“A saint is someone who makes goodness attractive.” [Laurence Housman] I know that, if asked, you would be able to give me a number of definitions of the word ‘saint’, however, the above definition is one that I particularly like. Down through the ages, however, there have been many saints who did not make ‘goodness attractive’, in fact made it ...

Speaking on the Feast of St. Brigid in St. Patrick’s Cathedral Armagh Archbishop Eamon Martin prayed with the assembled consecrated women and men that the Holy Spirit would “fall afresh on us”, blowing where God wills through our parishes,convents,, monasteries and religious houses. He continued by saying that “Religious Congregations – some old, some new – will continue to quietly ...

It was an October morning and the presence of Autumn was becoming more evident; cooler mornings with the sun taking longer to bring warmth.  I stepped out the front door inhaling deep breaths of the freshness of a new day when I saw a masterpiece displayed over the hedge! Its beauty drew my attention and I moved towards it to ...