IT was the first week in October and some neighbours had decorated their homes for Halloween. “They never used to put up the decorations so early,” said my daughter. They never used to put up the decorations at all, I thought, although I didn’t say so, not wanting to attract the sort of look that […]
By COLIN BARTLEY AN attack by a Bishop, aimed at schools whose students practice yoga and mindfulness, is nothing more than a “dig” at modern society that has “no link to religion”, according to a local TD. Kilkenny TD, Kathleen Funchion, has reacted to a letter sent by the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore, Alphonsus […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A BISHOP in a neighbouring diocese has asked schools to refrain from practicing yoga and mindfulness and instead replace them with prayers and “quiet meditation”. In a letter sent to schools across Waterford city and county last week, the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan said: “Yoga is not of Christian […]