Key Message:
Are we taking further steps towards Heaven?
Homily:
In a Catholic school for poor girl children run by the Missionaries, a
nun was retiring from the pos
"We therefore use the word 'genocide' after deep discernment. We use this word with the aim of opening eyes, minds and hearts. We use this word in the deep hope that the actions it describes will stop
The reflection is totally a new revelation to me about the Visitation of Mary and it's significance. There is a lot of truth in this meaningful homily. Thank you.
Michael Furtado, I think you mean James Alison: https://www.catholicreligious.org.au/james-alison-tour
I was at a pleasant reception in Domus Australia in Rome six weeks ago, which was not, as I'd
Spot on Joe O'Leary! From 'not-so-far away' Australia where I live as a 'Brown' person, Joe's remark about Japanese piety rings an ominous & instantly recognisable bell. Vast numbers of my fellow
I am very grateful to those who accepted my invitation to “Come and see!” and found time to make their way to Cobh to visit my exhibition (above) in the library-gallery there. Also to those who we
Brendan, could you give an update on these statistics?
What to make of this? https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264317/poll-takes-pulse-of-religion-spirituality-in-ireland
I hear there hav
While our bishops in the UK hide the light under a bushel, the School for Synodality, https://www.schoolforsynodality.org.uk, is doing beacon work promoting the practice of synodality and also further
This rings many bells, Brendan. There is a specific kind of British reactionary outlook that stifles any progress in the cradle. Readers of the Spectator, shameless Trumpists like Piers Morgan who pos
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May 31 2016The reflection is totally a new revelation to me about the Visitation of Mary and it's significance. There is a lot of truth in this meaningful homily. Thank you.
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Brendan Hoban: ‘Francis effect’ has not taken hold in the UK
May 25 2025This rings many bells, Brendan. There is a specific kind of British reactionary outlook that stifles any progress in the cradle. Readers of the Spectator, shameless Trumpists like Piers Morgan who pos
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