Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Chronic illness, Community, Health, HIV/Aids
AIDS is a problem that we like to think doesn’t really exist in Ireland, but recent studies show that there are over 4,000 HIV+ people living here and over 300 people each year die from the disease. Open Heart House was established as a place of welcome for people living with HIV or AIDS. Miriam […]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Schools
Catholic Primary Schools have been making the headlines recently in relation to their enrolment policies and the future of Catholic schools. Earlier this month Bishop Leo O’Reilly launched the Bishops Policy Document ‘Catholic Primary Schools – A Policy for Provision into the Future’ – the result of a two year study. Pat Coyle met Mgr. […]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Poverty, Religious teaching, Schools
The Brigidine Sisters are this year celebrating their bicentenary, and as Sr. Mary Murphy, chaplain at Tullow Community School in Co. Carlow explained to Eileen Good, they initiated a very special project for pupils in some of their schools.
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
How many of us have ever made a pilgrimage to the place where Christianity all started? Eoin Murray, from Trócaire, who works continuously with Palestinians, said that many Christians would be shocked to see the current state of Bethlehem. And even more shocked to see the conditions that people live in. Eoin works with a […]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Saints
This year the Dominican Order is celebrating 800 years since it’s founding, by the Spanish Saint Dominic. Here Tom McCarthy, who spent 6 years living in Rome as Secretary General of the Dominican Order, explains to Eileen Good how St. Dominic came to set up a group of preachers in response to a feeling that […]
Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Family
November is a time to remember the dead and the season starts with two feasts to honour and commemorate those who have gone before us, All Saints and All Souls. But what relevance do these days have in our lives? Do will still think about or remember our dead? Miriam Gormally put it to Fergus […]
Posted on 05. Oct, 2007 in Music
Our music this week is taken from Liam Lawton’s CD The Clouds Veil – The Song of the Celtic Soul.
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Film Reviews
Here Peter O’ Connor takes a look at some foreign films. He looks at two thought provoking films from India, “The Namesake” and “Water” as well as two European movies, “Days of Glory” and “The Lives of Others”.
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Community, Different abilities, Education
The first week in October is Positive Ageing week and in the spirit of that week, older people all around the country are taking on new challenges and taking up new opportunities to learn. Miriam Gormally met Alen Smith and Maire O’Kelly who are involved in a programme called “Start Up” which organises older volunteers […]
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Charity, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
The Presentation Volunteer Programme offers young adults the opportunity to work in St. Lucia in the West Indies or in Ghana for 1 or 2 years. However some young people while still in school, take time out during their Summer holidays to go abroad and experience the work of the Brothers in these locations. Eileen […]