The Mysticism of Thomas Merton

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by…

Catholic Social Teaching Isn’t Catholic

Catholic social teaching isn’t Catholic . . . at least with a capital C. It’s catholic…

Canon Sheehan of Doneraile

A Forgotten Irish Writer

Fire and Brimstone

What Catholic Social Action calls us to do

The Marketplace of Faith

In The Screwtape Letters, the Anglican apologist C.S. Lewis has the eponymous “professional devil” Screwtape…

Saint Oliver Plunkett

Anyone familiar with the history of the indepen­dence movement in Ireland will recognize the name of Plunkett. Count…

Faith v. Reason or Faith and Reason?

It is one of the paradoxes of modern life that many people take things on faith that they…

Saints of Ireland Before Patrick

Everybody knows that Saint Patrick was Irish, brought Christianity to Ireland, and drove the snakes…

Saint Lawrence O’Toole

In view of the Irish proclivity for internecine strife and division, it is hardly surprising to find that Saint Lorcán…