The Baptism of Jesus

by | Feb 26, 2022 | Uncategorized

By Fr Seán Maguire The Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus in January. The feast brings the Christmas season to a close and marks the beginning of ‘Ordinary Time’. The Sacrament of Baptism has been explored in detail in recent editions of Totus Tuus,...

The Brown Scapular

by | Jan 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

“Those who die wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.” Do you wear a brown scapular?  If not, then you must get one! In 1251 Simon Stock was the superior general of the Carmelites. This religious order had been undergoing persecution,...

Interview with Sr Lucia in 1957

by | Dec 30, 2021 | Uncategorized

Below is Fr Fuente’s brief 1957 interview with Sister Lucia of Fatima. On December 26, 1957 Father Augustin Fuentes, who was preparing to become the postulator of the causes for beatification of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, met with Sister Lucy at her convent in...

The Rich young Man

by | Dec 28, 2021 | Uncategorized

By Fr Brian McCarthy In this article we look at one passage of St Mark’s Gospel, his encounter with the rich young man (Mark 10:17-27), as an example of how to read the New Testament. I can’t include the passage itself here because of shortage of space, so I suggest...

Quo Vadis Irelanda?

by | Dec 12, 2021 | Uncategorized

By Frances Hogan Ireland, where are you going? Do you know what path you are on? Do you realise the direction you are taking? The world is watching in disbelief as a Catholic country dismisses its inheritance and its culture….but for what? No country can survive...