Thomas John Barnardo (4 July 1845 – 19 September 1905) was an Irish-born, Christian philanthorpist and founder and director of homes for poor and deprived children. From the foundation of the first Bernardo’s […]

We often use the word fool or foolish in our daily lives. And usually we apply it to someone else. Sometimes we have to say it to ourselves, and admit […]

Fr. Willie Doyle,   (3 March 1873 – 16 August 1917) was an  Catholic priest who was while serving as a  militiary chaplain to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the First World War. […]

‘Give to Cesar what belongs to Cesar and to God what belongs to God’. This is one of the great one liners of Jesus in the gospel today. Ella Wilcox […]

Victor Hugo, a French poet, playwright and novelist,  writes a beautiful story of a man after being released from the galleys, after nineteen years he cannot imagine how to lead […]

It’s usually nice to receive a wedding invitation, especially from someone we really like.  It means a lot to us and it also shows that the person thinks highly of […]

I remember reading a beautiful poem by the American poet, Robert Frost: “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening”. He was known for his realistic depictions of rural life. The […]

In the bible, in the book of Isaiah, we find a unique figure,  we don’t know his name he is simple called the servant.  He has the mission of briging […]

Many years ago in a little village in Palestine, there lived a boy called Jesus, and he was the son of a carpenter and so he was known as the […]

This story in the gospel today is an eloquent example of the unshakeable determination of a mother. There seems to be no limit to what a mother will go through […]