, these books are always of interest. There is always something in them for us stay-at-homes to learn.  But perhaps what we…

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Walk with Me into the Light: Some Comfort on the Journey through Grief by Margaret T. Naughton (Sacred Heart Messenger Publications, €3.99)   This brief brochure is intended to provide immediate comfort to the grieving in a difficult time of transition. The loss of a loved one can be a very traumatic experience, one of the…

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Compasses to help hesitant Christians find their way on what Pope Benedict called “the sixth continent” of the internet aren’t in short supply, but among the more concise recent ones has been a piece entitled ‘10 commandments for social media’ posted by one Jonty Langley on premierchristianity.com. Opening with the caveat that his commandments “are…

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