In our present economic situation news about huge unemployment, particularly among young people, appears on the news on a worryingly regular basis. There are stories about graduates desperately looking for any job they could grab. High education seems to be a fast-track to wealth and position – but far too often graduates find themselves unemployed, in debt and with poor…
In 1993 a young Polish man was completely paralysed after a motorbike accident. Even his breathing had to be supported. But his mind remained sharp and clear. Despite the great care provided by his parents, he was feeling so isolated that in 2007 he applied to the President of Poland to let him die. Permission wasn’t granted for legal reasons;…
Recently I’ve seen on the internet a picture of a Catholic priest; the ironic caption read: “the expert on love, sex, marriage and the raising of children”. Obviously, what could a Catholic priest know about these things, supposedly having had no practical experience of them? This way of thinking is quite widely held among many people. Do they all believe…
It was when I was in my early twenties, and I was a very zealous Christian. I was spending part of my summer holiday in a formation camp in a pretty remote mountain village in Poland. One day I took the opportunity to visit a neighbouring town about 10 miles away. Public transport was very limited so I had only…
I’ve recently been to my home town to visit my mum. Once it was a strategically important railway hub and military area; now it’s a small, unimportant town. Once it was a playground for an interested kid, nowadays it’s just a place of blurred memories. I left the town when I finished college and actually I’ve never really returned to…