Second Reading

‘The present model of Irish Catholicism, which reached its zenith in the 1950s, is collapsing’, writes Kevin Hegarty

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the life and times of brazilian archbishop and champion of the poor, Hélder Câmara

OPINION Nelson Mandela’s authentic voice emerges in his prison letters, published to mark the centenary of his birth

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the beautiful story of Henri Matisse, Sister Jacques-Marie and Vence Chapel

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on how the west of Ireland landscape has long been a source of inspiration for artists and writers

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the extreme challenges that many have faced to practice their Catholic faith over the centuries

OPINION Following the formal recognition of Magdalene Laundries inmates, Fr Hegarty revisits the injustices they endured

Fr Kevin on the Achill pages of ‘Three Months in Ireland’, by late 19th-century travel writer Marie-Anne de Bovet

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on this history of Lough Derg and its gruelling three-day  pilgrimage

The text of the reflection delivered by Fr Kevin Hegarty at the Memorial Service in St Brendan’s Church, Tirrane, on March 14