Sweet Treats These might be easy to buy, but why not try to make your own this Easter, you won’t regret it! They are crunchy and golden on the outside but wonderfully soft on the inside. If that doesn’t sound indulgent enough, they are then coated in cinnamon sugar. A definite crowd pleaser! Ingredients…
We don’t much like the word ‘disillusionment’. Normally we think of it as a negative, something pejorative, and not as something that does us a favour. And yet disillusionment is a positive, it means the dispelling of an illusion and illusions, unless we need one as a temporary tonic, are not good for us. They…
We had great plans for sacramental preparation in the parish this year some of which came to fruition and some of which we have had to set aside. We had planned three evenings during Lent for the parents of children preparing for First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion and anyone else in the parish who…
Webinar your way to through isolation Just because you can’t go anywhere, doesn’t mean that there is nothing to do. In this digital age, the world is at our fingertips. So if you’re feeling well and happen to have some time off this is a great opportunity to learn some new things. Webinars are basically…
Notebook It’s all very ironic, isn’t it? For years, right-minded people, I among them, have condemned the way in which social media was taking over our society. And yet here we are, in a virtual lockdown, utterly impotent but for the same social media. I have been both a denouncer and one deserving of…
Personal Profile Fr Gerry and his dog Missy called to Therese O’Donoghue, the Parish Secretary in Booterstown one afternoon in July 2019. “I thought that I knew everything that goes on in the parish,” says Thérèse before that moment. He was holding an official looking envelope and informed her she was to be awarded…
Coping with Coronavirus: How to stay calm and protect your mental health A psychological toolkit Dr Brendan Kelly (Merrion Press, eBook €0.99; audio book in preparation) Dr Kelly, professor of psychiatry at Trinity College, suggested this book to his publisher and within five days he had a text prepared, and a week later they had…
Vivarium (15A) Excellent ***** Like all great science fiction films, suspension of disbelief is key to the immersion in the plot that’s demanded here – and richly achieved. We enter the seventh circle of hell and accept it because, hey, that’s just the way things are. So when Tom and Gemma, a house-seeking couple,…
Anything that provides calm, relative normality or even distraction in these troubling times is welcome. Gardening surely ticks all these boxes, so I was glad to watch Gardeners’ World (BBC2) on Friday. Recently returned for a new season, presenter Monty Don exuded calm and enthusiasm and it was almost a virus-free zone – he did…
Indonesia Holy Week celebrations go online due to coronavirus Several dioceses in Indonesia are to hold Holy Week celebrations in churches without congregations as coronavirus (Covid-19) cases continue to rise in the country. The celebrations of Holy Week, daily Masses and Sunday Masses will now be live-streamed online or broadcast on radio instead. The Jakarta…
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Bairbre Cahill
Peter Costello
Aubrey Malone
Brendan O’Regan