60 at Roscrea: Celebrating the Roscrea Conference at Mt St Joseph Abbey, 1987-2017 edited by George Cunningham (The Roscrea People; 300 copies numbered and signed; nos 1-150 h/b, €40, and 150 Card covers, nos 151-300, €20; p/p €5 within Ireland.) Terry Barry Ireland is truly lucky for a small island to have so many excellent local…
Frederic William Burton: For the Love of Art Exhibition curated by Marie Bourke, with essays by Patrick Duffy and others, edited by Claire Crowley (National Gallery of Ireland, €15.95) Thanks to RTÉ we know that ‘The Meeting on the Turret Stairs’ is Ireland’s favourite painting. Yet experience tells us, too, that many who admire it are…
US: Novices of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara are seen at Holy Comforter St Cyprian Church in Washington prior to the start of their profession of vows. National Vocations Awareness Week is November 5-11.
Meath: Organisers and presenters attend the Eucharistic Adoration Assembly in Mullingar.
Pakistan: Pakistani children pray near graves of their loved ones as they observe All Souls’ Day on November 2 in Karachi.
A Parent’s Perspective My 11 year old daughter has been using pester power for several years now to encourage me to get her a pet. My 16-year-old was also on the case, presenting me with appealing Facebook pictures of cute, furry kittens and crazy cat antics on YouTube. My husband and I discussed it…
Bracelet can tell if a woman is pregnant Traditional home pregnancy tests could soon be a thing of the past, with scientists announcing a new smartwatch system that alerts women when they have conceived. Swiss researchers, presenting research in Texas at the annual congress of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said that conception leads…
Italy: Pilgrims from the Kingscourt parish arrive at the Basilica of St Frediano in Lucca.
Mission has come ‘full circle’ An influx of new religious communities has been hailed as offering new life to the Irish Church, and bringing Ireland’s missionary heritage back home. Over the past year at least four groups of religious women have set up in Ireland from abroad, the most recent being a community of…
‘Intentional’ Catholic education is the future for Faith schools in Ireland, Greg Daly writes “Religion,” Armagh’s Archbishop Eamon Martin said at last week’s The Irish Catholic Education Conference, is “not an added extra to be fitted in during break time or twilight hours or during registration”. Far from being something extra bolted on to…
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