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How to… Make reparation to the Immaculate Heart
since the 17th century devotion to the immaculate heart of mary has spread in parallel with the sacred heart devotion. the latter emphasises...
The Catholic Herald
How to avoid bitterness
as christians, we are asked to imitate christ. how do we do this? one way is to imitate jesus’s action of holding, carrying, purifying and t...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Messiaen's ecstatic music is for everyone
i first heard the music of olivier messiaen when i was a student in the 1980s, recently arrived in london to study theology and philosophy a...
Rachel de Souza
Heretic of the week: René Guénon
rené guénon (1886-1951) was a fallen-away catholic and convert to islam who is seen as father of the “traditionalist” school – which in this...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0599
cryptic across 3 dubiously approach leader of yemen in secret matters (9) 7 wind up on stage? (4) 8 scandy set noir that’s odd, integrally d...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, june 30 : ss peter and paul 1 kgs 19:16b, 19-21; ps 16; gal 5:1, 13-18; lk 9:51-62 monday, j...
The Catholic Herald
Have we forgotten how to celebrate Corpus Christi?
twenty years ago this week i was on retreat in france preparing for priestly ordination. i remember it as a time overflowing with gifts of g...
Fr Dominic Allain
Be still and listen to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
as this number of the weekly magazine you now peruse was issued, we celebrate the most sacred heart of jesus. in the church’s post-conciliar...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Peter and Paul couldn't have been more different
ss peter and paul 1 kgs 19:16b, 19-21; ps 16; gal 5:1, 13-18; lk 9:51-62 (year c) the preface for the solemnity of saints peter and paul hon...
Bishop David McGough
Fr Rutler's guide to avoiding mediocrity
fr george rutler, well known to catholic readers on both sides of the atlantic, famous for his pithy wit and wise counsel, is one of those v...
Francis Phillips
Love, mission and morality: a century of Eucharistic theology
the international eucharistic congress: a spiritual odyssey by john f allen gracewing, 383pp, £20/$27.50 in this book mgr john allen, who ha...
Fr Nicholas Paxton
Why didn't the book kill the scroll?
the role of the scroll by thomas forrest kelly, ww norton, 181pp, £19.99/$29.95 in 1387, bishop john fordham of durham entertained king rich...
Simon Caldwell
Tintoretto: a brilliant painter of grief and chaos
the national gallery of art in washington, dc is treating visitors to a special exhibit of jacopo tintoretto’s works in celebration of the v...
Jeff Cimmino
How a Depression-era photographer found her calling
one of the most recognised and reproduced photographic images in the world is the care-worn visage of dorothea lange’s migrant mother (1936)...
Wyeth Burgess
Letters & emails
the meaning of a catholic business sir – christopher altieri, in the cover story of the june 14 edition entitled “the other scandal”, mentio...
The Catholic Herald
A prophetic essay to read on the Fourth of July
summer is my least favourite season. autumn is cooling and mysterious, and i love the whole harvest theme: michaelmas, columbus day, hallowe...
Charles Coulombe
The house where Newman's journey to sanctity began
there can be few more enjoyable ways of spending a summer evening than walking along that glorious stretch of the river thames from richmond...
Joanna Bogle
Catholics shouldn't be ashamed of our family history
for many catholics, learning church history is considered a mundane and tiresome activity. it is not often a focus of parish catechetical pr...
Steve Weidenkopf
Graham Greene is unfashionable, but there will surely be a revival
in 1960 evelyn waugh declined a request to review graham greene’s new novel a burnt-out case. they were friends but the book saddened him. i...
Allan Massie
Israel and the Holy See have a unique diplomatic relationship
for significant diplomatic moments – such as the annual address of the holy father to the diplomatic corps – the grand sala regia in the apo...
Fr Raymond de Souza
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