Notes

Goodbye to old Vienna: parishes are asked to change, but are trying to retain tradition. That daring young woman: Mary. The lights go out in Syria: thousands of Christians flee their homes or live in fear. Patrick Kavanagh: Irish poet; farmer's verse has hints of Heaven. Christchurch: Earthquakes fail to shake their faith. Stars of the sea: life as a cruise-ship captain. View from the back stairs: a glimpse of servants' lives in grand houses of the last century. Madrid: wistfulness for simpler times. Ecumenical debate: Yves Congar, Henry de Lubac. On a wing and a prayer: Edward Petre.