To celebrate his friendship with and the contribution to moral theology of Kiltegan missionary Vincent MacNamara, Enda McDonagh explores the connections between art, morality and mission in the Christian context.
Fr Oliver Treanor looks at the miracle of the woman who was healed by touching the hem of his garment and explores what it means.
John Murray PP tells the story of a family – father and two daughters – who sheltered Jews in Haarlem, Holland, during World War II. One daughter Corrie survived into 1980s continuing a ministry of God’s forgiveness in the USA.
Is as an Fhionlainn do Katri atá ina cónaí lena fear céile Noel agus a dtriúr páiste i gcomhluadar ceannródaíoch Camphill (Greenacres) gar do Dhún Droma i ndeisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath. Tá an comhluadar lonnaithe in dá theach atá gar dá cheile, agus saothraíonn siad glasraí orgánacha. Tá ceardlanna mósáice [...]
This book by Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, is the first in a series. It is an attempt to give an inspiring account of Jesus. It looks at his baptism, his temptations, his proclamation of the kingdom of God, the sermon on the mount up to when he declares [...]
The Passionist Fathers have put together nine meditations which were give during the Novena of Hope in the Church of St Paul of the Cross. They commemorate the life and spirit of the man who by his simple holiness captivated the people who came to the same church during his [...]
Irene Christina Lynch lived in Nigeria from 1998 to 2003 as the wife of the Irish ambassador. During that time she got to know many Irish missionaries there. Her book is a celebration of the many sisters and priests – along with some Nigerians – with whom she talked freely [...]
Ignatius was the youngest of thirteen children – eight brother and four sisters. His mother died when he was a child and his father when he was about sixteen. This lack of a protective maternal presence may explain why he was a wandering adventurer during most of his life. He [...]
Fr Bryan Nolan tells of his work in the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme. It describes how to provide best care for people in the last days of their life.
Seosamh MacReamon tells of his experience with the Society of St Vincent de Paul as a student in Trinity College and with the organisation “Slí Eile” as team coordinator for the group’s retreat programmes. Through these activities he helped hand on the faith and its values to another generation.
Pope John XXIII was fully conscious of the implications of his opening speech at the Second Vatican Council. He managed to outwit the prophets of doom and asked for a great leap forward in the Church. The substance of the faith, he said, is not the same as its historical [...]
The Power of Dreams acts as a practical handbook that can be used over the course of a month. Gerard Condon analyses and discusses the scientific, psychological, theological and spiritual sides of sleep and dreaming in this easily accessible and interesting book.
Ciarán O’Rourke writes: In early March this year, a team of twenty from Gonzaga College travelled on a house-building trip to Zambia, where they spent nineteen days living and working with the native people. Having spent the previous five months fundraising and preparing for the trip, all involved had their [...]
Andrei Rublev is famous for his icon of the Trinity. It is a stunning vision of the divine community to which, in the Eucharist, the faithful are invited to participate. John Murray PP tells us of the life of Rublev who was canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988 [...]
Polish immigration to Ireland has created a communion between Polish and Irish Catholics. How different is the history of their faith, the culture and practise of their faith, and what can they learn from each other? asks Jacek Poznanski SJ.
Honor McCabe OP has written an excellent and comprehensive history of work of the Irish Dominican Sisters in Portugal. The chapter presented here tells how Fr Dominic O’Daly OP, after setting up a college in Lisbon for the education of young Irish men for the priesthood, successfully negotiated founding this convent for [...]
Edmond Grace SJ answers concerned grandparents about the baptism of their grandchild.
Edmond Grace SJ responds to a bereaved person on the issue of praying for the dead.
Opera singer Michelle Sheridan tells how she keeps her faith alive and nourished and how she manages when her faith is shaken.|
Fr. Seán McDonagh draws attention to the failure of the developed world to care for God’s creation.
Jean Elliot looks back with great joy on her many years of parenting.
John Michael Talbot, the best-selling Catholic musician, came to Ireland in Advent 2003.
From the Veritas ‘Into the Classroom’ series: Fachtna McCarthy and Joseph McCann introduce the subject of the relationship between religious and scientific enquiry. This series, edited by Eoin G. Cassidy and Patrick M. Devitt, is designed for teachers of the new Leaving Cert religious education syllabus.
How do we know about Jesus of Nazareth? What can we say for sure about him?
Scéal Éireannaigh naofa a raibh tionchar an-mhór aige ar an Eaglais sa 20ú haois. Seán Ua Cearnaigh a scríobh.
We imagine angels as people all dressed in white with feathery wings. The word which the Gospel uses which we translate as angel means messenger. So these were messenger from God. Artists usually draw angels with wings because it symbolises there job to move with messages from God to men [...]
The story of St Patrick coming to Ireland is like a photographic negative of the bible story of the prodigal son.
