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
Author: Bernice McEvoy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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