Our retreat director was Fr Seamus OConnell, a Scripture scholar in Maynooth and a Kerryman into the bargain. He is master of the Socratic method, challenging with searching questions rather than ...
The Rosary, a quintessentially Catholic prayer, appeals to many of the faithful. Its simple repetition of words instills in the individual a certain clarity of mind and soul that is not easily ...
Sri, who wrote The New Rosary in Scripture: Biblical Insights for Praying the 20 Mysteries (Servant, 2003), says that whenever he gives a talk about praying the scriptural Rosary, he’s surprised by ...
It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917, when much of the world was ...