Posted on 10. Dec, 2015 in Christian Values, Christmas, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Mass, Sexuality
The 17th Annual LGBT Christmas Carol service will take place on Saturday the 12th of December. The guest speaker will be Colm O’Gorman, executive director of Amnesty International and money collected with go to the Peter McVerry Trust. Music will be sung by the Dublin Gay Men’s Chorus. Brian Glennon is organising it this year. […]
Posted on 03. Dec, 2015 in Achievement, Christian Values, Married Couples, Saints
St Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the Church’s most popular saints. Recently her parents, Zélie Guerin and Louis Martin, became the first couple to be canonised together. Their life story demonstrates how holiness can be achieved in marriage. They were a couple who knew heartache: four of their nine children died as infants. They also […]
Posted on 03. Dec, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Eastern Spirituality
Catherine McCann presenting her first book to Mary Robinson. In their eighties many people are thinking of settling down or maybe moving into a retirement home. Not Catherine McCann, founder of the Shekinah Sculpture Gardens in Wicklow. She has recently returned from a trip to India, including time spent in an Ashram and has published a […]
Posted on 03. Dec, 2015 in Church of Ireland, Church Teachings, Community, Ecology
Revd Andrew Orr The current UN climate change conference taking place in Paris is causing us all to reflect on our carbon emissions. Revd Andrew Orr, Archdeacon of Ossory and Leighlin and rector of Tullow is Chair of Eco Congregation Ireland. He is deeply involved in using the Church as a way of creating greater awareness about our […]
Posted on 26. Nov, 2015 in Baptism, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Gospel Values
Jeff Cavins is recognised both nationally and internationally as one of the most effective and engaging speakers In the Church today. He was recently in Ireland giving his presentation on “The Great Adventure: A Journey through the Bible”. His interactive programme helps people read the “big picture” of God’s plan in Sacred Scripture and understand its meaning […]
Posted on 26. Nov, 2015 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Church Teachings, Community, Eastern Spirituality, Faith Groups, Gospel Values
The Alpha course has been sweeping though the country and attracting the attention of Christians and non Christians alike. Donal Casey, lecturer and artist, was a lapsed Christian who like many professed to be spiritual but not religious. Here he talks with Miriam Gormally about how he joined the Alpha course out of curiosity – […]
Posted on 19. Nov, 2015 in Christian Values, Faith Groups, Grief, Prayer
Conor Deane was invited to the first Armagh Diocesan Charismatic Weekend in the Servite Priory, Benburb in Co. Tyrone where all the charismatic prayer groups from within the diocese and further afield gathered for the first time this century. Members of the National [Charismatic] Service Committee were also present. The event was facilated by “The 12” […]
Posted on 19. Nov, 2015 in Achievement, Art, Death, Education
Michael Paul Gallagher, a Jesuit and Renaissance man who was a renowned author and academic recently passed away. Last week we played a piece from the archives on his work on imagination and belief and this week we hear form Brendan Stauntan SJ who was a friend and colleague. He begins by talking about how […]
Posted on 19. Nov, 2015 in Christian Values, Conflict, Crime, Death, Grief
The dreadful events in Paris causes everybody to wonder where this violence came from and what led up to it? Sometimes different agendas get played out and people seize their chance to push a course – Rumsfeld in US after 9/11 used the occasion to go after Saddam Hussein; Marion Le Pen in France today […]
Posted on 12. Nov, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Humane Vitae
Cora Sherlock is Deputy Chairperson of the Pro Life Campaign. She is a practising solicitor based in Dublin. The Campaign promotes pro-life education and defends human life at all stages, from conception to natural death. It also campaigns for resources to support and assist pregnant women and those in need of healing after abortion. She talks with Miriam Gormally […]