COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on this history of Lough Derg and its gruelling three-day pilgrimage
Lough Derg – a drama in three acts
Second Reading
Camara’s camaraderie with the poor
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the life and times of brazilian archbishop and champion of the poor, Hélder Câmara
Misogyny in the Vatican
Fr Kevin Hegarty on the Vatican’s decision to stop Mary McAleese speaking at an International Women’s Day conference
Matisse, his muse and the chapel
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the beautiful story of Henri Matisse, Sister Jacques-Marie and Vence Chapel
The importance of giving
As the Lenten Trócaire boxes appear on Irish tables once more, Fr Kevin Hegarty reminds us of our own Famine
Mass rocks and mortal dangers
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the extreme challenges that many have faced to practice their Catholic faith over the centuries
The work of art on the hill in Newport
Fr Kevin Hegarty looks back on a century of worship, community and culture at Newport’s St Patrick’s Church
When the French woman landed on Achill Island
Fr Kevin on the Achill pages of ‘Three Months in Ireland’, by late 19th-century travel writer Marie-Anne de Bovet
Triumphing over evil
Hubert Butler was an Irishman who helped to save many Jews from the hands of Adolf Hitler’s Nazis
Reflecting on the heroes of R116
The text of the reflection delivered by Fr Kevin Hegarty at the Memorial Service in St Brendan’s Church, Tirrane, on March 14
Will Attymass have its own St Patrick?
Who was Fr Patrick Peyton and why was he once one of the most famous priests in the world?