Reflections for Christmas 2018

A few days ago I saw a woman walking down from Communion…

About the Author: Pat Hanratty

Pat Hanratty taught Science/Chemistry in Tallaght Community School from its inception in 1972 until he retired in 2010. He was the school’s first Transition Year Co-ordinator and for four years he had the role of home School Community Liaison Officer.

Postmodern Metaphysics: Violence Vs. Music

“Owned!” “Destroyed!” “Obliterated!” shouts the clickbait describing the seemingly endless YouTube videos…

About the Author: Fr Dan Steele

Fr Dan Steele is a diocesan priest of the diocese of Yakima, Washington, and is currently serving as parochial vicar at Christ the King Parish in Richland. He is the cofounder of beautificfilms.org and is working to complete a License in Sacred Theology. This article first appeared on www.wordonfire.org and is reprinted with the kind permission of the editors.

Interview with John Waters  

John Waters’s career in Irish journalism lasted for more than thirty highly…

About the Author: Michael Duggan

Michael Duggan is a freelance writer. John Waters is an Irish former journalist who has written for: Hot Press, The Sunday Tribune, In Dublin magazine, Magill and The Irish Times. He is author of Jiving at the Crossroads (1991), An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Modern Ireland (Duckworth, 1997) and Was it for this? Why Ireland lost the plot (Transworld Ireland, 2012).

Turmoil in the Church

An interview with Bishop Barron QUESTION: We wanted to do this dialogue to…

About the Author: Bishop Robert Barron

This article first appeared at: www.wordonfire.org. Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry. This article has been reprinted with the kind permission of the editors.

The Vocation to Beauty

“We pray continually that our God will make you worthy of his…

About the Author: Fr Kevin O’Reilly

Fr. Kevin E. O’Reilly, is a member of the Irish Province of the Order of Preachers. He is the author of Aesthetic Perception: A Thomistic Perspective and The Hermeneutics of Knowing and Willing in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. He currently teaches moral theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.This homily was given during Mass at San Clemente, Rome to the professors and students of Notre Dame’s Architectural School’s one-year programme in Rome.

Reflections on the visit of Pope Francis

In his very brief visit to Ireland last August, Pope Francis left…

About the Author: Pat Hanratty

Pat Hanratty taught Science/Chemistry in Tallaght Community School from its inception in 1972 until he retired in 2010. He was the school’s first Transition Year Co-ordinator and for four years he had the role of Home School Community Liaison Officer.