Posted on 01. Nov, 2018 in Christian Values, Economy
Pat Riordan SJ, a philosopher, looked at the topic of the Common Good in the Loyola Institute on Halloween night. He considered whether there is an agreed upon goodness towards which we can orientate ourselves or whether the perceived good always be relative to the individual – what is good for one may not be good […]
Posted on 25. Oct, 2018 in Achievement, Charity, Christian Values, Gospel Values, Humanitarian Aid, Saints
Oscar Romero, the murdered archbishop of San Salvador who spoke up for the poor and oppressed was declared a saint on Oct 14th of this year. The ceremony featured seven new saints altogether, including Pope John Paul VI and, as the Vatican put it, “five other lesser-known blessed.” Romero, who stood up to a violent regime, […]
Posted on 25. Oct, 2018 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Death, Saints
In this last part on the topic of death with author and lecturer Brian Grogan SJ, we look at Purgatory and the process of purification in terms of us being inclusive and in loving communication with others. Pat also asks about the possibility of doing this here on earth which prompts Brian to look […]
Posted on 18. Oct, 2018 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Community, Music
A group of energetic university students from across Dublin have come together to re-establish regular worship in St Thomas’ Church of Ireland Church, by bringing Gospel Music into this historic Anglican Church. Standing at the gateway of O’Connell Street into Dublin’s North East Inner City, it was first established in 1758 and then rebuilt and uniquely […]
Posted on 18. Oct, 2018 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Death
As we approach the feast of All Souls we look at the second part of Brian Grogan’s piece on death. Jesuit and author of the book, Where to from Here” The Christian Vision of the Afterlife, he explores this topic in depth. Here he looks at the unconditional nature of God’s love and talks about hell […]
Posted on 18. Oct, 2018 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice, Pope Francis
Fr Brian Shortall is a Capuchin and author of the book “Tired of all the Bad News” who is based in Dublin. He met Pope Francis on his visit to Ireland when he came to the Capuchin Day Care Centre. He argues in his blog the Pope is under attack from ministers in the Church would […]
Posted on 11. Oct, 2018 in Community, Ecology
The world’s leading climate scientists say that we only have 12 years to avert climate catastrophe and keep temperature rises to a maximum of 1.5C. Beyond this even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people. However despite such reports there was barely […]
Posted on 11. Oct, 2018 in Christian Values, Human Trafficking, Young people
Bishop Gabriel Mendy, the first ever Gambian Bishop, was appointed to his post as Bishop of Banjul one year ago. In his first interview he talked about being Bishop and in this one he talks about some of the social issues that The Gambia is facing, in particular unemployment and emigration. He says that almost […]
Posted on 11. Oct, 2018 in Christian Values, Community, Faith and Justice, Homelessness
Over 10,000 people took to the streets last week to Raise the Roof and get the government to do something about the housing and homelessness crisis. Margaret Burns from The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice was at the march and said that the government really needed to listen to the people and start to […]
Posted on 04. Oct, 2018 in Community, Death
Anam Cara is an organisation that supports bereaved parents and will hold its next monthly parent evening on Monday 8th of October at 7:20pm in the Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Sharon Vard, one of the founders of Anam Cara lost her own daughter Rachel to an inoperable brain tumour. She talks about how meeting […]