Paul KeenanNun never woke from coma
Month: May 2014
Garden of wonders
Martin O'BrienMartin O’Brien visits the Papal Gardens at Castel Gandolfo
Discernment groups set to boost vocations
Cathal BarryIrish vocation directors are taking creative steps in an effort to boost the numbers of young people considering a call to the priesthood and religious life. A major assembly to be held in November is set to tackle the crisis of vocations in the Irish Church by establishing new strategic discernment groups. The key meeting…
Irish catechism receives Rome approval
New catechetical resource to hit the shelves as early as June 12
European governments ‘ignoring Christian persecution’
Lack of response despite high number of attacks
Chinese churches face wave of demolitions
Renewed drive against Christian communities
Vocations ministry is certainly tough but also essential
Promoting vocations is a challenge to be faced
Healing emotional wounds
Anthony Redmond Father Paul Murray OP is Irish by birth. He now works in Rome where he teaches at the Angelicum University. He is also a poet. There is so much of extraordinary value in his book, Scars, of both thought and poetry, that it’s difficult to know precisely where to begin. He deals with affliction,…
The spoken word of God
Peter CostelloHoly Bible: NIV / New International Version, read by David Suchet, six MP3 CDs (Hodder & Stoughton, €50.00 / £39.99)
Faith and the power of poetry
John Donne and religious authority in the reformed English church by Mark S. Sweetnam (Four Courts Press, €65.00 hb / £52.99 hb)