Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 in Achievement, Faith and Justice, Vocation
Brother Philip Pinto was re-elected congregation leader at the Christian Brothers 6 yearly General Chapter at Kunner, Kerala, South India in March of this year – a General Chapter which hearlded a new era for the Irish Province. Eileen Good asked Brother Donal Blake if this was a significant moment for the Irish Christian Brothers.
Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 in Alcohol, Young people
A recent survey showed that young Irish people would like to reduce the legal drinking age to 16. This is at a time when many youth organisations are trying to find alternatives to underage drinking. Ultan McGoohan CC is currently trying to keep a Youth Café going as one of these initiatives. But Miriam Gormally […]
Posted on 10. Jun, 2008 in Church Teachings, Family
Last year over 5,000 grandparents attended the first ever National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine – this year that number was doubled. The brainchild of returned Castlebar woman Catherine Wiley, the pilgrimage aims to give a voice to this most valued group of people in every community. Catherine herself has ten grandchildren and feels very […]
Posted on 09. Jun, 2008 in Charity, Poverty
Applying for refuge status in Ireland is a long and drawn out ordeal. While waiting news people live in what is known as direct provision. This usually means very basic food provisions and often-overcrowded accommodation, plus a weekly allowance of 19euro a week. These conditions have been strongly criticised by the Vincentian refuge centre as […]
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Saints
This week for our music piece we have something a little bit different. Julie Dubsky, one of the students honoured by the Young Social Innovators, wrote a song about ‘A Street Child in Calcutta’.
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Charity, Poverty, Young people
Recently young people from all over the country were honoured for their contributions to society though the Young Social Innovators projects. It is an opportunity for people to take on projects wherever they feel there is a need. Miriam Gormally met two students Julie Dubsky and Karen Milne from Newtown school in Waterford who helped […]
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Education, Religious teaching
Holy Faith Sister Siobhan Larkin, is Head of the School of Adult and Continuing Education and Director of the H.Dip in Adult R.E. at the Milltown Institute in Dublin. Having travelled around the country recently to meet Faith Development Groups she is convinced that parishes need to provide the same resources for Adult Faith Development […]
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Achievement, Relationships
John Moriarty died at his home near the Horses’s Glen at the foot of Mangerton mountain Killarney, on June 1st 2007. A prolific author, he was born in Kerry in 1938 and following his education in Kerry and UCD – where he was a student of Cardinal Desmond Connells’ – he taught in the University […]
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Church Teachings, Prayer
‘Meeting God’ is a prayer book drawing on the Carmelite spiritual tradition, published in the year in which the Carmelite Order celebrates the eight hundredth centenary of the rule which goes back to St. Albert of Jerusalem in about 1207.. As well as having reflections, prayers and poetry it is a book which encourages people […]
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Charity, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty, Volunteering
This year for the second year in a row, Jeanann Cox is participating in a short term volunteering scheme and heading off to Bogotá, in Colombia. She will spend July dividing her time working in an orphanage for both abled and disabled children and a school for street children. The trip also involves teaching English […]