COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on how times like Lent offer us the chance to make space for quiet reflection
Second Reading
‘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
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
Hope and no fear
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty pays tribute to the late Fr Tony Coote as an inspirational, funny, compelling and compassionate man