Aubrey MaloneA drunken revelation at a wedding threatens to ruin the lives of two families in this engrossing Australian drama which contains all the big themes: betrayal, loss, infidelity, subterfuge, death. Christian (Paul Schneider) is coming home from America to the logging town in New South Wales where he grew up. He’s there to attend the…
Month: May 2016
Learning to be leaders
Courtney McGrailArooja Hussai, Katie Feeney and Jennifer Moran report on their experience of the CEIST Student Leadership Conference
Room for improvement in hospital food
Cathal BarryNewly-appointed Health Minister Simon Harris has pledged to improve the quality of hospital food. Among other goals, he lists this as among his priorities for his term in office, and so he should. Nutrition, after all, should be among everybody’s priorities when it comes to tending to your overall health. Exercise plays a key role…
Dad’s Diary
Rory Fitzgerald“I’m busy.” I used to think I knew what that phrase meant. As a child, it meant “I’m playing with Lego”. As a teenager, it meant, “I’m watching TV”. Now, with three small children, and a busy work life, I think I have finally learned the true meaning of those words. From 6am most mornings,…
How to feed a ballooning world population
William RevilleScience of Life
Summer fruit coasters are ideal for picnics
Erin FoxCoasters made to look like round slices and wedges of citrus fruits bring some summer cheer to a plain glass of juice or water. Because they are so light, you can take them out with you to use on a picnic. You will need: Sheets of felt in lime green, yellow, orange and white, scissors,…
Vatican Roundup
Mercy is common ground for renewal Catholics and Lutherans are finding common ground in “the original, fundamental” emphasis of Martin Luther on “the Gospel of grace and mercy and a call to conversion and renewal”, the former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has said. Arguing in a new book that next year’s ecumenical commemoration of the…
World News in Brief
Bishops criticise refugee camp closures Kenya’s bishops have added their voices to calls by the Jesuit Refugee Service and others for their government to reconsider plans to close refugee camps and repatriate refugees. The government announced its plans on May 6, claiming that the refugees posed a security threat, particularly from Somali Islamist group al-Shabab. Welcoming how the government…
The Church is not a club, but shared faith is really vital
Michael KellyThere are clerics who see no inconsistency in living off the Church while preaching opposition to the Church, writes Editor Michael Kelly
Inquest into nuns’ fatal road crash
An inquest is set to be held into the deaths of Belfast nuns Sr Bridgett Marie Duddy and Sr Frances Forde who were killed in a road crash involving an unmarked PSNI vehicle in Newry in 2014. A preliminary inquest was held into the deaths of the two Sisters of Mercy in Belfast last week,…