Colm Fitzpatrick explores how former carers can be supported With over 62,000 people having their time caring for family members come to an end every year in Ireland, a new booklet is promising to guide former family carers through experiences of grief and loneliness, as well as provide information on what steps to take next…
Based on the Oberammergau script and adapted for stage performances, a huge cast of amateur actors and a talented choir from Camross and several areas of the diocese will bring to life the story of Christ in Camross Hall in Wexford. Under the stage direction of Michael Stafford and musical direction of Vicky Barron and…
It’s the last stand of the snowmen. As I write, our once-proud snowman, is standing forlorn, misshapen and incongruous, in our green and florid garden. The spring sunshine is blazing down on him like a lethal nuclear blast. I sense that mortality is on his mind. This has been a long winter which, even in…
Personal Profile Colm Fitzpatrick speaks with a kidney failure sufferer Although organ donation is very rarely spoken about in a religious context, a parish priest is calling on all people to think about this worthy and self-sacrificing act. Fr Patrick Guilfoyle, who is now 72, has been a parish priest based in Tullaroan, Kilkenny,…
A zoo like no other After spending time over Easter reflecting on your faith and the importance of family, you can wrap up your Easter Weekend with a visit to the Electric Zoo, which returns to the Wells House and Gardens in Gorey on Easter Monday. The Electric Zoo is full of fun, drivable electronic…
Green Fingers It’s generally in April that ground temperatures start to rise and grass grows with renewed vigour. This year it may be late on in the month, however April is still the month to look over your lawn. You should be cutting it fortnightly now, with the blades still set high. It’s after…
Children’s Corner Scientific experiments are an excellent way to learn about the world around you and also allow you to create, imagine, and explore. Although in movies scientists are often wearing long white lab coats and are usually surrounded with test-tubes of bubbling liquids, you don’t actually need any of these things to do…
As we enter into Holy Week I find the scriptures of this Lenten season echoing within me. They are words of love and liberation. From the first week of Lent we are urged to love our neighbour as ourselves. Relationship with God is never just a ‘me and you’ affair. It is always lived out…
Personal Profile Colm Fitzpatrick speaks with a pro-life activist and campaigner Although Niamh Uí Bhriain is known for her passionate and vocal activity in the pro-life movement, her initial zeal and enthusiasm for activism has much deeper roots, originating from the influence of her parents when she was growing up. For them, it was…
Medical Matters What is the secret to longevity or healthy ageing? For centuries, scientists have searched for a so-called ‘elixir of life’ that could maintain our youth and halt the ageing process. The complexity of ageing and its genetic and biological determinants are being increasingly explored in population studies, though finding magic bullets to…
Colm Fitzpatrick
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