Casey Schmauder learns how Troubles survivor Richard Moore has coped with blindness and started a charity to help impoverished children

John Reid explores the challenges of Christmas as experienced by more and more people

I was in a bit of a panic the other day when I realised how close it was to Christmas. While my children love counting how many sleeps until the big celebration, these festive countdowns make me break out in a cold sweat.  Christmas expectations and the pressures to please everyone seem to banish any…

Gena Heraty talks to Greg Daly about making a difference in Haiti

If you can, stop for a moment and think about the Christmas presents you have bought for your children and those which have been asked of Santa. Ask yourself what these presents are going to do. Of course, they come with love and that is message enough in one way because we all want our…

Cian Loakman and Stephen Mulpeter The Pope John Paul II Award is an Award which is given to students who have participated in parish activities and social involvement within their parish. This year there will be 14 students who attend Patrician Secondary School in Newbridge Co. Kildare receiving this award.  These students come from Newbridge…

The unique marital bond is not meant to be compromised by parents or siblings, writes Wendy Grace

We can all remember the nursery rhyme about magpies:  “One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told”.  Seeing a lone magpie brings bad luck, seeing groups predicts the future.  Most of us are superstitious to…

Fr Bryan Shortall OFM Cap shares his path to priesthood with Paul Keenan

Katherine Daniels describes how continuing her late husband’s work has helped his goodness live on