TWILIGHT OF LOVE: Loss of Love, Loss of Faith and the Religious Quest

Still reflecting on 'lapsed Catholic' Colm Toibin's journeys through Catholic Europe, which he chronicled in his travel book, The Sign of the Cross. I was particularly moved by his encounter with Scotland's "only Catholic...

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Irish Writers, Celts, Lapsed Catholics and Medugorje's Visionaries

I've just finished directing a truly wonderful, very young cast in Irish playwright Brian Friel's award winning play, Dancing at Lughnasa, set in the Irish countryside in 1936. The play is autobiographical, based upon Friel's...

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