A RECENT visit to the home of a bereaved family left a lasting impression on me. Despite the pain and great burden of bereavement, there was also an opportunity to hope.
IT IS now five months since the resignation of Bishop Jim Moriarty has been accepted by Pope Benedict; a resignation that has gained considerable respect and praise.
IS week, a truly great man passed from this life, beginning a new journey to heaven.
Very soon the dreaded leaving cert results will be distributed to thousands of students. It is a time of worry and opportunity.
AT least four players from Spain’s victorious World Cup squad, including the only scorer, Andreas Iniesta, have said they will make a thanksgiving pilgrimage to the Spanish National Shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
THESE days, I am deeply grateful to the locals for sharing with me the fruits of their gardens.
ALL our communities have experienced – and indeed been enhanced – by new people from different countries and continents coming to live here seeking new opportunity.
THE Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday on 30 January 1972, when British paratroopers killed 14 civil rights marchers in Derry, finally issued its report on 15 June. It is a report about the past, but it may help people towards the future.
I RECENTLY watched one of my favourite childhood movies, The Wizard of Oz which, as a child, I found colourful, enthralling and magical.
MID-SUMMER brings with it the brightest and perhaps the most hopeful time of the year.