Cyril

Grandad Cyril You loved a pint, enjoyed a bet, smoked far too many cigarettes. You always gave such sound advice, being on your bad side wasn’t nice. Grandad Cyril Your tongue was sharp, your wit was quick, you never let a false word slip. Your heart was full of love and pride, grandma and family by your side. My greatest wish, to be like you, a working class hero straight through. So down to earth in every way, we miss you greatly every day. Copyright C AllmanFiled under: PoetryRead Full Story

Name of the book: Beyond Sangre Grande Author: Cyril Dabydeen (Editor) Publisher: TSAR Publications (September 30, 2011) What's the book about? "Beyond Sangre Grande "brings together a contemporary selection in English from some of the key writers now living in Canada, the US, and the UK, as well as various countries of the Caribbean." Why am I reading the book? Beyond Sangre Grande extends the definition of Caribbean beyond a geographically enclosed space and recognizes the...Read Full Story

"Since Christ Himself has said, "This is My Body" who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body?"Today, March 18, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386), early catechist, and Doctor of the Church. Saint Cyril of Jerusalem lived in a time of great strife and conflict within the Church, a time of heresy, faction, and political influence which questioned the Divinity of Jesus Christ (known as Arianism). Saint Cyril, a man of peaceful and conciliatory temperament, opposed...Read Full Story

Today, March 18, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386), early catechist, and Doctor of the Church. Saint Cyril is remembered for his numerous catechetical writings and defense of the basic tenets of our Catholic faith. Below, an excerpt on “The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.” As we read this excerpt we are confronted with the long tradition of the teachings of the Church, dating back to the time of Saint Cyril, and continuing today! This is our Catholic...Read Full Story

Today, March 18, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386), early catechist, and Doctor of the Church. Saint Cyril is remembered for his numerous catechetical writings and defense of the basic tenets of our Catholic faith. Below, an excerpt on “The Living Water of the Holy Spirit.” As we move through our season of Lent, we look forward to the new birth of baptism of Easter!The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of living water, welling up into...Read Full Story