Posted on 21. Mar, 2014 in Christian Values, Eating Disorder, Education, Health, Mental Health, Music Therapy, Young people
Dr Goodwin McDonnell is a practicing GP who along with a great many of the medical profession have committed themselves to help children and families who are living with autism and related life challenging illnesses. Dr. Goodwin is not just a GP but also a homeopath, and approaches his medical practice with an integrative approach […]
Posted on 21. Mar, 2014 in Christian Values, Discrimination, Faith and Justice, Human Trafficking, Immigrants, Islam, Prostitution, Slavery, Vatican
On March 17 an unprecedented interfaith agreement was reached to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking across the world by 2020. It is a call to Catholics, Anglicans and Muslims, all governments and people of goodwill to join the movement against modern slavery and human trafficking. Called the “Global Freedom Network”, this […]
Posted on 20. Mar, 2014 in Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice, Faith Groups, Gospel Values, Lent, Married Couples
It began in 1938. Four young married couples, rich in their new found love and convinced christians, wanted to live their love in the light of their Christian faith. They asked Fr. Caffarel to guide their search. “Let us journey together”, he replied. The very first meeting took place in Paris on the 25th of […]
Posted on 14. Mar, 2014 in Christian Values, St Patrick
St Patrick? When you think of St Patrick and St Patrick’s Day what comes to mind for you? Are you exercised by our politicians flying around the world to represent us and promote our country? Do you perhaps think of family members or friends who are away from home at this time, maybe very far […]
Posted on 14. Mar, 2014 in Christian Values, Faith and Justice, Poverty
A group of courageous 4th year TY students in Beara Community School, Castletownbere Co. Cork have recently completed a very comprehensive YSI (Young Social Innovators) project after they were shocked to learn of the horrors of people trafficking and it’s prevalence around the world but also here in Ireland. They have set out to make […]
Posted on 13. Mar, 2014 in Church of Ireland
Linda Chambers hates walking in her bare feet. But during Holy Week she will be spending all her time, indoors and out, hail, rain or shine in her bare feet. It’s her way of remembering and drawing attention to the 75% of people in Swaziland who live far below the poverty line and cannot […]
Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 in Alcohol, Lent, Seasons of the Church Year
Could You Do the Pioneers’ Lenten Challenge? (And if not why not?) http://jesuitcommunicationcentre.newsweaver.com/nwstatic/spacer.gif The Pioneer Association is making its annual appeal to Irish people, asking them to take a short term pledge for the Lenten season which begins on Ash Wednesday 5 March, 2014. They hope that by signing up to their Lenten challenge the […]
Posted on 27. Feb, 2014 in Faith and Justice, Prayer, Relationships, Retreats, Spiritual, Spirituality
Pat Reynolds is originally from Scotland. Here he talks of his faith journey and of his work with the youth of his parish. Catholic Parishes across Ireland are going through seismic transformations due to the lack of vocations to the Priesthood. This has meant that they are being “clustered” whereby 2 or 3 parishes are […]
Posted on 27. Feb, 2014 in Faith and Justice
Pat Coyle talks with Fr. Bernard McGuckian SJ about the Apostolship Of Prayer. The Apostleship of Prayer began in France in 1844. At that time Fr. Francis Xavier Gautrelet told a group of Jesuit seminarians who were eager to work on the missions: “Be apostles now, apostles of prayer! Offer everything you are doing each […]
Posted on 27. Feb, 2014 in Community, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Vocation
Fr. Alan Neville MSC went along recently to the annual Divine Mercy Conference held in the RDS. He bumped into a man who had travelled all the way from Australia and here he shares his story. Dominic MacAndrews is 24 years old and comes from Brisbane, Australia. He enjoys many kinds of sport, the outdoors, […]