Deacon Greg Kandra Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, August 6Deuteronomy 7:9-10,13-14Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9II Peter 1:16-19Matthew 17:1-9 A lot of children will tell you (and some of their grownup friends will agree) that they are afraid of the dark. The unknown and unseeable can be frightening. There are the usual things to be…
Vatican prosecutor seeks 7 years in prison in cardinal’s financial trial The top public prosecutor for the Vatican has asked the judge in Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s financial malfeasance trial to serve the embattled prelate with seven years and three months in prison and to confiscate more than $15 million in connection with his alleged mismanagement…
Andrew Atherstone explains how a local discipleship course became a global brand, writes Ruadhán Jones Back in the early 1970s, when a small group of Christians began a local discipleship course in London, they couldn’t have expected this mustard seed would grow quite so substantially. But it did, becoming the Alpha course for Christian…
Misean Cara welcome two new board members Misean Cara has announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors, Rev. John Parkin and Mr Philip O’Brien. Misean Cara CEO John Moffett welcomed the appointments, calling it “a privilege to welcome Rev. Parkin and Philip O’Brien to the Misean Cara board”. The Irish…
True crime dramas can be riveting especially if you can’t remember the original story. The strangest things happen, plot developments you’d never accept in fiction. You just hope that events are accurately portrayed and that the real people involved are respected. The Sixth Commandment (BBC One, Tuesday) came to an end last week and it…
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