Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Weddings and Marriage
Summer time is wedding time, and brides and grooms all over the country are organising menus, booking venues, ordering flowers and planning honeymoons. But sometimes in the midst of arguing over the starter, they can forget what the ceremony is really about. Accord marriage preparation courses allow people to take time out to prepare for […]
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Church Teachings, Festivals, Irish - knock, Lough Derg, Croagh Patrick, Young people
This year the Knock Summer Youth Festival runs from July 23rd-26th, it is open to all people between the ages of 18-35. This is the eighth year the festival has been held and it promises to be a weekend like no other. Over the four days there will be talks, workshops, music, drama, mime, prayer, […]
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Poverty
We are all familiar with the box office hit film, Slumdog Millionaire, but how does the film compare with the reality of what it’s like to live in a slum in India? Miriam Gormally met Maureen Forrest from the Hope Foundation, which works directly with street children in Kolkata, formally known as Calcutta. Maureen told […]
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Different abilities, Discrimination
Caroline Casey is a former management consultant with Accenture, she is also visually impaired to the degree that she is registered as legally blind. Nine years ago Caroline set up the Aisling Foundation with the aim of enhancing the relationship between disability and society. As Aisling became more internationalised the name was changed to Kanchi. […]
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Achievement, Saints
St. Jean Vianney was a French Parish Priest who became the Patron Saint for Parish Priests. He became famous internationally for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish due to the radical spiritual transformation of the community and its surroundings. Fr Eamonn Bourke is Director of Vocations for the Dublin Diocese, he recently spoke […]
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Depression, Mental Health
Don Mullan is a well known Irish Humanitarian worker, Author and Photographer. Amongst other things Don has worked in AFrI, Concern and produced films about Bloody Sunday and the Omagh Bombings. Here Don speaks candidly with Miriam Gormally about how he fell into depression and more importantly how he found his way out.
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Faith and Justice, Vocation
The St. Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society has been running strong since 1895, with the twin objectives of fostering and supporting the vocation of priesthood and to promote the vocation of the laity. Eileen Good met up with Marie Hogan, the National President of the society, and began by asking her how the St. Joseph’s Young […]
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 in Book Reviews, Church Teachings
Three Dancers, One Dance is the new book by James O’Halloran. It is follow up from his earlier book, Small Christian Communities, Vision and Practicalities. This new book is a workshop for the previous book and allows people to take a simpler approach to the idea of Small Christian Communities. He has recently returned from […]
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 in Church Teachings
Vincentian priest, Fr. Pat Collins is passionate about the call for everyone to be involved in Evangelisation. He feels that many priests need to be themselves evangelised, in order to reach out and bring the good news of Jesus to the people. Eileen Good put it to him that for many people, perhaps the very […]
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 in Book Reviews, Places of Conflict
A Case of Confidence is the title of Ian Smith’s book about his travels to places he always wanted to visit in Palestine, Israel and Turkey. Through his work as Director of Mission at Church Mission Society he has had long association with that part of the world but had never met the Christians who […]