Spokespersons for conservatism, and for Christianity, find it difficult nowadays to gain traction in the mainstream media. Left-liberal positions are in the ascendancy across a wide range of issues – reproductive rights, euthanasia and assisted suicide, religion in schools, immigration policies and more. Liberalism, as opposed to conservatism, traditionally prided itself on its greater tolerance…
May Day is nearly here, officially marking the arrival of summer. The first thing to do for the celebration is to set up a mini grotto with a small statue or portrait of Mary, surrounded by May flowers. After setting up your mini grotto, you can take part in the May traditions celebrated in some…
Mags Gargan visits a counselling service in Dublin’s North inner city for its 20th anniversary celebration An oasis is defined as fertile ground in a desert or something that provides refuge, relief and is preserved from surrounding unpleasantness. There is no better description for the Oasis Centre in Seville Place in Dublin’s North inner city.…
The deaths of seven French monks 20 years ago are as mysterious as their lives are inspirational, writes Greg Daly Three years before he was killed in 1996, the Trappist monk Fr Christian de Chergé wrote a letter which Milan’s Cardinal Angelo Scola has described as “one of the most beautiful pages ever written in…
Author Jon M. Sweeney tells Mags Gargan about how St Francis’ legacy was almost destroyed by his best friend One of the first of many surprises when Pope Francis was elected head of the Church was that he chose the name Francis, after St Francis of Assisi, because he was “the man of poverty, the…
Over the last number of months, a number of enthusiastic RE and music teachers within the Archdiocese of Tuam have been working on a new project which will bring 300 young people together to perform a charity concert. Awakening will be a performance of a combination of modern church and contemporary music which will raise…
A group of 13 ladies, two men and two children visited the convent of the Holy Rosary Sisters in Temple Road, Dublin, laden with music and delicious food to thank the sisters for the work they have done in Africa. The group represented the Women Intercessors for the Church and the Nations, also known as…
The local faith development group in the Diocese of Galway, tSli Chriost, has produced and distributed a May altar leaflet in order to spread knowledge of and devotion to Our Lady through the erection of May altars. These leaflets have proved popular with parishioners throughout the diocese with homes, schools and churches taking part in…
A group of lay people, sent as delegates by parishes throughout the Diocese of Elphin, has been in formation and training during the past three months, as part of the development of a Diocesan Eucharistic Adoration Committee. The Diocesan Committee has now been commissioned at a special Mass offered by Bishop Kevin Doran in Abbey Community…
Thornhill Ministries in Derry is celebrating a ‘Jubilee of Consolation’ with a festival of flowers entitled ‘Dry the Tears’. The festival is being hosted by Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Steelstown Road, Derry on the weekend of May 6-8 and follows on from the vigil to “dry the tears” which Pope Francis is celebrating in…
William Reville
Erin Fox
Mags Gargan
Greg Daly