New Resources For Children   Our Lord’s Prayer A Prayer Guide for Children Elizabeth Mills Veritas Publications, 2021 ISBN 9781800970090 pp. 32 • €4.99/stg£4.50 The disciples who lived daily with Jesus and whom we might therefore imagine needed little advice on prayer, nonetheless, found themselves asking Jesus to teach them how to pray. They had

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí   Domhnaigh 23 ‘le Linn nan Bliana’ 4 Meán Fómhair 2022   Réamhrá Déanann Íosa comparáid idir a dheisceabail agus tógáil túir. Deir sé go mbeidh ar an tógálaí an costas a ríomh. Mar sin, le bheith mar dheisceabal agus chun ár gcreideamh in Íosa a thógáil ní mór dúinn freisin an

The Beauty of the Extended Family The World Meeting of Families which took place in Rome in June and reported for this month’s Intercom by Brenda Drumm reminds us that the universal Church with its connections in every land and island on earth is also a universal and extended family for all of us. When

BOOK REVIEW Reviewer: Mary Adamson Bryanstown, Drogheda   IMAGE & VISION Reflecting with the Book of Kells Rosemary Power Veritas Publications, 2022 978 1 80097 008 3 • pp 172 €24.99/£22.50 Despite all our hopes and aspirations for a happy post-pandemic 2022, we are acutely conscious that all is not well with our world. Our

New Resources   DARKNESS INTO LIGHT A Nation’s Response Joan Freeman Foreword by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Afterword by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar Beehive Books, 2022 www.beehivebooks.ie ISBN 9781800970304 pp. 166 • €16.99/stg£15.30 In an age, when each week may bring the tragic news of yet another death by suicide, it is encouraging to read Darkness

The Pope’s Monthly Intention July: For the elderly: We pray for the elderly, who represent the roots and memory of a people; may their experience and wisdom help young people to look towards the future with hope and responsibility. August: For small businesses: We pray for small and medium-sized businesses; in the midst of economic

Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of  The Gospel John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 July 2022 Jesus sent out his disciples on a mission to let people know ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ Recall when you have reached out to another in word or

New Resources For Children     Our Lord’s Prayer A Prayer Guide for Children Elizabeth Mills Veritas Publications, 2021 ISBN 9781800970090 pp. 32 • €4.99/stg£4.50 The disciples who lived daily with Jesus and whom we might therefore imagine needed little advice on prayer, nonetheless, found themselves asking Jesus to teach them how to pray. They

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Iúil: Seán Ó Coigligh Dún Dealgan, Co Lú Lunasa: Pól Ó hEoghusa Droichead Átha 15 Lunasa: Pól Ó Conchúir   An Ceathrú Domhnach Déag Saor 3 Iúil 2022   Réamhrá Tá clú agus cáil ar mhuintir na hÉireann mar phobal atá fial, flaithiúil agus fáilteach. Táimid bródúil as an ‘céad míle fáilte’

Teaching Challenges           During my eleven years as a teacher in St Patrick’s Grammar School, Armagh, it was sometimes said that the two best reasons for becoming a teacher were – July and August! While additional work might eat into both ends of the two-month break there was still sufficient time to