Peter CostelloA selection of titles for adults, both secular and religious, fort he Christmas season
Category: Reviews
A novel worth reading
The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout (Simon & Schuster, €9.99/£7.99)
Bishops launch online Advent calendar
Courtney McGrailIrish Catholic bishops use the internet to reach the masses
Christmas ‘crackers’ on view in our cinemas
Aubrey MaloneA quick look at some films that might catch your eye on the run up to Christmas
A hard-hitting week for human rights
Brendan O’ReganPoignant moments from this week’s TV and radio
Some Christmas books for children and young people
The Miracle of the Myrrh by Marci Alborghetti illustrated by Hervé Blondon Winslow House International, €13.50/£10.70) Though not exactly a new book, this illustrated tale of the first Christmas has provided many families with just the right kind of text to read together and to explore the true meaning of Christmas from a Christian point…
A movie you will love or hate
Paddington Bear
A harrowing tale of a sacrificial lamb
Stations of theCross (G)
Glasnevin documentary was a work of art
Documentary pays ‘reflective and respectful’ tribute to famous graveyard
Christmas seen from Calcutta
Anthony Redmond Mother Teresa was being interviewed on a particular occasion on TV and there was a break for advertisements for various inessential, unimportant things. “I see that Christ is needed in television studios,” she muttered. Malcolm Muggeridge said about her, “she sees in each sorrowing, suffering human being neither a body surplus to a population…