SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the treasures within the recently restored Honan Chapel in Cork
From the sublime to the spectacular
Second Reading
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
The mighty pen
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on Soviet poet and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya, who spent years at a labor camp near Moscow
An ecumenicist before his time
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the life of Cardinal James Gibbons, the influential US church leader with Tourmakeady roots
Trail traces the footsteps of Columbanus
SECOND READING Starting with a 530km Irish section, the Columnan Way eventually ends in northern Italy
The great modernisation
SECOND READING On its 60th anniversary, Kevin Hegarty considers how the arrival of RTÉ reshaped Irish society
An eloquent eyewitness
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on American woman Asenath Nicholson’s compassionate accounts of the Irish Famine era
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
An enduring love
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the celebrated relationship between James Joyce and Nora Barnacle
Tipperary’s medieval treasure
SECOND READING Fr Kevin Hegarty on the Faddan More Psalter’s painstaking journey from bog to museum