Position Papers

Fr. Walter Macken

I lost a friend of more than six decades last week - although lost is the wrong word, for he has gone to a far less troubled world. He was also more than a friend - he was a guide, confidant and often even a confessor. His name was Fr. Walter Macken, son of the well-known Irish novelist and playwright, Walter Macken, whose hugely popular historical fiction were international bestsellers in the second half of the twentieth century and are still in print today....

Fr. Walter Macken I lost a friend of more than six decades last week – although lost is the wrong word, for he has gone to a far less troubled world. He was also more than a friend – he was a guide, conf…

The Other Steubenville

The New Yorker is a world famous magazine, not least famous for the very quirky sense of humour of its very prolific team of cartoonists. But it is also famous for its long, very long, essays and articles. What it is not famous for is positive and sympathetic articles, long or otherwise about things Catholic. I’m not alleging it is anti-Catholic....

The Other Steubenville The New Yorker is a world famous magazine, not least famous for the very quirky sense of humour of its very prolific team of cartoonists. But it is also famous for its long, very long, essays and a…

The folly of destroying an inheritance

In the February issue of the Irish-based magazine, Position Papers, a review of Vandalising Ireland by historian and writer Eoin Lenihan was published. It was a kind of ‘call to arms’ in defence of an authentic Irish identity and nationhood. We might wish him luck. As the reviewer, Dr Tim O’Sullivan, implied, the sometimes sneering reception of the book in the mainstream media spoke volumes about the kind of culture-war vandalism Lenihan was calling out....

The folly of destroying an inheritance In the February issue of the Irish-based magazine,  Position Papers, a review of Vandalising Ireland by historian and writer Eoin Lenihan was published. It was a kind of ‘call to arms’ in defe…

https://garvan.co/2026/01/30/stranger-things-and-the-new-jerusalem/

‘Stranger Things’ and the New Jerusalem The end times have come. No, not the Apocalypse. Just a popular culture phenomenon – Stranger Things. This is Netflix’s incredibly successful science fiction magnum opus. Scien…