Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Chronic illness, Health
October 8th is the beginning of the Irish National Arthritis Week. It is a week to support and empower the many people around the country living with the pain of arthritis. But it’s also a week to highlight some unknown things about arthritis, such as the number of young people living with the condition. Jeanann […]
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Community, Family, Relationships
‘Everyone has a book in them. This one is yours.’ The aim of the latest project from the Irish Hospice Foundation is that each one of us should write our story – and to encourage this, they have just launched ‘Lifestory’, a beautifully designed clothbound book, destined to become a family heirloom. Michael O Muirceartaigh […]
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Health, HIV/Aids, Hospice
Sister Mary Owens is a Loreto Sister who has spent several years in Africa. She currently works at Nyumbani, a hospice for HIV positive orphans in Kenya. She spoke to Piaras Jackson about her work and how she views Ireland on her visits home. First she describes her first experience of missionary life in Kenya.
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Relationships
October 14th marks the celebration of Emigrant Sunday and October 21st is Mission Sunday. In Ireland today, 10% of the population was born outside of Ireland, and these people are now part of our Parish communities nationwide. Fr. Angelo Lafferty from the Society of African Missions, working with Mission Alive which is a project of the […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Education, Relationships
What are the spiritual needs of students in modern Ireland? Well that is a question that Miriam Gormally put to Darren McCallig who has recently been appointed Student Chaplain in Trinity College Dublin. Miriam Gormally met Darren to find out what he was doing to prepare for October when the students start coming back to […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Community, Discrimination, Family
Positive Ageing week is exactly what it says – it aims to demonstrate that ageing is not something to fear, but to celebrate. It takes place nationwide with a huge variety of events, to include all age groups. Eamon Timmons of Age Action and local organiser Dave Henshaw told Eileen Good all about it. First […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Achievement, Education
Fiona Power is married with two children and had a full time job when she decided to take on full time studies – doing three courses in Religious Studies. She told Peter O’Connor what prompted her to go back to studying, what it entailed and what she got out of it.
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Environment, Faith and Justice
The location of the Ploughing Championship may seem an unlikely spot for a Church presence, but that is exactly where the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin decided they should be when the World Championship was held near Tullow, Co. Carlow last year – they’re heading off again this year and when Eileen Good met Fr. […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Vocation
The Sisters of St. Benedict were founded in 1867 and live the 1500 year old monastic tradition of the Rule of St. Benedict. In recent years lack of vocations led the sisters to evaluate their role in the wider community – and the result has been amazing. The Order now facilitates other congregations seeking to […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Pilgrimage
The word Ecumenism is not one we hear too much these days – so what’s happened, have things all been sorted out, or has it gone away – Eileen Good met Bishop Richard Clarke, Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare, and she put these questions to him.