by Maeve Heaney | Apr 4, 2026 | Blog
While it was still dark… …she went to the tomb.” John 20: 1 I love early mornings. I always have. As a child I used to get up early when on holidays and go for a swim. My father used to say he woke up to my splash in the pool. There is something about early...
by Maeve Heaney | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
On Founders and Charisms… “If I have to dance on tables for people to know Christ, I’ll do it.” Jaime Bonet Bonet, Founder of the Verbum Dei Family This seemingly random statement I heard more than once from Jaime Bonet became an interpretative key for me, as an...
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...
