Music: Queen of the May
Posted on 02. May, 2019 in Music
For the first week in May our music piece this week is Queen of the May, sung by the Palestrina Choir. It is available on their album The Bells of the Angelus.
One Love
Posted on 04. Apr, 2019 in Music
Now how about a bouncy breeze piece of music to cheer us up in these turbulent times – listen to this, The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir and ONE LOVE !
St. Valentine’s Day
Posted on 14. Feb, 2019 in Relationships, Weddings and Marriage
In this piece from the archives we look at one women’s perspective on Valentine’s Day. Is it a commercial gimmick or an opportunity for the timid to be openly expressive and say ‘I love you’?! Are roses, chocolates, and candle-lit dinners a symbol of love or clever marketing? Newly married Maureen Fortune told Eileen Good […]
New Year Prayer
Posted on 07. Jan, 2019 in Prayer, Seasons of the Church Year
Now for a New Year Reflection – this is a prayer from the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin’s Reach Out Campaign, a blessing for the New Year, first played in Dec 2005, read here by the then Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Jim Moriarty.
A Job Worth Doing
Posted on 10. Dec, 2018 in Drugs, Homelessness, Young people
In this piece from 2005, we look back at some of the work of Fr. Peter McVerry SJ Fr Peter McVerry SJ has been working with Dublin’s young homeless for more than 30 years. During this time he has campaigned tirelessly for the rights of these young people. He speaks about how he began working in […]
Consumer Values
Posted on 08. Nov, 2018 in Ecology, Environment, Media
Following on from Sean McDonagh SSC looking at the injustice of how we live in consumerist cultures, Martha Yvette Aguilar from El Salvador spoke about how her country was suffering due to the climate change caused by the excessive lifestyle of developed countries. She explained the role that the mass media had in shaping this excessive […]
The Grieving Journey
Posted on 28. Aug, 2018 in Book review, Death
We return to our archived pieces for this week and will return to further analysis of the impact of the Pope’s visit next week. In this piece from 2006, we look at “The Grieving Journey” There’s no sure route through grieving – Jerusha Hull McCormack says “we are all amateurs at grief – it comes […]
Miracles Around Us
Posted on 28. Aug, 2018 in Church Teachings
In this piece from Revd Darren McCalig from 2005, he reflects on the miracles of Jesus and how to interpret them.
Order of Malta
Posted on 16. Aug, 2018 in Church Teachings, Vocation
In this piece from May 2006, we look at the Order of Malta. It has representatives in 46 countries worldwide. Most people tend to think of the Order of Malta only in terms of medics at football matches, however the Order is much more than just that. Miriam Gormally met Peta Taffe and Rosita McHugh […]
A Life Changing Experience
Posted on 16. Aug, 2018 in Charity, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
In this piece from 2005, we look back on a piece with the Galway hurler Alan Kerins who took three-months unpaid leave of absence from his job as a physiotherapist to work on an outreach programme with the Presentation Sisters at the Cheshire Home in Mongu, the main township of Western Province in Zambia. The […]