Requiescat in Pace, Lennox Barnes (2005-2012)
by Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew Many of you may have read by now of the sad fate of Lennox, a Labrador-bull dog mix, who had the misfortune to look like a pit bull “type.” Pit bulls have been banned in the United Kingdom, and dogs that look like them are equally suspect. Ironically, they were formerly known as “nanny” dogs for their [...]
Royal Portrush Welcomes the Irish Open
By Liam Cassin For the first time in nearly 60 years, the Irish Open golf tournament will be held in Northern Ireland this year. The decision was made by the European Tour in January that the Open will take place at Royal Portrush on the rugged north coast of County Antrim from Thursday 28th June [...]
Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill in Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade
By Sabina Clarke On a picture-perfect day for a parade, Michelle O’Neill, Sinn Fein’s Minister for Agriculture in the North and a passionate advocate of social issues and rural regeneration, was the honored guest. O’Neill, who was elected to the Joint Assembly at Stormont and is Deputy Chair of the Health Committee and member of [...]
Midas Touch—Uncorking the Past
By Barbara Nolan The box full of 2,700-year old dust was quite full, brimming with a golden-looking powdery substance. Its appearance was quite fitting, since it came from drinking vessels inside the tomb of the legendary King Midas (or perhaps his father) who was buried several millennia ago at the site of Gordion in what [...]
Warrior for Peace: Roy Bourgeois…From Vietnam to Bolivia to El Salvador and Beyond
Editor’s Note: The following book review/ interview with Roy Bourgeois appeared in three parts in the Irish Edition (Dec., Jan., Feb 2010)—prior to the latest news that Roy Bourgeois is now being threatened with removal from the Maryknoll Order by his order if he refuses to recant his views on women’s ordination. Bourgeois has 15 [...]
As North Catholic Closes, So Does an Era
By Frank Dougherty Northeast Catholic High School for Boys in Frankford, which at one point in its 84-year history had the largest male student body of any Catholic high school in the world, held its final graduation ceremony early last month (Thursday, June 10) for the Class of 2010. “With the Class of 2010, there [...]
Jamie Wyeth’s Seven Deadly Sins—A Stunning Exhibition at Brandywine River Museum
By Sabina Clarke An absolutely spectacular exhibition, Seven Deadly Sins, by renowned artist Jamie Wyeth, son of recently deceased Chadds Ford artist Andrew Wyeth and grandson of the famous artist and illustrator N.C. Wyeth, is on display at Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA now through November 22nd. Greed, sloth, lust, gluttony, anger, pride [...]
