by T. Gerard Bennett | Mar 29, 2020 | Life
As we all know, various words come into vogue, adopted from other settings and other uses, and drift into ordinary discourse. And it can happen so quickly, because this world in which we live of instant communications means that even a thought in Australia reaches...
by T. Gerard Bennett | Mar 22, 2020 | Life
The sun will rise again tomorrow. With each day and each news report bringing terrible news from around the world, it can be very easy to forget this. But it has never been so true and something that we must continue to keep in our minds. We wonder where and when it...
by T. Gerard Bennett | Oct 24, 2018 | Life, Travel
The words in the title above are attributed to Oscar Wilde and I suppose it must give what I write now an aura of being something profound if I can begin by quoting Wilde! Or maybe not? However, it is a phrase that came to mind very recently in an odd sort of way. We...
by T. Gerard Bennett | Jul 12, 2018 | Faith & Religion, Life
I suppose it would help to start with a little background (especially for those readers outside Ireland). At the end of August, Dublin will host the World Meeting of Families (WMOF), an event hosted by the Catholic Church in different cities around the world and which...
