The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton…An Investigation By Hugh Turley and David Martin McCabe Publishing Hyattsville, Maryland 2018 By Sabina Clarke The most intriguing and suspicious character in the mystery surrounding the death of Thomas Merton in 1968, at the International… Continue Reading
Compiled and Edited by Sabina Clarke I dabbled in poetry from the age of 15 when at 19 I came across a Federico Garcia Lorca poem ‘The Weeping’ translated by Kenneth Rexroth. It was unlike anything I had ever read.… Continue Reading
(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
GirlBy Edna O’BrienFarrar, Strauss and GirouxNew York2019$26.00 Reviewed by Sabina Clarke In a dazzling display of ferocity, genius and a triumph of imagination Edna O’Brien tackles a difficult tale telling the story of the 276 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Forward: On November 26th Irish writer Edna O’Brien was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Prize in London for having “moved mountains both politically and lyrically through her writing.” The $40,000 prize is often regarded as a precursor to… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Father Peter Donohue Villanova University 32nd president is always on the run…but we captured him for a quick conversation and photo shoot minutes before he was off on a train to New York. But in our brief… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke The theme of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is St. Patrick Bless Those Who Respond to the Call of the Needy and Sister Mary Scullion, R.S.M. the daughter of Irish immigrants lives this call every minute… Continue Reading
By Jim Forest Orbis Books Maryknoll, New York 2017 $28.00 Reviewed by Sabina Clarke In his compelling portrait of Daniel Berrigan, Jim Forest has given us a wonderful gift. He captures the amazing grace of Berrigan’s remarkable life as priest,… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Philadelphia’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the second oldest in the country has been held continuously since 1771. This year with a nod to the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin the theme is “God Bless… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke Recently, I caught up with Judge Kevin Dougherty, a candidate for one of the three vacant seats opening up on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court — the highest court in the Commonwealth and the oldest court in the… Continue Reading