Courtney McGrailA magical sweet shop looms large in my childhood memory, stacked to the rafters with every imaginable confectionary delight. I returned to it recently with my own kids to introduce them to this earthly paradise, and was astonished to see that the shop also sold vegetables, washing-up liquid and other ordinary household items. Somehow, as…
Month: March 2015
An edible bonnet for Easter Sunday dessert
Erin FoxSweet Treats with Erin Fox
Building leaders for tomorrow
Eimear Kiely describes her experience of a youth leadership programme in Limerick
A loss of focus as ‘fun’ replaces thrill for the cheap shots
Aubrey MaloneFocus (15A)
A good range of faith topics from RTÉ
TV and Radio with Brendan O’Regan
Congregations voting with their feet?
Recently, I was struck in a fresh way by a stale cliché. I heard someone opining that Massgoers are “voting with their feet” and, although I had heard those words many times before, on this occasion I was practically knocked off my own feet by the superficiality of the expression. The issues facing the Church…
Vatican Round-up
Book claims Pope Francis’ revolution ‘may disappoint’ The Pope is engaged in a “radical revolution” that may disappoint both progressives and traditionalists, according to Cardinal Walter Kasper’s new book Pope Francis – Revolution of Tenderness and Mercy. Describing how the Holy Father distanced himself from such extreme positions in his final address at October 2014’s…