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Appearing six times a year, each 72-page issue will offer opportunities for dialogue between the experience and inheritance of Christian faith and the concerns of today’s world, political, economic, artistic and religious. It will help the reader to become familiar with theological and spiritual insights, offering encouragement to live the Christian faith with greater vigour and joy amidst the practical realities of daily life.
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Conversations
September-October 2026
Not Understanding but Fire
Gillian Hick tells of an afternoon in the company of Sister Helen Prejean, whose ministry on death-row featured in the film Dead Man Walking. When she recounted to Pope John Paul II her experience of witnessing executions, his response to her insights laid the groundwork for Pope Francis to finally condemn the death penalty, effectively changing Church teaching.
The Temptation of Expediency at the End of Life
Charles Bouchard, O.P., examines the dangers of movements towards legalizing assisted suicide. He goes on to reflect on the delicate moral choices involved in helping another to reach a happy death.
What Remains
Mary Lee contributes a poem.
To Call It as It Is
Ann Marie Lee sets out ways in which the Catholic Church in twentieth century Ireland was an essential provider of health, educational and social services, while also exercising an unhelpful level of control. She tells of how presenting a realistic picture of how Mary, mother of Jesus, actually lived, constantly worried about Jesus and stories of his activities, gave hope to a group on a spiritual day.
Being Catholic
Ben Harrison who grew up in a very Protestant part of the United States, and who now works with people of many faiths and none, sets out some of the reasons why he became and remains a Catholic Christian.
The 800-year Inheritance from Francis of Assisi
Kieran Cronin. O.F.M., in line with the eighth centenary of the death of St Francis (October 1226), looks to the growing impact of his teaching concerning creation, especially expressed in his great canticle, Laudato si’.
Preparing for Prayer
Noreen Mackey looks at a few things that will make it easier for our bodies to cooperate with our souls during the time of prayer.
Coxy’s Rosary
Dom Colbert tells of working for months in a mission hospital in Nigeria. There he met Fr Terry Coughlan – Coxy to his friends – from whom he learned a way of reciting the Rosary, in a group, in which the second part of the ‘Hail, Mary’ can be a spontaneous petition for specific help.
In Praise of Magnifica Humanitas
David Begg looks at the social and political environment in which Pope Leo issued his first encyclical and finds in Magnifica Humanitas an eloquent call for a civilization of love which could match current challenges.
An Anchor in the Storm
Wesley Granberg-Michaelson responded at first to the election of Donald Trump with disbelief and political angst. Reflecting on the place of Christian memory, of community and of solidarity, he addresses the need to find places and persons who will become our anchorhold.
The Cross: Where God Entered Our Darkness
Robert Regula, O.P., marks the Exaltation of the Holy Cross by leading a mediation where he looks into the darkness Christ entered: the darkness of human weakness and guilt, of rejection and abandonment, of sin and even hell. For Jesus did not save us by observing our condition from a safe distance. He took upon himself what belonged to us and carried it all the way to Calvary.
Who Invented God?
Archbishop Rowan Williams replies to a letter from a six-year-old.
Being Pope in a Time of Challenge
Vivian Boland, O.P., reviews Leo XIV: An Apostle of Peace
All You Need Is Love?
John Scally reviews This Is also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World
Unhiding the Truth
Ian Linden reviews Neither Confirm nor Deny: British Intelligence, Lawless Agent Running and the Suppression of Truth
A Last Word: St Francis of Assisi
Michael Dunleavy, O.P., meditates on a painting of the saint, by Fra Angelico.
Conversations
September-October 2026
Not Understanding but Fire
Gillian Hick tells of an afternoon in the company of Sister Helen Prejean, whose ministry on death-row featured in the film Dead Man Walking. When she recounted to Pope John Paul II her experience of witnessing executions, his response to her insights laid the groundwork for Pope Francis to finally condemn the death penalty, effectively changing Church teaching.
The Temptation of Expediency at the End of Life
Charles Bouchard, O.P., examines the dangers of movements towards legalizing assisted suicide. He goes on to reflect on the delicate moral choices involved in helping another to reach a happy death.
What Remains
Mary Lee contributes a poem.
To Call It as It Is
Ann Marie Lee sets out ways in which the Catholic Church in twentieth century Ireland was an essential provider of health, educational and social services, while also exercising an unhelpful level of control. She tells of how presenting a realistic picture of how Mary, mother of Jesus, actually lived, constantly worried about Jesus and stories of his activities, gave hope to a group on a spiritual day.
Being Catholic
Ben Harrison who grew up in a very Protestant part of the United States, and who now works with people of many faiths and none, sets out some of the reasons why he became and remains a Catholic Christian.
The 800-year Inheritance from Francis of Assisi
Kieran Cronin. O.F.M., in line with the eighth centenary of the death of St Francis (October 1226), looks to the growing impact of his teaching concerning creation, especially expressed in his great canticle, Laudato si’.
Preparing for Prayer
Noreen Mackey looks at a few things that will make it easier for our bodies to cooperate with our souls during the time of prayer.
Coxy’s Rosary
Dom Colbert tells of working for months in a mission hospital in Nigeria. There he met Fr Terry Coughlan – Coxy to his friends – from whom he learned a way of reciting the Rosary, in a group, in which the second part of the ‘Hail, Mary’ can be a spontaneous petition for specific help.
In Praise of Magnifica Humanitas
David Begg looks at the social and political environment in which Pope Leo issued his first encyclical and finds in Magnifica Humanitas an eloquent call for a civilization of love which could match current challenges.
An Anchor in the Storm
Wesley Granberg-Michaelson responded at first to the election of Donald Trump with disbelief and political angst. Reflecting on the place of Christian memory, of community and of solidarity, he addresses the need to find places and persons who will become our anchorhold.
The Cross: Where God Entered Our Darkness
Robert Regula, O.P., marks the Exaltation of the Holy Cross by leading a mediation where he looks into the darkness Christ entered: the darkness of human weakness and guilt, of rejection and abandonment, of sin and even hell. For Jesus did not save us by observing our condition from a safe distance. He took upon himself what belonged to us and carried it all the way to Calvary.
Who Invented God?
Archbishop Rowan Williams replies to a letter from a six-year-old.
Being Pope in a Time of Challenge
Vivian Boland, O.P., reviews Leo XIV: An Apostle of Peace
All You Need Is Love?
John Scally reviews This Is also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World
Unhiding the Truth
Ian Linden reviews Neither Confirm nor Deny: British Intelligence, Lawless Agent Running and the Suppression of Truth
A Last Word: St Francis of Assisi
Michael Dunleavy, O.P., meditates on a painting of the saint, by Fra Angelico.
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