Dear Sisters and Brothers   The last time I addressed you on safeguarding matters was mid-February, in the wake of news stories about abuse at the Marist College here in Largs. At the time, I said that I would address you again on the Meeting on abuse that was to...

The figure of St. Stephen the Martyr is very attractive. He was a deacon and charged, along with others, to feed the Greek widows in Jerusalem and probably to perform other practical tasks in that early Church community. He was also a very intelligent and wise man. He was able...

When someone you love leaves you, to live elsewhere perhaps or to go to God, there is no question that that is very painful. But once you get over the pain, or manage to handle it, the memory of that person and their love is still present to you. For,...

The Gospel today zooms in on Jesus at prayer. It is like a camera shot on the television screen which has Jesus stand alone in the spotlight. But, as his prayer tells us, he is not alone. As the spotlight widens, we see him with the ties he has to...

Just over sixty years ago, good Pope John XXIII announced that there would be a Second Vatican Council. It was to renew how the Church announced her teaching to the world. Although some misunderstood the nature of that renewal, there were many wonderful fruits of genuine renewal which came, and...