Young Canadian missionaries five years on from volunteering in Sligo
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Poverty still adversely affects Catholics in North
Steven McCaffery examines inequality in Northern Ireland
Smaller Catholic schools threatened by budget
CPSMA welcomes decision not to increase the pupil-teacher ratio
Preparing the way for Confirmation
Faith formation – Rosemary Lavelle
Sharing the best of our tradition
Andrew O’Connell visits Drumalis Retreat Centre
New light on St Patrick’s birthplace
Rediscovering St Patrick: A new theory of origins by Marcus Losack (Columba Press, €16.99 / £14.50)
The real roots of Irish politics
Defying the law of the land: agrarian radicals in Irish history edited by Brian Casey (The History Press Ireland)
Creating a scary ‘fairy house’
Carve your Halloween pumpkin with a fiendish fairy house
False notes in suburbia
Mount Merrion by Justin Quinn (Penguin Ireland, €14.99 / £12.99)
Thoughts of an unfluential prelate
For many years Cardinal Martini of was spoken of as a papabile. His elevation was not to be, but he remained one of the most influential and admired of senior clergy with a ready ability to communicate what he believed to the widest kind of audience. Though he passed away after some years of illness…