February Edition
Joe Wilson, Angels, Fionn Mac Colla and God in Science - this months Coracle.
The first of our new monthly editions contains a wonderful introduction to the first person in Scotland to be on the road to canonisation since St John Ogilvie - namely, Joseph Wilson, a native of North Lanarkshire, and much like St Carlo Acutis, a young man with a deep sense of God. We also write on a near forgotten literary nationalist and devoted Catholic, Fionn Mac Colla. We have the final part of Angelology, a rather neglected branch of theology and review of a book that is chartering the rise of how Scientists are beginning to see evidence of God in their work. Lots to enjoy and chew over - have a nice weekend.
Joes Faith
Joseph Wilson, affectionately known as Joe, was a young man whose life of quiet faith and kindness continues to inspire people across Scotland and far beyond. Born on 12 December 1994 in Bellshill and raised in Newarthill, Joe lived an outwardly ordinary teenage life. What set him apart was how deeply and consistently he lived his faith.
Fionn Mac Colla: My roots in the soil of Alba
Often compared to Neil Gunn for his novels set in the Highlands and to George Mackay Brown for his conversion to Catholicism, Fionn Mac Colla is now an almost entirely forgotten writer. None of his books are reprinted, and when his work is discussed, the focus is usually exclusively on his Gaelic and Scottish nationalism or his polemics against the Refo…
God, the Science, the Evidence: the Dawn of a Revolution
This book provides a helpful and highly readable road map to some key areas where, in particular, modern science may provide evidence for the existence of God. Due to the complex nature of many of the fields explored, it can’t do more than point to possibilities which, at best, better support the existence of God than a purely materialist perspective. I…
Scotland’s February Saints:
Including Saint Ronan (made famous by the Waverley Novels), St Modan, St Boisil and St Cummine the Fair. Click here to find out more