Posted on 07. Feb, 2007 in Church Teachings, Music
Music is in every one of us. Sr. Marie Dunne has had a life long love of music and here she talks to Eileen Good about how her love of music developed from childhood. She explains how music and her life as a Holy Faith sister are connected and interlinked. For the past eighteen years […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2007 in Charity, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
The Miracle Tree is a campaign, launched by Vita, aimed at finding sustainable solutions for poverty. The Miracle Tree is the Moringa Tree which has a multitude of uses and Vita are running the campaign in schools throughout Ireland to get them to “sponsor a tree and make miracles happen.” Miriam Gormally met Mary Richardson, […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2007 in Cancer, Chronic illness, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Health, Spirituality
Pope John Paul the second instituted World Day of Prayer for Sick People in 1992 when he set aside February 11, Feast of our Lady of Lourdes, as a day of prayer for the sick and for those who care for them. The day has continued to be celebrated annually. The theme for this year […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2007 in Church Teachings, Saints, Spirituality
This time last year, the relics of St. Claude la Colombiere toured the country to great attendances everywhere. A Frenchman, he was a Jesuit priest, ordained in 1669 and regarded as one of the most gifted orators of his time. He was Spiritual Director to St. Margaret Mary and she understood him to be Christ’s […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Religious teaching, Schools
Throughout the country 2nd class pupils are being prepared for the Sacrament of Reconciliation – or First Confession as it is still commonly called. Maeve Mahon is co-author with Martin Delaney of Do this is Memory of Me providing preparatory material on the sacrament and she told Eileen Good how children today are prepared for […]
Posted on 07. Feb, 2007 in Church of Ireland, Faith and Justice, Vocation
The 50th anniversary of the death of Canon Hayes is currently being commemorated at Bansha, Co. Tipperary. A man of vision and probably ahead of his time, Canon Hayes is probably best remembered for his role in rural electrification and most notably as founder of Muintir na Tire. Martin Quinn from Bansha, one of the […]
Posted on 24. Jan, 2007 in Church Teachings, Music
This week’s music piece is Love’s Pure Light by Roger Gillian, taken from his CD Love’s Pure Light.
Posted on 24. Jan, 2007 in Book Reviews
Peter O’Connor reviews some books that you might like to read this January. He looks at For One More Day by Mitch Albom and 1,000 Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li.
Posted on 24. Jan, 2007 in Charity, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
In a world still plagued by hunger, by disease, by inequality and by war and injustice, there is great need for us all to get involved in fighting injustice, eliminating poverty and empowering and enabling people to be agents of their own destinies. The IMRS or Irish Missionary Resource Service does just that in several […]
Posted on 24. Jan, 2007 in Discrimination, Economy, Faith and Justice
We are all ageing, so the welfare of older people should be of utmost importance to everybody. Older & Bolder is a campaign which aims to make the voices of older people heard and to force the government to adopt a strategy that is will end discrimination against older people, – ultimately making ageism unacceptable. […]