Month: September 2015

Sometime soon we will witness the canonisation of Dorothy Day. For many of us today, especially those who are not Roman Catholic, a canonisation draws little more than a yawn. How does a canonisation impact our world? Moreover, isn’t canonisation simply the recognition of a certain piety to which most people cannot relate? So why…

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This cake mingles the flavours of summer and autumn with the sweet geranium and the blackberries. You can omit the sweet geranium if you’re not keen on the flavour and grate some lemon zest into the cake batter instead. You will need: 225g unsalted butter 225g caster sugar 225g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder…

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Walk with Me into the Light: Some Comfort on the Journey through Grief by Margaret T. Naughton (Sacred Heart Messenger Publications, €3.99)   This brief brochure is intended to provide immediate comfort to the grieving in a difficult time of transition. The loss of a loved one can be a very traumatic experience, one of the…

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Syrian refugee children scream as they sit in front of Macedonian riot police at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece. As thousands of desperate migrants continue to seek salvation in Europe, Pope Francis referred to the plight of persecuted Christians during his August 30 audience address. Photo: CNS

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