SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the life of American scholar Rosemary Radford Ruether, a pioneer of feminist theology
Changing the Church from within
Second Reading
The dangerous little friar
SECOND READING Kevin Hegarty on the life and precious principles of Titus Brandsma, recently canonised Pope Francis
The mighty pen
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on Soviet poet and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya, who spent years at a labor camp near Moscow
The beginning of the end
SECOND READING Kevin Hegarty on the resignation of Eamon Casey and the Catholic ministry of fear
Trail traces the footsteps of Columbanus
SECOND READING Starting with a 530km Irish section, the Columnan Way eventually ends in northern Italy
Brave soldier and counsellor
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty looks back on the life of Ballina man PJ Ruttledge, de Valera’s righthand man
An eloquent eyewitness
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on American woman Asenath Nicholson’s compassionate accounts of the Irish Famine era
From the sublime to the spectacular
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the treasures within the recently restored Honan Chapel in Cork
An enduring love
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the celebrated relationship between James Joyce and Nora Barnacle
Walk Declan’s Way in a Week
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the 115km St Declan’s Way, linking Cashel to Ardmore, and the history behind it
Time to review Tony Flannery’s case
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the Catholic Church’s decision to cast out liberal priest Fr Tony Flannery