About Paul
These posts have information about Paul, as well as more intimate reflections, including links to relevant posts on spirituality, travel and life in Coogee. It also includes posts about museums, arts and culture, books, food and politics. Some of Paul’s favourite posts are shared on this page.
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Photographing the unseen
For more than twenty years, Paul McCarthy has been photographing materialisations of spirit at sacred sites…
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Bones and holy dust – relics of the saints
Bones, skin and holy dust — the relics of the saints once drew millions of medieval…
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I touched the Crown of Thorns
In 2012, I venerated the Crown of Thorns in Notre Dame Cathedral — a relic of…
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Some reading suggestions
Paul McCarthy has written two books about saints that have inspired him (St Ignatius of Loyola…
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Meet me in the library – I love books
Let me introduce myself through my love of books. From novels that survived a flood to…
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My pilgrimage to Japan begins in Nagasaki
My Japan pilgrimage begins not where Xavier landed, but in Nagasaki – the Rome of the…
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Ending the old and beginning the new with St Francis
New Year in Assisi — a fourth pilgrimage to my spiritual home, deepening connections with St…
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The pandemic opportunity
This is the most extraordinary time to be alive and the opportunity for growth is extraordinary.…
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The perfumed underpass
A stopover in Abu Dhabi — a perfumed underpass, a woman in silver shoes, the Sheikh…
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Doughnuts with an ultra-orthodox Jew
A walking tour of ultra-orthodox Jerusalem with Kitty — bad wigs, long temple curls, charity boxes…
