On Friday I had the opportunity to respond to the opening chapter in a new book edited by Fr Gerry O’Hanlon SJ, A Dialogue of Hope: Critical Thinking for Critical Times (Messenger Publications, 2017). There was a discussion workshop about … Read more...
Category: NI Politics
Insights from the Life of Fr Gerry Reynolds – 1 April at Carafest, Corrymeela
I will be speaking at Corrymeela’s Carafest on the afternoon of Sunday 1 April (yes, that is Easter Sunday) about ‘Friendship and Reconciliation for the Long Haul: Insights from the Life of Fr Gerry Reynolds.’
Over the last three years, … Read more...
Beneath the Harp and Crown, Q&A with Playwright Philip Orr on Slugger
Review of Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation: New Post on Slugger
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Did Religious Leaders Contribute to Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland? Review of New Book by Nukhet Sandal.… Read more...
Dialogue between the Religious and the Secular: ‘Hope in Turbulent Times’ Workshop, 23 March in Queen’s
I’ll be participating in a workshop on ‘Hope in Turbulent Times’ on Friday 23 March, 11 am- 5 pm, in the Old Staff Common Room at Queen’s University Belfast. The workshop hopes to promote ‘constructive engagement and dialogue between secularists … Read more...
Blessed are the Peacemakers – New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about the Blessed are the Peacemakers event at the 4 Corners Festival, ‘On behalf of churches, let me say sorry for the times we said to victims, “you must forgive.”’ … Read more...
‘The Loyalism of 1994-1998 Needs to be the Standard for the Present’: New Post on Slugger
‘… We have politics that is almost devoid of consistent Christian or gospel values, yet which is endorsed by thousands of Christian people’ – Rev Norman Hamilton
Prayer for the 4 Corners Festival (1-11 Feb): Now. Here. This.
This morning, about 100 people from Belfast and beyond gathered in the Spectrum Centre on the Shankill for a prayer breakfas
t in advance of next month’s 4 Corners Festival (1-11 February).
Click here to read more, including what speaker … Read more...
Courage of Kingsmills Victims Defied Sectarian Divide: New Post on Slugger
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Courage of Kingsmills Victims Defied Sectarian Divide.’… Read more...
Enniskillen 30 Years On: Geraldine Smyth on Forgiveness – New Post on Slugger
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, Enniskillen 30 Years on: Geraldine Smyth on Forgiveness and Mercy in the Public Square.