by Maeve Heaney | Dec 31, 2025 | Blog
At a recent formation session interstate, I hired a car (the smallest and cheapest I could find, as per custom), and when I got to the counter, a lovely young man noted my lack of luggage and that I was travelling alone and asked if I’d like a free upgrade. His...
by Maeve Heaney | Dec 29, 2025 | Blog
My plan to write each and day and rest my brain didn’t work out…we live and learn! But after a few days of quiet, restful, and “ordinary” days of family eating, Irish liturgies, and walking the Dublin streets with my mother, I have decided to bunch days a few days...
by Maeve Heaney | Dec 26, 2025 | Blog
The image here was painted by an artist friend named Alice Robertson. (Thank you, Alice, for your gift and generousity). Today (and yesterday) the world celebrates … in various ways and God knows we need joy in our world right now…yet for Christians the centre-point...
by Maeve Heaney | Dec 24, 2025 | Blog
I am in Dublin for Christmas: jetlagged, strung-out from another overfull-if-rich year, but home with family and those who know me best because they have known me for so long. The current repeated “lesson” I am being taught is about how to stop and learn to not do...
by Maeve Heaney | Aug 7, 2025 | Blog
Why blog? “We had the experience but missed the meaning.” So said T.S. Eliot. I am reflecting on why I feel the need to be more consistent in posting on the blog section of my website. It’s like a constant “pending” action on my to-do list. It doesn’t make me feel...
