In Dennis O’Driscoll’s humorous poem, Non-Stop Christmas, “Christmas is always coming. There are only ever so many days still left”. Well, the shopping and the frenetic activity which have characterised…
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It took a bit of adjusting, coming in from the bright sunlight to the small, dark, one-roomed house. It was the House of Mary in the ruins of Ephesus, in…
The last day of November is the feast of Saint Andrew. It also coincides with the beginning of Advent, the start of the new Church year. This is appropriate as…
Of all European cities, Berlin is arguably the best suited for a discussion on remembrance. A visit there a few years back, taking in the Wall, the Holocaust/Roma/Sinti and other…
Work of Irish Chaplaincy commended in Prisons’ Inspectorate report. The Irish Chaplaincy is delighted to have its work in prisons recognised in the recent thematic report by HM Inspectorate of…
The poet, T.S.Eliot, once said that April was the cruellest month. I don’t know what he had against April, but I would have thought that the cold, dark winter months…
Last week someone called me “an angel” for something I had done for them. It’s not the first time I’ve been called “an angel” and I’m getting to like it.…
Looking ahead with hope has never been easy. If recent months have taught us anything, they have taught us that our world is a very strange place indeed. It is…