Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice
Maeve Heaney is a young Irish woman currently studying in Rome under the guidance of Fr. Michael Paul Gallagher. She studied theology in Spain and has worked with young people doing Pastoral work, in Spain and England – she uses music in the work of Faith transmission. She is also a member of Verbum Dei […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Achievement, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
The Church has been in the media a great deal recently, mostly for scandals and abuse stories, but what of the good things being done daily by people involved with the Church. Fr. Gerry Maloney, editor of Reality magazine, recently launched “The Reality Awards” to encourage the Irish public to show appreciation for those involved […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Religious teaching, Vocation
Fr. Paddy Rushe of the Armagh Diocese is the National Co-Ordinator for Diocesan Vocations – he told Eileen Good about their recent conference where participants were encouraged to ‘raise the bar’ and aim to have 100 seminarians in training by next year’s conference. He started by explaining the theme taken for this year’s conference.
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Feminism/Women in the Church
Are men and women equal in the eyes of God? Christ treated all equally, often even defying the social norm, yet this equality hasn’t been central to Christianity with women constantly taking second place. Mary T. Malone has written several books on Women in Christian History, and believes that women are often left with little […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Vocation
After 31 years in existence the NCPI – the National Council of Priests of Ireland – disbanded recently at their AGM in Athlone. Many reasons have been cited as to why this has happened – low morale, apathy – whatever the reasons, priests no longer have such a forum to address their concerns. Eileen Good […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Death, Faith and Justice, Hospice
Death is an inevitable and normal part of life and work. It is a painful reality which all of us have to face at some point in our lives, though as Woody Allen highlights – most of us would prefer not to have to deal with it. Death is challenging, especially at work where it […]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Music
Our music track this week, Call my Name, is taken from Ronan Johnston’s album Songs of Consolation.
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Film Reviews
Here Peter o’ Connor takes a look at some two DVDs which offer us two very different views of England.. Firstly he looks at the period drama “Becoming Jane” which is based on the life of Jane Austen. The second DVD Peter reviews is “This is England” a part documentary, part drama look at England […]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice
Sr. Anne Codd, resource person for the Irish Catholic Bishops Commission for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development, was at the recent launch of a most informative and timely booklet ‘Pastoral Councils: A Framework for Developing Diocesan Norms and Parish Guidelines’. She told Eileen Good why there was a need now to address the issue […]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Death, Family, Music
Rónán Johnston recently lost his mother due to the MRSA virus. This shook up his life, his faith and brought great sorrow. Through dealing with the grief, he produced an album, “Songs of Consolation” for himself and for others in a similar situation. And “Songs of Consolation” is particularly important at this time of the […]