A new vision for the Catholic Church

A new vision for the Catholic Church

A new vision for the Catholic Church A View from Ireland to order book – www.columba.ie Jesuit theologian Gerry O’Hanlon reflects on the current crisis in the Catholic Church in Ireland (post Ferns, Ryan and Murphy Reports) and worldwide. He discusses how the vision...
Reaping the Harvest – 50 years after Vatican II

Reaping the Harvest – 50 years after Vatican II

50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II to order book – www.columba.ie When Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council on 11 October 1962, few people could have foreseen the impact that it would have on the life of the Church. Many believed that...
Sacred Space – the website and book

Sacred Space – the website and book

Sacred Space: The Prayer Book www.sacredspace.ie Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2013 is the ninth edition of the book based on the hugely inspirational website www.sacredspace.ie initiated by the Irish Jesuits in 1999. The book, as the website, guides the reader simply...
IEC2012 – Peter McVerry SJ

IEC2012 – Peter McVerry SJ

Peter McVerry SJ While working as a priest in inner city Dublin, Father Peter McVerry SJ encountered some homeless children and opened a hostel for them in 1979. He subsequently opened ten more hostels, three drug treatment centres and forty seven apartments. The...
A Place at the Table – Fr Peter McVerry

A Place at the Table – Fr Peter McVerry

Kildare & Leighlin Diocesan Eucharistic Congress A Place at the Table 9 & 10 March 2012 source – www.kandle.ie Our Diocesan Congress started on Friday evening (9th March) and concluded on Saturday evening (10th March) with the celebration of the Eucharist in...