Posted on 09. Jan, 2008 in Crime, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
The Irish Missionary Union (IMU), representing 87 Irish Missionary groups both lay and religious, has condemned the violence being inflicted on the peoples of Kenya and Pakistan in recent weeks and calls for a renewed commitment to addressing poverty and injustice as the only path to long term stability in these lands. The Kiltegan Order, […]
Posted on 07. Jan, 2008 in Community, Economy, Faith and Justice, Poverty, Refugees
A New Year brings new conflict. The recent flare up in Gaza reminds us that there are always people who are displaced from their homes, people who lose everything and people who have to flee their countries to find asylum. Some, though indeed not many end up in Ireland. And in these times when we […]
Posted on 01. Jan, 2008 in Music
Our music piece this week is “An Mhaighdean Mhara” from Brigid Tunney’s album “Hand in Hand”. It’s a piece of music that Brigid says reminds her of the wide-eyed children in Darjeeling who listened to her as she sang the story of the mermaid to them at the foothills of the Himalayas.
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 in Faith and Justice
As we face into the New Year we think about time past as well as make resolutions for things to come. Isaac Delamer gives his insights and thoughts on 2008.
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Spirituality
Into Great Silence is a film that created a whole new style of documentary film making. In fact it is more of a meditation than a documentary. Without effects, voiceovers or archival footage it simply looks at the lives of the monks who live in the Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps. Peter O’Connor intrigued […]
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Media
Fr Joe Turay, is the Director of the Fatima Institute, a centre for third level education in Northern Sierra Leone, which aims to enhance good governance and human rights through its work with local councillors and chiefs. In addition to this Fr Joe is also the Director of Radio Maria Sierra Leone. On a recent […]
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 in Church Teachings, Spirituality
Many people will say that they are spiritual but have turned away from religion. But are the two mutually exclusive and what exactly is the difference between the two? Carmelite Chris O’Donnell looks at his own Carmelite spirituality and explains to Eileen Good how Spirituality and Religion are interwoven.
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 in Church Teachings, Music
Noirin Ni Riain’s musical and personal background is rooted in the traditions of Ireland. Her music gives a voice to many long forgotten Irish and Celtic songs, that would otherwise be lost forever. She has a long association with the Monks from Glenstal Abbey and the Cistercian nuns in Glencairn where her latest CD AMEN […]
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 in Christmas, Seasons of the Church Year
Christmas has become a time for celebration. However that celebration can draw us away from a quieter more reflective meaning of Christmas. Here Christine Clear from the Milltown Institute in Dublin talks to Miriam Gormally about how Christmas, while it is a time for celebration is also a time for darkness, solitude and contemplation.