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Lent in the 21st Century: Does it have a place?

Breda O’Brien, columnist with The Irish Times reflects on the meaning of Lent and its place in today’s world.

1999.11.30.

Reflections on a life: Ó Mhuigheó go Valparaíso

Teresita Durkan’s “Reflections on a Life” range over the seven decades of a rich spirituality from a free-ranging childhood on the Atlantic coast of Mayo, through three decades as a Sister of Mercy and re-location to Valparaiso in Chile during Pinochet’s dictatorship.

1999.11.30.

The gluttony of busy people

Are we trying to “gobble up” as many experiences as we can? Why are we always hurrying? Ronald Rolheiser explores the saying that “hurry is a form of violence exercised upon time”.

1999.11.30.

Ethics vs crime in the boardroom

Should “banksters” and other business criminals be jailed? Professor Ray Kinsella says that after the findings of two damning reports on crimes in AIB and NIB, big business is at last being forced to adopt ethical practices.

1999.11.30.

Youth 2000

Tess Martin interviews Seán Ascough, a civil engineer with a private practice, on how he sees the Youth 2000 movement which draws many young people to a change of life and a commitment to their Catholic faith.

1999.11.30.

Desperately seeking Easter

Jim Auer reflects on how all of us end up, like Christ, on Calvary, over and over in our lives; yet we can be assured that there is no dying without a rising, no Good Friday without an Easter.

1999.11.30.

Liturgical resources for Lent and Eastertide

Thomas O’Loughlin provides a guide to any priest or liturgy preparation group wishing to make the Sunday liturgy a real encounter where the participants can experience God speaking to them.

1999.11.30.

The Irish School of Ecumenics (1970-2007)

In the emerging post-secular society the Irish School of Ecumenics has a bright future. This is founder Michael Hurley SJ’s assessment of the role of an institution he fouunded almost forty years ago and which is still very much at the heart of academic and cultural life in Ireland and [...]

1999.11.30.

The touch of God

Continuing in the footsteps of St Ignatius, Brian Grogan SJ recounts Ignatius’s vision of “Our Lady with the Holy Child Jesus” and what effect this had on his journey on for the greater glory of God.

1999.11.30.

The Table of the Lord

Winnie writes: “Dear Father, My adult son and daughter no longer attend the Sacraments. At a recent wedding they both received Holy Communion without prior Confession. I know the Church teaches that one should make a good confession before receiving Holy Communion but isn’t everybody welcome at the table of [...]

1999.11.30.

Adult initiation

Dermot Nestor guides us through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and what effect this process can have on an entire Christian community.

1999.11.30.

Today’s newlyweds

Fr Patrick Rogers CP is director of the popular, one-day “Together” marriage preparation courses  (www.together.ie) held about 15 times per year. He says the Church needs to take account of where young people see themselves. “It is not enough,” he says, “to appeal to the faith of our fathers [...]

1999.11.30.

Love life

This month the Pope asks us to pray “that in the face of a spreading culture of violence the Church may promote with courage the culture of life. Fr Kevin O’Higgins SJ explains.

1999.11.30.

To thee do we cry

Gerald writes: Dear Father, ‘To Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.’ This passage in the Hail Holy Queen strikes me as depressing. It is little calculated to lift anyone’s spirits. Fr Bernard J McGuckian SJ replies.

1999.11.30.

So you can’t forgive?

In this article, Brian Lennon SJ tells us that forgiving is a journey. It is wrong to say that Christian forgiving is only about loving our enemies. It is about more than that. It is also about challenging wrongdoers, and about separation from evil.

1999.11.30.

Prayer as listening

I learned from a young Chinese woman Jing Ying, writes Desmond O’Donnell OMI, that prayer is more about receiving than giving. I learned that prayer is privilege, not obligation.

1999.11.30.

Unanswered prayer

Gerry O’Hanlon SJ writes some consoling words to a family member who has undergone much suffering.

1999.11.30.

Mother Courage: fighting for Jamie

For more than two decades, Kathryn Sinnott has campaigned tirelessly to get educational rights for her autistic and profoundly mentally handicapped son, Jamie, and others like him. It’s a battle that has taken her right as far as the Supreme Court. John Scally meets a mother who has given hope [...]

1999.11.30.

Would you believe?

Amanda writes: How sure can we be that there will be second coming of Jesus Christ and a bodily resurrection of all the dead at his coming? I find that I cannot believe this at all because a return of Jesus with a Universal Resurrection gives rise to many questions. [...]

1999.11.30.

The making of a Pope – II. The priesthood

This is the second instalment of The making of a Pope, Fr. Alan McGuckian’s account of the life of Pope John Paul II before his election to the chair of Peter.

1999.11.30.

The Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II

A brief summary of the fourteen encyclicals of Pope John Paul II, by Dermot Roantree.

1999.11.30.

Part 2: Patrick’s first Irish ‘sojourn’

Patrick, child of a Christian family, was captured and brought as a slave to pagan Ireland.

1999.11.30.

The phenomenon of Teilhard

Martin Brennan SJ reviews the life of Jesuit scientist and thinker Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and emphasises Teilhard’s heroic concern to show that there is no necessary conflict between the findings of science and the religious conception of creation.

1999.11.30.

A husband’s suicide

When Sarah McCarthy’s husband committed suicide, it was the news that she both dreaded and expected. She tells John Scally about the pain of loss and how her faith has supported her through the dark days.

1999.11.30.

Praying for the dead

Edmond Grace SJ responds to a bereaved person on the issue of praying for the dead.

1999.11.30.

God-given institution

Neil writes: “It amazes me how so many people in the modern world seem to be so anti-family. When I was young it was simply taken for granted that there was no better place for children to grow up than in a happy family. What has happened? Bernard McGuckian SJ [...]

1999.11.30.

Walking the road of faith

Michael Byrne reflects on his journey from vagueness and doubt towards certainty and faith, and he considers what it means to be a committed Catholic in Ireland today. Kevin O’Higgins SJ responds to Michael’s article.

1999.11.30.

Y.I. Point

A Youth Information Centre run entirely by young people themselves is located in the village of Castleblakeny. Co Galway. Tess Martin looks at stories of young people and faith which often don’t make the headlines.

1999.11.30.

The Dormition of the Virgin

Sister Wendy Beckett looks at the late 16th century Russian icon – The Dormition of the Virgin.

1999.11.30.
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