Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Eating Disorder, Health, Mental Health, Young people
Eating distress has the highest mortality rates of all mental illness and causes serious psychological distress, yet it is often seen as a “fad” or a fashion driven desire. The key to understating eating distress is that food and size are used as a way to control or deal with emotions and this can take […]
Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Community, Faith and Justice, Pilgrimage, Spirituality
This is a season for pilgrimage, but while many pilgrimages have become a fairly easygoing holiday with some devotions, Brendan McManus, a Jesuit working as editor of AMDG express, decided to go for a real challenge. He chose to walk the route of Ignatius Loyola, on his own spiritual journey, who went from Loyola in […]
Posted on 26. May, 2007 in Achievement, Family, Relationships
As part of an ongoing series of special projects, this year the Irish Hospice Foundation has produced ‘Lifestory.’ This new book has been created to enable you to begin the process of compiling your own ‘Lifestory,’ it offers you the guidance and inspiration needed to delve into the memories and the history of your family […]
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in First Communion, Music
Right now, all over the country, 2nd. class children are receiving their First Holy Communion, a very special day for them and their families. On this day many congregations will hear them sing out ‘Happy in the Presence of the Lord’ one of the very popular hymns learned in their Alive-O preparation programme.
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Discrimination, Family, Relationships
As well as being an activist Mamo is also a poet. Here she reads one of her Poems, “A Woman of Age” first giving a brief background regarding her thoughts on writing it.
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Film Reviews
Spiderman 3 and the Bridge to Terabithia are two of the latest children’s films to hit the cinemas. Peter O’Connor gives his usual insightful reviews of these two films.
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Education, Vocation
Fr. Paddy Rushe is the National Director for Vocations for Ireland and he spoke recently to Eileen Good about why our efforts to attract Vocations should not be concentrated to just one Sunday in the year, but to remember that it is an ongoing campaign.
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church, Relationships
The Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth is one of the great moments recorded in Mary’s life – two women meeting at a very special time in their lives, fulfilling the prophecies. Helen Gallivan, author of ‘The Temple Within: The Rosary, The Bible and the Inner Journey’ told Eileen Good about the significance of […]
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Media, Relationships
The Sacred Heart Messenger is 118 years old and still going strong. Traditionally, the month of June is the month dedicated to devotion to the Sacred Heart with a nine day Novena finishing on the Feast of the Sacred Heart on June 15th. This year, for the first time, the Novena is available on CD […]
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Charity, Health, Poverty
Every May for the past 18 years Afri (Action from Ireland) have walked a road of particular importance, a road that was walked in 1849 during the worst of the famine years by people in search of food. This year on the 26th of May, Afri will do that same walk in memory of the […]