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Author: Bernice McEvoy

Posted on July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

A Glance Behind Peter’s Pence

A Glance Behind Peter’s Pence Last Sunday at Mass the second collection which is usually for Share was replaced by one for ‘Peter’s Pence’.  This is an annual suggested offering which is taken up throughout the Catholic world either on 29 June, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, or on the Sunday closest to… Read More

Posted on May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

Dominican Vocations – Br Desmond Conway’s Story

I was born in Panama, famous for its Canal, to an Irish father and a Panamanian mother. They had met in the British Virgin Islands, which is where I subsequently spent my childhood. Though I grew-up in paradise amidst a loving family, I carried a great sadness with me. I had walked away from the... Read More
Posted on May 10, 2022May 11, 2022 by Bernice McEvoy — 1 Comment

A Letter from Ukraine – Fr Jaroslaw OP in Kiev

Dear sisters, dear brothers, “Father, the air raid alarm has been going for over two hours. Are you in the shelter?” As I was beginning to write, I received this message from Vera, from the House of Saint Martin in Fastiv. Tonight, just like yesterday, the air raid was announced covering almost the whole country;… Read More

Posted on January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

The Princess Nun – St Margaret of Hungary, O.P.

  Today the Dominican Order Celebrates the Feast Day of the Princess Nun, St. Margaret of Hungary, O.P.   St. Margaret, was the first daughter of King Bela IV, champion of Christendom, and Queen Mary Lascaris of Hungary, and was offered to God before her birth, in petition that the country would be delivered from… Read More

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

A Message From Our Prior Provincial – Fr John Harris OP

We know from the life of St. Martin that he was a great supporter of the younger brothers in formation. Those preparing for the priesthood always found him encouraging and a source of comfort when they found life difficult. We also know that he was well able to converse with them on theological matters. One… Read More

Posted on October 29, 2021February 8, 2022 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

The Making of a Saint – Pope John Paul I

  Recent news from the Vatican will be welcomed by many, especially those of us who remember him, the man known as the Smiling Pope. Pope Francis has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree on a miraculous healing attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I.  This recognition… Read More

Posted on October 15, 2021October 16, 2021 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

The Devastation of Bullying and Praying for Change

The Devastation of Bullying. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.  – Ephesians 4:29 Bullying, it’s a word that parents dread and something that a great many people have had to… Read More

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Bernice McEvoy — 1 Comment

Greetings From Fr John Walsh OP – New Director of St Martin’s

  Greetings to all the friends of St. Martin and his Apostolate.   My name is Fr John Walsh and I am a friar of the Irish Dominican Province.  I was born in Enniscorthy Co Wexford  in 1980 and joined the Dominicans in 1999. My late grandmother was a great friend of St Martin and my sister and parents collect and count… Read More

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 by Bernice McEvoy — 2 Comments

BOOK REVIEW: The Certainty of Being Loved

At a time when the vulnerability of Christians in Afghanistan is to the forefront of our minds, the book, The Certainty of being Loved, by Martin McGee OSB, has a particular pertinence.  It is an account of the spiritual journey of Pierre Claverie OP, born in Bab el Oued, Algiers on 8 May 1938; assassinated… Read More

Posted on August 6, 2021August 5, 2021 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

St Dominic’s Journey – Founder of the Dominican Order

  In August the Dominican family worldwide remember their founder, St Dominic Guzman, whose solemnity is celebrated on the eighth of this month. The son and youngest child of Felix de Guzman, a noble, and Blessed Joan of Aza, he was born in Calaruega, Spain, in 1170. He was educated by his uncle, the archpriest… Read More

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

Dublin Welcomes a New Archbishop

This week not only saw the start of a new month but also the installation of a new Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Dermot Farrell.  A former president of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, he had been parish priest at Dunboyne, Co Meath until his appointment as Bishop of Ossory in January 2018. The eldest of seven… Read More

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Bernice McEvoy — 1 Comment

That Sketch – For the Love of God!

There was a time when I did have a television but about five years ago I decided to get rid of same so now I depend mostly on the radio for my news.  This, of course means that I did not have the option of watching RTE One’s New Year’s Eve Countdown Show.  In view… Read More

Posted on November 5, 2020November 18, 2020 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

Irish, Catholicism and the US Presidency

Author-  Marie-Therese Cryan. As I write this the American Presidential Election is over but there is still no confirmed winner.  It is the main story of the day making a welcome change from Covid-19, even though it seems there may well be some rocky, even worrying days ahead.  Already there have been protests, demonstrations and… Read More

Posted on October 29, 2020October 30, 2020 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

November – Remembering the Holy Souls

November – Remembering Our Dead, Month of the Holy Souls This year, we would all I think agree, has been one like no other thanks to Covid-19.  Only those among us old enough to have had experience of World War II will remember such a time of ongoing catastrophe.  Death of course on a grand… Read More

Posted on September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

Mary’s Dowry and Our Lady of Walsingham

England is a country that is firmly associated with the Protestant religion because it was its King, Henry VIII who broke from Rome when the pope would not allow him to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon.  It was Henry’s daughter Elizabeth I whose compromise between Protestantism and Catholicism resulted in Anglicanism, a hybrid of… Read More

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Bernice McEvoy — Leave a comment

Open Letter During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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