Courtney McGrailDear Editor, Congratulations on your special issue of the paper (IC 21/05/2015) celebrating the life and legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero. The monsignor was an incredible inspiration and his beatification is a well-deserved, and long-time coming, recognition of his bravery and compassion in speaking out against violence and injustice, and spreading the Gospel message of…
Month: June 2015
Dying in Christ
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that because of Christ, Christian death has a positive meaning, writes Cathal Barry
The deep wisdom we need all to grasp
Fr Ronald RolheiserEveryone longs to know something that’s secret, to know something that others don’t know, but that you know, and the knowledge of which gives you some insight and advantage over others who are outside the inner-circle of that secret. It has always been so. Historically this is called ‘Gnosticism’, which forever makes an appearance in…
Chastity promotes human dignity
Mags GarganChastity is about more than saying no, Dawn Eden tells Mags Gargan
Peach bellinis make a tasty summer dessert
Erin FoxSweet Treats
California falls prey to ‘the big one’
Aubrey MaloneSan Andreas (12A)
Celebrating faith through teamwork
Laura McNamara describes the work of a new chaplaincy team in her school
Lessons to learn from marriage referendum
“Love requires an engagement of the head as well as the heart”, writes Senator Rónán Mullen
Echoes of a long lost way of life
The Last Blasket King: Pádraig Ó Catháin, An Rí by Gerald Hayes, with Eliza Kane (The Collins Press, €12.99)
The Scriptures in the modern world
Peter CostelloHoly Bible: New International Version large print edition (Hodder & Stoughton, €28.99) God’s Smuggler: One Man’s Mission to Change the World by Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill (Hodder & Stoughton, £9.99)