Posted on 15. Jan, 2015 in Uncategorized
The hope for iCatholic.ie is that it will become the equivalent of the RTE player or BBC iPlayer for the Irish Church. Founded by Fr. Bill Kemmy as a way to share the visuals of the Church, it has also recently created an app for iPhones and tablets and will shortly also be available on […]
Posted on 15. Jan, 2015 in Depression, Health, Mental Health
In this second story from somebody living with Bipolar, Gary explores some of the possible lifestyle approaches that somebody can take in order to “clear the fog”. Having experienced the highs and lows of extreme moods for most of his life he looks at how bipolar needs to be better understood by everybody from a […]
Posted on 08. Jan, 2015 in Uncategorized
The Twelve are an new development in community building and evangelisation. Founded by Fr. Gerry Campbell, from whom we have heard of previously, they go into parishes and help create a new sense of purpose and mission. Work on the idea that parishioners ought to be involved in the organising of their own mission, they work […]
Posted on 08. Jan, 2015 in Conflict, Crime, Family, Married Couples
The extra stress of the Christmas Season is unfortunatley one of the times when incidence and severity of domestic violence increases. However, under pressure with trying to hold it all together for their families, women often don’t look for help until the New Year. Margaret Martin, Director of Women’s Aid talked about the aftermath of […]
Posted on 08. Jan, 2015 in Uncategorized
Bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) causes serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking, and behavior—from the highs of mania on one extreme, to the lows of depression on the other. More than just a fleeting good or bad mood, the cycles of bipolar disorder last for days, weeks, or months. And unlike ordinary mood […]
Posted on 25. Dec, 2014 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Festivals, Fundraising
This year in the run up to Christmas, several different choirs all came to sing outside St. Ann’s church on Dublin’s Dawson St. during their annual Black Santa collection that this year was in aid of the homeless. They joined the vicar of St Ann’s, Canon David Gillespie and clerical colleagues from around the United […]
Posted on 25. Dec, 2014 in Christmas, Homelessness, Music Therapy
One of the Choirs that joined the Black Santa annual collection in Dawson’s street, Dublin was the Dublin Male Voice Choir. Miriam met Áine Mulvey, musical director and Frank Guifoyle, chairperson of the Choir to find out more about their choir on the day that they were singing outside St. Ann’s. Website is Dublinmalevoicechoir.ie
Posted on 25. Dec, 2014 in Uncategorized
Previously Soul Waves radio covered a new development in evangelisation that was recently put into action in the Archdiocese of Armagh. The group, known as ‘The Twelve’, was initiated by Fr Gerry Campbell in response to the challenge of involving lay people more closely in the work of evangelisation. Here Conor Deane talks with Kathleen […]
Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in Uncategorized
Peter McVerry says that the problem of homelessness is “worst than anything I’ve ever experience in forty years”. He says it’s no longer just about young men with social problems sleeping rough, but about whole families being out on the streets. His numbers show that there is an average of five new presentations of homelessness […]
Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized, Young people
Youth 2000 is an international movement of young people called to spread the Good News of the Catholic faith and share this experience with other young people. They recently had their national Christmas retreat where young people from all over the country gathered in Newbridge to celebrate the Theme that “The Spirit of the Lord […]