US woman sets bees on police A US woman is facing several charges after allegedly unleashing honeybees to attack police officers as they enforced an eviction on a home in Massachusetts. The incident happened after Rorie Susan Woods, a 55-year-old professional beekeeper from Hadley, MA arrived at the property towing a stack of manufactured beehives…
As his cause opens, Fr Willie Doyle can be an inspiration for the Church today, writes Fr John Hogan On October 27 last, Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan promulgated an eict announcing that he was opening the Cause for the Beatification and Canonisation of Jesuit priest and war hero, Fr Willie Doyle. The bishop’s decision…
The Sunday Gospel Normally, our weekly reflection is based on the Gospel of Sunday, but this week we will consider two days to Tuesday, November 1, the Feast of All Saints. In the northern hemisphere, November is the darkest month. The poet, Thomas Hood, captured the mood. “No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,…
This recipe is just gorgeous. I highly suggest making it your go-to cake recipe. You can cut the recipe in half if you are making it for 2-4 people, as it is quite decadent. Ingredients: 9oz/240g all-purpose flour 7oz/300g sugar 3 1/2 oz/100g cocoa powder 2 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1…
Synodality text praised at Vatican event The Holy Spirit is at work in the latest document of the Synod on Synodality, presenters said October 27 at a press conference on the guiding text for the next stage of the synod’s discussions. The document, or “synthesis of the syntheses,” Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, said, “is therefore…
Dear Editor, The Government is considering plans to extend exclusion zones to any place that might putatively be providing “termination of pregnancy services” and not only those already doing so. The term itself is broad enough to cover everything from an actual abortion clinic all the way down to any local pharmacy that might be…
The Song of Brigid’s Cloak by Catherine Ann Cullen Illustrated by Katya Swan (Beehive, €14.99/£14.99) There has been great interest in St Brigid of late among historians and writers. Some of these have been in their way controversial; but there is nothing controversial about this little book. It is altogether delightful. Award-winning children’s poet Catherine…
With Wexford Festival Opera drawing to its close – the final performance of Dvorák’s Armida takes place next Sunday November 6 at the town’s Theatre Royal – the spotlight moves to Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre and Irish National Opera’s co-production with the Swiss Nouval Opéra Fribourg of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell, which runs between November 8 and…
by Fr John Harris OP Notebook The recent tragic events in the village of Creeslough, Co. Donegal reminded me of a journey from a funeral I attended with two friends a long number of years ago in Donegal. We had attended the funeral of a nephew of a mutual friend and were returning to Dublin.…
Editor’s Comment We’re not even in Advent yet, and already it is Christmas time in the marketplace. But, what exactly does Christmas mean to us? Or, what does it mean to our political leaders. That is not a question as simple as it might appear at first glance. Every year we are treated to stunning…
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