Scottie Scheffler’s Open win made headlines—but his candid reflections on success, meaning, and faith made an even bigger impact.
Author: Sara
The Real Conclave: Papal Election 2025
The Conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor began in Rome on 7 May. This post explores the sacred traditions behind choosing a new pope.
The Nightmare Next Door: Rudolf Hoss
Image: spiegel Last Monday, 27 January marked 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland by Soviet Red Army soldiers during the Vistula Order Offensive. The annual event remembers the six million Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust, as well as the millions killed under Nazi persecution and those who died… Read More
Getting ready For Christmas: Advent
Image: istockphoto.com (Advent) Recently I received an email from my the waste company I subscribe to offering me the perfect solution for my planning and pre-Christmas clear-out…should I have any. This points to the concern so many of us have about getting ready for Christmas and the real panic experienced by some. I was talking… Read More
Celebrating Saint Bernadette and Lourdes
In the year 2001 I remember going to see the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux which were on an eleven-week tour of Ireland. Now in 2024, we have the privilege of the presence of another saint amongst us, Bernadette of Lourdes. Bernadette Soubirous, the young peasant girl and shepherdess who witnessed apparitions of Our… Read More
We Are Family: St. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus of Bethany
Image: www.dominusest.ph In the New Testament, we find quite a few Marys but only one Martha! She was the sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany and up until February 2021, she had a feast day to herself on 29 July. In 2021 Pope Francis approved a decree changing the liturgical feast of St Martha… Read More
Rock Star Danny: A Champion for The Faith
Image: www.irishmirror.ie Last weekend I had the radio on in the background, tuned in to The Brendan O’Connor Show. He was interviewing the lead singer of The Script, Danny O’Donoghue. The Script are an Irish rock band formed in 2001 in Dublin by O’Donoghue, the late Mark Sheehan, and Glen Power. They have won 3… Read More
In Sickness & in Health: Marriage
Image: www.rsvplive.ie It was front-page news two weeks ago, the announcement of the breakdown of Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes’ marriage. The pair had been together for more than two decades and married for 14 years. The former presenters of ITV’s This Morning are very popular in the UK and were seen as a golden… Read More
The Internet Saint – Carlo Acutis
Image: Wikipedia In the city of London on 3 May 1991, a baby boy was born to an Italian mother and a father who was partly English. His parents Antonia and Andrea were nominal Catholics who rarely attended Mass. Antonia came from a non-practising family and his father’s faith was lukewarm. They might well have… Read More
When Dog Really is Man’s Best friend
Image: www.corkbeo.ie Sometimes when I am on my way to work in the morning there is a young woman on the bus with her guide dog. He or she is a lovely golden colour and has the most beautiful soulful eyes. People, especially children are naturally tempted to engage with guide dogs, but this is… Read More
Celebrating the Holy Spirit- Pentecost
Image: medium.com This year the Feast of Pentecost will be celebrated on May 19. This is a very significant day because it is the birthday of the Church, the moment when the Holy Spirit utterly transformed the apostles from being fearful and without direction into a community empowered to carry on the mission of Jesus…. Read More
Love in the Darkness
Image: NYTimes The killing of seven members of World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza adds another dimension of deep sadness to the already tragic litany of events that has been emerging from the Middle East since the outbreak of hostilities in early October last year when Hamas-led militant… Read More
An Endless Conflict in the Middle East
Image: www.skynews.com As Christmas approaches and we prepare to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, the situation in the Middle East is a reminder of how much the world needs the Message the Son of God brought. Since the terrible events visited on Israel by Hamas on 7 October, we have been… Read More
The Miracle Club
Film reviews can make funny reading! By this, I mean the way in which they often offer totally contrasting viewpoints about the same thing. I am thinking about the performance of actor Laura Linney in the film The Miracle Club’, now showing in cinemas, which drew great acclaim from one reviewer and the damnation of… Read More
Man’s Best Friend?- The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Image: www.octalsoftware.com.sg There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about the increase in the use of Artificial Intelligence. Uncertainty about its capacity is part of the concerns being expressed by the actors and writers who are on strike in Hollywood. One of the more interesting ways in how it has been… Read More
France: Religion in a Secular State
Image: www.jusoorpost.com Earlier this week France’s Education Minister Gabriel Affal announced a ban on abayas – the long, flowing dresses worn by some Muslim women – in public schools. Secularism is a key concept in France’s Constitution, and religious markers considered conspicuous or “ostentatious”, including Islamic headscarves, large Christian crosses, and Jewish yarmulkes (skullcaps) have… Read More