By Maurice Fitzpatrick John Hume began his public life by articulating in two (now famous) Irish Times articles, ‘The Northern Catholic’, principles by which the inchoate Northern crisis should be addressed. They appeared in May 1964, more than four years… Continue Reading
By Thom Nickels Sister Kathleen Coll, SSJ, has been in religious life for several decades. She has been an inner city teaching sister in Baltimore and Philadelphia and has worked as the Social Justice Coordinator for the Sisters of Saint… Continue Reading
By Kathy McGee Burns Almost a year ago I started a series on Heroes. It consisted of Heroes whom I personally admire. A hero is a person who is idealized for courage and noble qualities. A Hero can be portrayed… Continue Reading
By Katharine Gilbert As we see on a daily basis the statistics of the covid-19 pandemic, we know the virus has impacted all segments of our society. We hear constantly of this new normal but that definition is ever changing… Continue Reading
By Thom Nickels It’s not that long a ride from New Jersey’s PATCO line to Camden’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Camden, the forgotten city, the city of Walt Whitman, Campbell’s Soup and RCA Victor, a city that by all accounts… Continue Reading
By Maurice Fitzpatrick The global impact of the killing of George Floyd spread to Ireland with protesters asserting that black lives matter in front of the U.S. embassy in Dublin. Similarly, the position of minorities in Ireland has come into… Continue Reading
‘A Farmer’s Son Who Talked Like One’ By Msgr. Francis A. Carbine A quarter of a century ago, December 10, 1995, Seamus Heaney addressed the international audience attending the Nobel Prize Awards in Stockholm, Sweden. The Poet recalled that, as… Continue Reading
By Charlie Reilly Almost everyone knows Eugene O’Donnell as the Minor-, twice-Junior, thrice-Senior All Ireland Dancing Champion of Ulster, and in his final competition Senior Champion of All Ireland. As the Derry Journal reported, “He has held every available award… Continue Reading
By Bob Gessler President, Board of Directors, Irish Memorial The members of the Irish Memorial Board and I are saddened by Glenna’s passing. The Irish Memorial had an incredible team of artists; the evocative landscape by Pauline Hurley-Kurtz, the beautiful… Continue Reading
(Photo above: William Cullina — executive director of the Morris Arboretum) By Marita Krivda Poxon The Morris Arboretum, a Victorian 92-acre landscaped, public garden replete with rare plants and many of the region’s oldest trees, is the jewel in the… Continue Reading