I must admit that I find the prophets obscure and upsetting, because their God is so often in a rage and their threats are so relentless. Yet it is a privilege to be able to connect with them across t
Recently I took up a new appointment and moved house. It was a chance for a big clear out !! A declutter of so much stuff accumulated over 40 years and moves from house to house as I moved appointment
Though I wasn’t present at the annual Monsignor Patrick J. Corish Lecture given by Prof. Brown in St. Patrick’s Maynooth in 2014, I was struck by the painting/landscape on the wall directly behind
PEN PAL 1940-ish.
I lived a lot in my head, as a lad.
Like, I was the last in the -
brothers and sisters well ahead of me.
They were stretching their wings
while
Muiris Mac Conghail in the Preface to his ‘The Blaskets – Its People and Literature’ (1987), asks the rhetorical question “Which way will I open up the Blaskets to you?” and answers by sayin
This powerful book gives us an insider's glimpse into the world of a religious community of priests and brothers of over fifty years ago. Yet, this is no exercise in nostalgia. The book raises human q
Seán, Your 'taster' gave us a glimpse of the play. It evoked a past that is very familiar to many of us. We came through the sixties and had the experience of the Xaviers leaving us. We were perplexe
Jo. You have written words that were necessary. You have made clear and necessary distinctions. When the document came out those of us who know families, who have gone through the experience, hoped an
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