A Life Audit Over Rosé
As I write this there is an ominously long list on my desk taunting me. It is the list of things to be completed...
How are Bishops Made?
In May, June, and possibly July, an Episcopal Electoral College (EEC) will convene to elect the next Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. It...
A Nation Counted: What the 1926 Census Reveals of Ireland’s Changing Soul
On the morning of 19th April, the 1926 Irish Census was made available online. I cannot be the only reader of the Gazette who...
A Cathedral Easter
As all clergy know, if you haven’t got Easter sorted before Ash Wednesday, you are very much on the back foot. Choosing music, deciding...
In vino veritas
When this issue of the Gazette hits the newsstands or the inboxes of readers, we will be in the depths of the rigours of...
In Defence of Baptism
Writing in The Irish Times on 11th January, former Uachtarán na hÉireann Professor Mary McAleese makes the bold claim that nothing has restricted her...
Word of the Father, Soon in Flesh Appearing
We have all seen the little warning label on the glass of a car wing mirror — ‘Warning! Objects in this mirror may be...
We Reap What We Sow: Violence in Politics
Perhaps I have been living under a rock, but until his murder, I had never heard of Charlie Kirk. Others of my acquaintance were...
Alaska Summit: Politics Meets Prayer?
No one could accuse former reality TV star-turned-President, Donald J Trump, of not appreciating the importance of appearances and grand gestures. His meetings with...
Called, not Coded: Ministry, Mystery, and Machine Learning
This June, it has been glorious to see pictures appear on my social media feed of new colleagues being ordained; it has been better...