Fr Hugh MacMahon interviewed about his new book

Fr Hugh MacMahon interviewed about his new book

Radio Kerry interviewed Fr Hugh MacMahon about his new book, Voices from the Desert: The Lost Legacy of the Skelligs. He explained to Mary Fagan, presenter of Horizons programme, how a visit to the Skelligs some years ago prompted him to write the book. You can hear...
Books published by Columbans during the Pandemic

Books published by Columbans during the Pandemic

One of the positive fruits of the Covid pandemic for Columbans in Ireland has been the opportunity lockdown afforded them to write and reflect on faith and spirituality. Three books have been published so far this year by Columbans in the Irish region. The most recent...
A Legacy Worth Revisiting

A Legacy Worth Revisiting

Fr Hugh MacMahon explains how the Elders of the Desert and the Skelligs inspired him to write his new book. What prompted me to write Voices from the Desert: The Lost Legacy of Skelligs was the need to find answers to questions that had long bothered me. They began...
Fr Hugh MacMahon’s new book to be published in August

Fr Hugh MacMahon’s new book to be published in August

Fr Hugh MacMahon’s new book, ‘Voices from the Desert: The Lost Legacy of the Skelligs’ will be published by Columba Books in August. According to the publishers, what the Desert Fathers had to say about Christianity and their own spiritual practices is as...
Why Religion Survives in China

Why Religion Survives in China

In his blog, Fr Hugh MacMahon of Aitece Ireland ponders the fraught relationship between Communist China and Christianity. Talking recently with some Chinese in their late-thirties, I should not have been surprised to hear that they had no record of their baptism,...