Making Ireland Inclusive
We need to move out of the prison of narrow tribal loyalties and recognize our common humanity.
How Green is Ireland?
Ireland produces eighty million tons of waste a year, but we have one of the lowest levels of re-cycling in Europe.
Argument or Dialogue?
Dialogue is about listening, about trying to find what is true.
The Irish Capuchins in Zambia
Chapter 24 of The Irish Capuchins: Record of a Centenary 1885-1985, Shaw, Nessan (Ed.), Capuchin Publications, Dublin, pp.200-206
Granny the Nanny
It doesn’t surprise me that grannies are beginning to reject the role that is imposed on them.
The Power of the Powerless
In Ireland, we seem remarkably passive in the face of our problems in the North.
Secularism
A secular society used to be understood as one which did not favour any one religion; now it has come to mean a society which excludes all religion from public life.
Forever Fathers
Forever Fathers is a support group for divorced, separated, and unmarried (non-resident) fathers.
Is Ireland Heading for Islam?
At the moment, the church in Ireland is drifting rudderless through a storm which has yet to run its course. The present model of the church is collapsing, and must collapse, before there can be a basis for a revival of Catholic faith. The longer the church clings on grimly, deluding itself on many fronts, the larger the opportunity it creates for Islam to offer Irish people an alternative to the present drift.
Where Three Streams Meet: Celtic Spirituality – A Review
A review of “Where Three Streams Meet: Celtic Spirituality”, by Seán Ó Dúinn OSB, The Columba Press, Dublin, 2000.