Courtney McGrailBaby Jesus melts the heart of "Big Bad Ben of Bethlehem" and helps him become "Nice, Kind, Brilliant Ben of Bethlehem" in the Senior Infant Nativity Play in Guardian Angels School, Blackrock, Dublin. Photo: Anne Collins
Month: December 2014
Restored cathedral ‘symbol for a renewed Church’ – bishop
Michael KellySt Mel’s rises from ashes after inferno
Pro-life campaigner appeals conviction
Mags GarganThe head of the leading pro-life campaign group in the North is appealing her conviction for harassment. Bernadette Smyth, the founder of Precious Life, was found guilty last month of harassing Dawn Purvis, director of the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast. She has now been sentenced to community service, ordered to pay £2,000 compensation and…
Remembering all the forgotten children in a challenging world
Nuala O’Loan‘The sacredness of each new life is fundamental to my understanding of the world which God made’, writes Nuala O’Loan
Out of the fast lane
Cathal BarryCathal Barry speaks to rugby legend Tony Ward about faith, family and his recent battle with cancer
Poor Clares celebrate 100 years in Cork
The Poor Clare community in Cork are celebrating the centenary of their arrival in the city, thanks to a local businessman who funded the construction of their monastery. The Poor Clares moved into their monastery on College Road on Christmas Eve 1914. The building was funded by Walter Dwyer, whose daughter Mary (Sr Maria) was…
Through the eyes of Mary
Archbishop Eamon MartinGazing upon the awesome majesty of the face of God
Christmas in literature
Peter CostelloIt is often said that the modern way of celebrating Christmas derives from Charles Dickens and the publication of his short book A Christmas Carol on December 19, 1843. But as is so often the case, when we look into it, the matter is more complicated. Traditions do not have a simple origin, though in…
Small screen hits and misses
Brendan O’ReganBrendan O’Regan reviews 2014 on TV and radio
The year in film
We need a solid film about the contemporary church that will ask the hard questions and answer them fairly, writes Aubrey Malone