Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 in Discrimination, Health, HIV/Aids
December 1st is World AIDS Day. All over the world people will be looking for ways to combat the disease. Over 4,000 people in Ireland are HIV positive. Modern medication means that many of them will expect to live long and fulfilling lives, but the daily battle they face is stigma. Miriam Gormally met people […]
Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 in Crime, Discrimination, Faith and Justice, Prison, Prisoner Sunday
Prisons and prisoners are words constantly in the headlines these days. Do we care about prisoners or their conditions? Should we care about them? This coming Sunday, November 18th is designated Prisoner’s Sunday when we are encouraged to think about those in prison, their families and those who look after them. Eileen Good spoke to […]
Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 in Music
Our music track this week, Come to the Feast Divine, is taken from Liam Lawton’s album In the Quiet.
Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 in Advent, Christmas, Seasons of the Church Year
Dominican Fr. Joe Cullen is Head of Adult Education at The Priory Institute in Tallaght in Dublin. In this reflection for the 1st Sunday of Advent, he describes some fairly common reactions to the approaching Christmas season.
Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 in Spirituality
At a recent R.E. Congress in St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra, Fr. Paddy Green presented a workshop on ‘Dreamworks: The ‘Divine Answer’ speaks to us. Pat Coyle asked him about the significance of our dreams and the tradition of interpreting them, going back to the Old Testament.
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Music
Our music track this week, Woman of God, is taken from Maeve Heaney’s album Stand.
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Spirituality, Technology
November is a month when we get a sense of the encroaching darkness and death in the natural world. It is also a time traditionally when we pray for the dead. And in this age of technology, prayer comes in the form of a website. Miriam Gormally met Piaras Jackson who works with the Jesuit […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Charity, Church Teachings, Poverty
St Ann’s is a church at the heart of Dublin city with the city at its heart and this year it is celebrating 300 years of ministry over the years 1707 -2007. The church itself is located beside the Lord Mayors Mansion House on Dawson Street in Dublin City Centre. Eileen Good met up with […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Community, Discrimination, Faith and Justice
Increasingly in Ireland today, we are becoming more aware of the need to reach out to the migrants living among us; but how can we do this in a way that shows care for the people involved rather than seeing them as a ‘problem’ to be addressed? The Irish Episcopal Commission for Emigrants is hosting […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Community, Health
They say that a dog is a man’s best friend, but can getting a visit from a pet have actual health or healing benefits. Fr. Brian (pronounced Breen) O’Sullivan chairman of Peata believes so. Through Peata he organizes pet visits for those in long-term hospitals or nursing homes and says it can really make a […]