Telling Stories…A Glimpse Back…on Twenty-nine Years with the Irish Edition

(photos above: Mary Gordon, Jay McInerney, and Colm Toibin) By Sabina Clarke In 1991 when I was promoting Inherit the Wind starring Jason Miller and Malachy McCourt in a City Hall courtroom, I interviewed Jason for The Catholic Standard &… Continue Reading

Northern Ireland Activist Receives Passion for Peace Award

Patricia Campbell, a psychiatric nurse from County Tyrone and the president of the Independent Workers Union in Ireland received the Passion for Peace award at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill on Sunday, March 22nd. Campbell, who began her… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading