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Michael D Higgins: “Presidency of Ideas”

Michael Daniel Higgins (1941-) is described as one of the most forceful left-wing voices in Irish life for over forty years. The eldest of seven candidates, on 29 October 2011 he was announced winner of the election to become President of Ireland for a period of seven years. As ninth President of the Republic of Ireland, he will be sworn in at an official ceremony to be held at Dublin Castle on 11 November 2011. Known to voters as…

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Saint Guillaume Courtet: A missionary vocation

Guillaume Courtet was born in the village of Sérignan, close to the town of Bèziers, in the French department of the Herault, in the region of Languedoc Roussillon. A special plaque is placed at the house where he was born in the historical centre of Sérignan. While still a pupil with the Jesuits in Bèziers, the first Christian martyrdom had just taken place in Nagasaki in 1597. Twenty six men, women and children were crucified after a long and…

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