Posted on 17. Jan, 2019 in Achievement, Christian Values, Film Reviews, Music, Relationships, Spirituality
Michael Aherne, who plays The Commitments’ pianist Steven Clifford, was an employee for the Dublin Corporation and took a three-month leave of absence to make the film. He is currently head of the transport development at the National Transport Authority as well as working for Spirit Radio and doing gigs with The Commitments. In this […]
Posted on 17. Jan, 2019 in Church Teachings, Community, Spirituality, Vocation
Arthur Holder, Professor of Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, discusses the meaning of spirituality with Pat Coyle. His core thesis is that to be human is to be spiritual. Also that the most profound way to nurture and deepen one’s spirituality is to “pay attention”. Together with Pat, he explores […]
Posted on 17. Jan, 2019 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Climate Change, Community, EcoCongregations, Ecology, Environment, Feminism/Women in the Church
Don Mullan is a best selling author, humanitarian and media producer who has spent his life working to promote justice. He has worked for years in Africa and South America organising famine relief and helping with development projects. His work there led him to see first hand the environmental damage that was causing havoc on […]
Posted on 08. Jan, 2019 in Christian Values, Community, Ecology, Humanitarian Aid, Vocation
Don Mullan is a best selling author, humanitarian and media producer who has spent his life working to promote justice. He has worked for years in Africa and South America organising famine relief and helping with development projects. His work there led him to see first hand the environmental damage that was causing havoc on […]
Posted on 08. Jan, 2019 in Conflict, Crime, Grief, Stress
Bernadette Fahy, counsellor, writer and survivor of institutional abuse talks with Pat Coyle about how her faith was broken by the Church. She says that the faith of survivors was broken, not just once but three times. She grew up in Goldenbridge, and in her book, Freedom of Angels she tells the inside story of […]
Posted on 03. Jan, 2019 in Christian Values, Feminism/Women in the Church, Music, Saints, Vocation
This was a piece of music that first went out at the end of Dec in 2017 and was one of our most popular pieces in 2018. It was a piece of music from Marie Dunne, a Holy Faith Sister, Mary Temple of the Lord. She talks about how she wrote it for the Presentation Brothers when […]
Posted on 27. Dec, 2018 in Book Reviews, Community, Politicians
Dr Tony White’s latest book, Irish Parliamentarians: Deputies and Senator 1918 –2108, is a comprehensive directory of the 1,870 men and women who have been TDs or Senators in the parliament of the Irish State since the first meeting of Dáil Eireann in January 1919. The election for the first Dáil took place 100 years ago, […]
Posted on 27. Dec, 2018 in Community, Conflict, Death, Faith and Justice, Grief
Fr Paddy McCafferty is the PP in Springhill Parish in West Belfast a parish that was shook in 1972 by the shooting and killing of civilians. One year before another massacre had taken place in Ballymurphy where more civilians were shot. The families of all the victims have been looking for justice for years. Now […]
Posted on 20. Dec, 2018 in Achievement, Christian Values, Community, Family, Grandparents, Young people
Becoming a Grandparent for the first time is one of the most exciting experiences, so says Colm Holmes from “We are Church”. Here he talks with Miriam Gormally about how their new arrival has brought such joy into the lives of many. He explores the mystery of birth that emerged in their family from what […]
Posted on 20. Dec, 2018 in Christian Values, Community, Politicians, Politics
Dr Tony White’s latest book, Irish Parliamentarians: Deputies and Senator 1918 –2108, is a comprehensive directory of the 1,870 men and women who have been TDs or Senators in the parliament of the Irish State since the first meeting of Dáil Eireann in January 1919. The election for the first Dáil took place 100 years ago, […]