COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the Spanish Flu pandemic that raged throughout the world in 1918 and 1919
A pandemic of the past
Second Reading
An opportunity for silent reflection in a noisy world
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on how times like Lent offer us the chance to make space for quiet reflection
So much more than a roof
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on the plight of the homeless, and how having a home means security and stability
‘Forgiveness was a miracle medicine’
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on the extraordinary healing power of forgiveness, and how it must not be forgotten
The sacrifices of St Martin’s Eve
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on St Martin and the tradition of animal sacrifice and bloodletting that grew up around him
Pope faces overt and covert opposition to reforms
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on the opposition that Pope Francis has been facing when trying to introduce reform
A hospice heroine
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty to pay tribute to the founder of the modern hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders
The librarian who felt the clerics’ wrath
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the sad affair of the librarian who found little welcome in Mayo
Imperial’s legacy in peril
OPINION Kevin Hegarty on the founding of the Land League in Castlebar’s Imperial Hotel, and unsung hero James Daly
Newgrange encapsulates the spiritual solstice
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on how Newgrange is both humbling and spiritually uplifting
Highlighting a hidden pain
OPINION This year’s ‘A Day For Life’ will focus on the prevalence of domestic violence across Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland