Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 in Charity, Humanitarian Aid, Places of Conflict
Life in Gaza continues to get more difficult for its citizens. Restrictions in food and medical supplies means that many people go without the basics. Four students decided to do something to help raise money and more importantly awareness. Gearoid Ó Cuinn, John Maher, Eoghan Quinn and Ronan Sheehan are going to cycle 4000 miles […]
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 in Church Teachings, Pilgrimage, Vocation
Marie Hogan is President of St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society and is currently preparing for their annual pilgrimage to Knock. The theme of this year’s pilgrimage is ‘Priesthood’ and Eileen Good asked her if it was a particularly difficult time to be organising such an event. www.stjosephsyoungpriestssociety.com
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 in Economy, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
Dr. Lorna Gold is Advocacy Manager with Trocaire – who work with the poorest people who are far away. Eileen Good met her in Maynooth and spoke about the phrase – ‘Make Poverty History’ – which was meant to change everything for the better, but somehow seems to have been forgotten over the past few […]
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 in Church Teachings, Saints
June 29th -the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul – marks the closing of the Pauline Year. In dedicating the year to St. Paul, Pope Benedict asked us ‘to discover anew the apostle Paul and see what he had to say to our times’. Eileen Good spoke to Scripture scholar, Fr. Sean Maher and asked […]
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 in Music
From the Album Healing Song, a new collection of liturgical music in the signature Celtic style of Liam Lawton, our music piece this week is Heal Us, Lord. www.liamlawton.com
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 in Faith and Justice, Music
Healing Song is the title of Liam Lawton’s new CD. It’s a CD to bring Healing and Hope – and though it has been in preparation for many years, its release could not be more timely, as Liam told Eileen Good.
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 in Church Teachings, Gospel Values
The Focolore are a Christian movement who emphasise the Spirit of Unity. Every year they hold a “Mariapolis” a spiritual conference where people get together and share gospel values. This year they will be looking at the theme -which is very relevant for this recession- Towards a Culture of Sharing. Miriam Gormally met Susan Gately, […]
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 in Church Teachings
For many years icons were not considered to be part of the Western Christian Church, but rather part of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. However times have changed and Christ Church is holding an exhibition of art inspired by icons running from June 10th – June 19th. Miriam Gormally met Ludmila Pawlowska, who is the artist […]
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 in Charity, Economy, Poverty
May 17th this year was National Famine Commemoration Day when Bishop and Priests asked people to remember the past and pray for victims of famine everywhere. Eileen Good met Bishop John Kirby, Bishop of Clonfert and Chairman of Trocaire and asked him about the scale of famine today.
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 in Economy, Media, Politics
What in the World? investigates the human consequences of global political and economic inequalities and human rights violations by focusing on people’s everyday lives. Series 4 was filmed on location in Columbia, Laos, Mali, Mongolia, Niger & Paraguay and it returns to RTE 1 on Thursday 11th June at 11.05pm. Miriam Gormally met up with […]