New Year’s Day always seems awkward to celebrate.  Doubly awkward, if we remember that for Catholics it is also the World Day of Peace. It is hard to be enthusiastic about New Year’s

This reflection is part of Rev Dr Richard Leonard SJ’s series on the season of Advent.  I love the great Advent hymn, O come, O come, Emmanuel. The origins of the text are disputed. They come

This reflection is part of Rev Dr Richard Leonard SJ’s series on the season of Advent. We’ll be posting new reflections each week as we approach Christmas. I think we should pluck up our courage

The birth of Jesus was, in many ways, a small thing, but it had an enormous impact on our world. In his final message as Provincial, Fr Brian McCoy reminds us that it’s in small ways that