I was attending a reception at the South African Embassy in honour of the great work of a centre in Durban which reaches out to some of the poorest and…
As the tunes went gently round in my head the morning after the concert I was reminded yet again of the particular power of music to both bring people together…
It’s easy to feel a bit helpless in the face of wars and famines and poverty and climate disaster and general suffering, but I take some heart in the Jewish…
Ann, like many of her generation, emigrated from her native Dublin to London in the 1960’s. While she was very sad at leaving her family and friends in her native…
There’s a famous icon of Our Lady which has reminded me not only of the significance of icons but also of the importance of story and narrative in the building…
Joe was known to the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (ICPO), a project of the Irish Chaplaincy, since 1987, more than 30 years. With no family we were his only family,…
I almost made it to St Patrick’s Day before breaking my Lenten alcohol fast but we had a friend coming to stay the weekend before Lá Fhéile Pádraig. (more…)
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