Aubrey MaloneThe Irish Film Institute is commemorating Bloomsday (June 16) this year with a showing of the film Adam and Paul, Lenny Abraham’s debut.
Fasten your seatbelts for Joyce and Bette
Month: June 2024
Presentation Family celebrate First Profession of new Brother
The Presentation Family in Cork celebrated the first profession of a new Brother on June 1. Antony Sahayampillai (28), a native of Sri Lanka, has been studying in Ireland for the past three years. Br Antony’s vows were received by Br Barry Noel, Congregation Leader of the Presentation Brothers. The Mass of Religious Profession was…
What is the Church teaching on yoga and reiki?
Q. Can you explain the Church’s teachings about yoga and reiki? Recently a priest gave a presentation in which he said that, to avoid the devil, Catholics should also avoid things like palm readers and ouija boards. He also mentioned yoga and reiki. I’ve practiced yoga on and off for many years and have found…
A narrative which sees life, family, religion as dispensable
Letter of the Week A narrative which sees life, family, religion as dispensable Dear Editor, As we look back on a completely lacklustre European election campaign, we see that it ignored the most important challenge facing our continent, namely the impending social and economic collapse which is seen as inevitable by multiple demographic statisticians. No…
A political curriculum, social justice and an election fever
Brendan O’Regan
There is a phenomenon I’d call ‘the illusion of consultation’ – e.g. where a government or one of its offshoots consults the public on a topic, and then proceeds to do what they were going to do anyway. The current consultation on the new Primary school Curriculum was featured on Newstalk Breakfast Thursday, June 6.…
A self-important political echo chamber…
While there has been much talk of the UK looking likely to buck the trend of the move to the right in politics that is occurring across Europe with the impending election of a Labour government, ostensibly the local and European elections point towards a similar outcome in Ireland. With Fianna Fail and Fine Gael…
The Confession Box – Episode 21
Birthgap – is population collapse the next pandemic that dare not speak its name? On the latest episode of The Confession Box, host Wendy Grace talks to data scientist and demographer Stephen J. Shaw about the detrimental impacts of population decline. Stephen explains the shocking revelations from his documentary film “Birthgap – Childless World” including:…
Irish Archbishops remember WWII chaplains on D-Day
Renata Steffens
Eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944, the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted happened in Normandy, France. Allies combines forces to invade Nazi-occupied France, and the event is known as the ‘D-Day’. At the prayer service in Normandy to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the invasion, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of…
‘Hope’ as young countercultural Catholics are emerging in Ireland
Catholic youth groups in Ireland have said they are experiencing a resurgence, drawing hundreds of young people to faith-based activities and community service. Bishop Fintan Gavin of Cork and Ross said the resurgence gives him hope: “I am very hopeful. We had last Sunday the Eucharistic procession and we had more than 4000 people. Many…
Life is going backwards for many of our teenagers
David Quinn
How are our teenagers faring, and more specifically, what about our 13-year-olds? This is the question examined by a new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) called ‘The Changing Social Worlds of 13-Year-Olds’. Here is the short version: compared with 13-year-olds ten a decade ago, today’s 13-year-olds get on a bit better…
