Posted on 10. Aug, 2017 in Church Teachings
Fr Seán Fagan, a Marist theologian and author, was informed in 2010 that he was no longer allowed to write books or articles deemed contrary to church teaching. He was warned he would be “stripped of priestly faculties” if he talked to the media about the gagging order. He died in 2016 and many said […]
Posted on 02. Aug, 2017 in Marriage therapy
This piece fro Oct 2005, looks at ACCORD, an Irish voluntary Catholic organisation that aims to promote a deeper understanding of Christian marriage and to offer people the means to safeguard and nourish their marriage and family relationships. Eithne Kelleher explains their new service which teaches couples how to manage their fertility and understand their […]
Posted on 02. Aug, 2017 in Ecology, Environment
This piece from March 2005 reminds us that Fr. Sean McDonagh has been one of the first in the Church to look at the issues of climate change. Here he is talking about three major issues facing humanity over the next 20 years; Global Warming, Access to Water and Extinction of Species. He talk about […]
Posted on 20. Jul, 2017 in Church Teachings, Religious teaching, Schools
A Tale of Two Belvederes is the story of two houses, both called ‘Belvedere House.’ Belvedere House in Mullingar, built by ‘the wicked earl’, Robert Rochfort, and Belvedere House in Great Denmark Street, Dublin (now part of Belvedere College), built by his son, George. Belvedere House in Dublin was brought by the Jesuits in […]
Posted on 20. Jul, 2017 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Spirituality
In this piece from the archives, we hear from David McWilliams, who says Christians might be fighting a futurist battle. He says that the younger generation have a la carte values, but that it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He wrote the book in Search of the Pope’s Children which tracked Ireland’s successful young entrepreneurs, where he claimed […]
Posted on 13. Jul, 2017 in Church Teachings, Feminism/Women in the Church
The role of women in the church is one that causes much contention, but Fr Wilfred Harrington, a Dominican theologian says that this stem from the culture of the day and not from a true understanding of Christianity. Wilfred talks about how women in the early Church played a very prominent role. He says there […]
Posted on 13. Jul, 2017 in Mental Health
To the Bone is a controversial film about anorexia, which has brought up much discussion about the illness. Here in this piece from the archives, we hear the story of Marie Devine who battled with this incredibly complicated disease as a teenager and again in her thirties. She spent many months in psychiatric hospitals trying to […]
Posted on 13. Jul, 2017 in Church Teachings
Reflection read by Gerry Clarke.
Posted on 22. Jun, 2017 in Places of Conflict, Politics
This week we are looking at the book on Fr Alec Reid, One Man, One God by Redemptorist by Fr Martin McKeever. It provides unique insight into what motivated Fr Alec, what inspired him, and what kept him going during years of disappointment, frustration and seeming failure. We also remember a interview Fr Alec Reid […]
Posted on 01. Dec, 2016 in Advent, Christmas, Seasons of the Church Year
Sunday December 4th is the second Sunday of Advent – another candle lit on the Advent wreath, in the countdown to the Feast of Christmas. Still in the season of ‘Waiting’. Dominican priest Fr. Joe Cullen examines how we deal with the past and how we can respond to God’s grace as we face the future. […]