SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the life of Cardinal James Gibbons, the influential US church leader with Tourmakeady roots
An ecumenicist before his time
Second Reading
The great modernisation
SECOND READING On its 60th anniversary, Kevin Hegarty considers how the arrival of RTÉ reshaped Irish society
Great losses to the Irish arts
SECOND READING Kevin Hegarty pays tribute to Paddy Moloney, Máire Mhac an tSaoi and Brendan Kennelly
Musing on the meaning of it all
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty reflects on how Christmas can remind us all – believers and nonbelievers – about peace, love and joy
Servant, poet, martyr
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on John Bradburne’s extraordinary search for purpose and his work with people with leprosy
Tipperary’s medieval treasure
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the Faddan More Psalter’s painstaking journey from bog to museum
The Polish man who came to Ireland’s aid
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the enormous humanitarian contribution of Paul Strzelecki during the Great Famine
Discovering the poetry of Jane Clarke
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the poetry of Jane Clarke, an Irish poet born in Co Roscommon
An angel of peace
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty pays tribute to the late Sr Ethel Normoyle, whose founded the Mission Vale Centre in South Africa
November, a month to remember
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty reflects on the significance of November in the Celtic and Christian traditions
Depicting everyday Mayo life
COMMENT To mark the 150th anniversary of Jack B Yeats’s birth, Fr Kevin Hegarty discusses his links with Mayo