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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
July-August 2026
Remembering Liam G. Walsh, O.P.
Bernard Treacy pays tribute to the theologian and ecumenist who died in May, aged 93.
The Shape of Hope
Johanna Merry meditates on the value and meaning of cultivating and nurturing hope.
Bread for a Thousand: The Life and Legacy of Edith Prendergast
Michael Downey tells of how an Irish woman became a notably influential catechist, guide and spiritual leader in California.
Spiritual Development
Ann Marie Lee traces the journey from infancy to the stage of being able to find happiness outside ourselves – a challenging task requiring patience and creativity.
The Light in the Dark
Jan Kilby finds that a chance encounter in a supermarket car park became a moment to be touched by Christ’s light.
The Message of the Book of Ruth for the Church today
Brendan Ó Cathaoir sees the Book of Ruth as a morality story challenging the seemingly perennial cruelty of human nature while underlining the heroic yet unacknowledged role of women.
Synodality by the Seashore
Kevin O’Gorman meditates on the painting ‘The Miraculous Draught of Fishes’ by the artist Jean Jouvenet (1644-1717) in the Louvre Museum.
At the Lord’s Table
Thomas O’Loughlin re-visits debates about preferences in the layout of the sanctuary. He points out that having the celebrant face the congregation re-produces the pattern of worship in the basilicas of the early Roman Church where the congregation gathered around the table, as the Roman Canon indicates.
An Invitation to Prayer
Noreen Mackey, author of The Secret Ladder, contributes the first article in a series on how to pray.
Mindfulness in Christianity
Barbara Whelan suggests that if Christian communities were to create within them meditative spaces which were truly welcoming of those of all faiths and none, the possibility for growth would be enormous.
The Prince of Peace
Brian Cosgrove addresses what it means to be living in a world that is in danger of losing all semblance of civilized order.
The Pope, the President, and the Delusion of Omnipotence
David Begg contrasts the approaches to world order shown by Pope Leo and President Trump, and examines the questions arising for American Catholics.
Learning from Unbelievers for Whom God is Irrelevant
Hilda Geraghty sees the life and writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin as an inspiring example of science and faith nurturing each other.
Can Science and Faith Be Friends?
Louis Hughes reviews The Miracle of the Universe and Life on Planet Earth: Science, Christian Faith and Personal Experience, by Jim O’Connell.
Searching for the Meaning of Life
John Scally reviews Midwinter, by Michael Harding.
A Last Word
The Assumption – reflections on a stained glass window by Richard King.
Conversations
July-August 2026
Remembering Liam G. Walsh, O.P.
Bernard Treacy pays tribute to the theologian and ecumenist who died in May, aged 93.
The Shape of Hope
Johanna Merry meditates on the value and meaning of cultivating and nurturing hope.
Bread for a Thousand: The Life and Legacy of Edith Prendergast
Michael Downey tells of how an Irish woman became a notably influential catechist, guide and spiritual leader in California.
Spiritual Development
Ann Marie Lee traces the journey from infancy to the stage of being able to find happiness outside ourselves – a challenging task requiring patience and creativity.
The Light in the Dark
Jan Kilby finds that a chance encounter in a supermarket car park became a moment to be touched by Christ’s light.
The Message of the Book of Ruth for the Church today
Brendan Ó Cathaoir sees the Book of Ruth as a morality story challenging the seemingly perennial cruelty of human nature while underlining the heroic yet unacknowledged role of women.
Synodality by the Seashore
Kevin O’Gorman meditates on the painting ‘The Miraculous Draught of Fishes’ by the artist Jean Jouvenet (1644-1717) in the Louvre Museum.
At the Lord’s Table
Thomas O’Loughlin re-visits debates about preferences in the layout of the sanctuary. He points out that having the celebrant face the congregation re-produces the pattern of worship in the basilicas of the early Roman Church where the congregation gathered around the table, as the Roman Canon indicates.
An Invitation to Prayer
Noreen Mackey, author of The Secret Ladder, contributes the first article in a series on how to pray.
Mindfulness in Christianity
Barbara Whelan suggests that if Christian communities were to create within them meditative spaces which were truly welcoming of those of all faiths and none, the possibility for growth would be enormous.
The Prince of Peace
Brian Cosgrove addresses what it means to be living in a world that is in danger of losing all semblance of civilized order.
The Pope, the President, and the Delusion of Omnipotence
David Begg contrasts the approaches to world order shown by Pope Leo and President Trump, and examines the questions arising for American Catholics.
Learning from Unbelievers for Whom God is Irrelevant
Hilda Geraghty sees the life and writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin as an inspiring example of science and faith nurturing each other.
Can Science and Faith Be Friends?
Louis Hughes reviews The Miracle of the Universe and Life on Planet Earth: Science, Christian Faith and Personal Experience, by Jim O’Connell.
Searching for the Meaning of Life
John Scally reviews Midwinter, by Michael Harding.
A Last Word
The Assumption – reflections on a stained glass window by Richard King.
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