Catholic Church

'Feelings are of little account': the wisdom of Sister Mary David

are you interested in how a funny, sporty, charismatic, well-read, modern woman might want to spend the rest of her life shut up in a tradit...
Andrew M Brown

Prize crossword 0603

cryptic across 6 1 coming from lindisfarne, after the great north road, goes by the book (5) 7 benjamin’s place in chat show is to engage ho...
Alun Evans

How to … Practice Ignatian discernment

st ignatius of loyola, whose feast is celebrated by the catholic church on july 31, is famous principally for founding the society of jesus,...
The Catholic Herald

You can't win the spiritual battle without discipline

on the 17th ordinary sunday the collect for holy mass once again presents military imagery. it’s as if our holy mother were trying to make a...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

A refreshing guide to an 'objectively superior' way of life

a living sacrifice by fr benedict croell op and fr andrew hofer op vianney vocations, 277pp, £20/$22 the evening before basil hume’s funeral...
The Catholic Herald

Letters & emails

why we dare to call god ‘father’ sir – steve larkin (charterhouse, july 5) reminds us that fr frederick faber used to speak of our lady as “...
The Catholic Herald

I was wrong about golf

shamefully, i had long been prejudiced against golf and golfers, and was amused when someone described the game as “a good walk spoiled...
Mary Kenny

Was the original Walsingham statue really destroyed – or is it in the V&A?

in 1539 the simple wooden statue of our lady of walsingham that stood beside the altar of walsingham’s holy house, venerated by kings, ...
The Catholic Herald

Which America?

earlier this month, a conference on “national conservatism” in washington, dc, showed that the terms of debate on the american right are cha...
Matthew Schmitz

What I discovered when I wrote a play about Cherie Blair

as a catholic, i’ve always been fascinated by cherie blair, who was born in 1954 and raised in crosby, a suburb of liverpool with a long-sta...
The Catholic Herald