Ulysses: a reader’s odyssey by Daniel Mulhall (New Island Books, €15.95) This book is a delightful, chatty introduction to the wonderful world of James Joyce’s Ulysses. It is written by Daniel Mulhall, an Irish diplomat for more than 40 years and now Ireland’s ambassador to the United States of America. In the prologue to his…
Peter’s Pence donations fall by 15% in 2021 Donations to Peter’s Pence fell by around 15% in 2021, the Vatican announced on Friday. In an interview with Vatican News published on January 28, Father Juan A. Guerrero, S.J., prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, said that, while donations were still arriving from some countries, there was…
February 2 was the centenary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses. You might be interested in seeing the film version if you haven’t done so already. It was directed by Joseph Strick in 1967. Ten years later, Strick directed A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Joyce’s earlier novel. Opinions differ on…
Dear Editor,The name of Ashling Murphy, R.I.P. will never be forgotten, nor should it be. As the eyes and ears of the world looked at and listened to reports of her brutal murder, there seems to be a renewed and steely determination that this indeed will be a watershed moment in the struggle to bring…
Marta Osborne Both myself and my wife were very concerned about the virus and reduced our social contacts to the minimum since the beginning of the pandemic. Now with restrictions lifted, we’d like to make a renewed effort with our friends and family. Any advice? Most of us breathed a sigh of relief after hearing…
Many people are now returning to the workplace as Covid-19 restrictions lift further – journalists like me have been in the office throughout – and many people are wondering what overall effect the pandemic will have on the world of work. Certainly, for some, a form of ‘blended work’ seems to be part of the…
Last week was Catholic Schools Week, so hopefully it will have a positive impact on students in those schools. The event was bookmarked in the media by two Masses. On the Monday it was the regular 10.30am Mass on the RTÉ News channel, with Fr Michael Toomey from the Holy Family Church Ardfinnan, in Co.…
The popular author and publisher Colm Keane has died after a cancer diagnosis. Over recent decades he created some 29 books, many of which were highly successful. He touched an enormous number of people through the books he and his wife Una O’Hagan, published through the small publishing firm they founded and ran themselves. In…
Consecrated life has a unique offering to a world ‘broken by hopelessness’, Chai Brady hears Pope Francis encouraged those who support consecrated life to look to the future with confidence, as he said hope continues to prevail, in a December message to some 60 members of the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and…
Anthony Redmond My Theology: Personal Idealism by Keith Ward (Darton, Longmann & Todd, (£8.99 / €12.59) Keith Ward was Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. He is an ordained priest in the Church of England. He has written over 20 books on various aspects of philosophy and theology and is regarded as an important…
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