by soconaill | May 19, 2020 | Abuse, Articles, Featured, Safeguarding
1. Physical and emotional abuse and neglect were features of the institutions. Sexual abuse occurred in many of them, particularly boys’ institutions. Schools were run in a severe, regimented manner that imposed unreasonable and oppressive discipline on...
by soconaill | May 9, 2020 | Articles, Featured
“You have left your home and family and crossed the seven seas, you came from the other side of the world, from a rich country. You have taken the pains to learn our language. You come here to visit us again and again. You worked with us in the fields and shared...
by soconaill | May 8, 2020 | Articles, Featured
The BBC TV series Normal People, based on an Irish novel, argues for a ‘new normal’ in romantic relationships very different from the above – reflective of an idealised Catholic past. Does the ongoing coronavirus crisis herald a ‘new...
by soconaill | Apr 15, 2020 | Articles, Covid-19, Environment, Featured
By Easter 2020, In just four months, a very contagious and totally new virus had spread from Wuhan, China, in December 2019 – right around the world. It had infected more than 1,500,000 and killed 100,000, most of whom died alone without the comfort of...
by soconaill | Apr 11, 2020 | Articles, Featured
Prayers It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved....
by soconaill | Apr 11, 2020 | Articles, Featured
Prayers Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged; and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head and dressed him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to him and saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ and...
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