
Catherine Healy
Writer, Researcher and Journalist at Freelance
DFA Historian-in-Residence, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Articles
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Mar 8, 2025 |
thetimes.com | Catherine Healy
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Dec 6, 2024 |
christiancentury.org | Catherine Healy |Mac Loftin |Reggie L. Williams |Victoria Barnett
To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. In 1882, Barcelona’s Catholic bishop laid the cornerstone for the historic Basilica of the Holy Family, best known by its Spanish name: Sagrada Familia. The next year, architect Antoni Gaudi took over the project.
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Nov 29, 2024 |
christiancentury.org | Catherine Healy |Mac Loftin |Victoria Barnett |Reggie L. Williams
To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Be alert; a righteous branch is springing up before our eyes. A few miles from my home on the South Side of Chicago lie the remains of the old South Works steel mill. For more than a century, South Works employed thousands of people and provided steel beams for the city’s skyscrapers.
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Apr 22, 2024 |
independent.ie | Catherine Healy
The Irish innovators redirecting unwanted food to the needy and helping businesses slash the amount they throw away tell their storyEvery day at a huge warehouse in Tallaght, FoodCloud workers unload crates of produce that would have otherwise been binned. It’s one of three Irish depots used by the social enterprise to sort through food donations from businesses before they are matched with charities.
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Mar 16, 2024 |
thejournal.ie | Catherine Healy
ON 17 MARCH 1953, Ireland’s ambassador in Washington, John Hearne, was the first to present a bowl of shamrock to the US president for St Patrick’s Day. According to his official schedule, Dwight Eisenhower spent 15 minutes with the Irish diplomat – a short but presumably pleasant break from the usual barrage of policy briefings. Hearne had left shamrocks at the White House a year before, but the then president, Harry Truman, happened to be away at the time.
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