Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 in Uncategorized
When it comes to helping children with autism, it is sometimes the high functioning ones who can be left behind or not get the help they need. So say Niamh Deane founder of the Tabor Children’s Trust, a registered chairty based in Dublin, Ireland. She and her husband, Conor have three children diagnosed with Autism […]
Posted on 16. Oct, 2014 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Family
The Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said before going to the Synod in Rome, that “The situation of Catholics who are divorced through no fault of their own, but were still denied Communion, should be among issues addressed by bishops.” He questioned “How you go about bringing a more merciful attitude to people who find […]
Posted on 16. Oct, 2014 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Education, Feminism/Women in the Church, Humane Vitae
The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family has been looking at issues surrounding modern families and how to reconcile Church teachings with the reality lived by people on the ground. More than 250 participants, including 14 married couples from around the world are there. There are 190 voting members and over 60 non voting […]
Posted on 16. Oct, 2014 in Married Couples, Weddings and Marriage
Fr. Pat Rogers has recently produced a new app called Irish wedding planner. It can be downloaded for free and used to organise your wedding. It includes civil and church weddings and looks at all the different documents needed in order to get married. Conor Deane spoke with Fr. Pat and asked him what it […]
Posted on 09. Oct, 2014 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Gospel Values, Humane Vitae
The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family kicked off in Vatican City on Monday, and we are beginning to see what frank and open dialogue may look like in the church at its highest level in 2014. Many Catholics are hopeful the synod will bring meaningful change to how the church ministers to the […]
Posted on 09. Oct, 2014 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Economy, Faith and Justice, Poverty
Gustavo Gutierrez, founder of liberation theology gave it the central tenet of, “the preferential option for the poor” or “option for the poor” as it is often known. This service of the poor is also one of the clear guiding principals of Pope Francis’ theology. The phrase was also seen to have links with Marxism. […]
Posted on 09. Oct, 2014 in Climate Change, EcoCongregations, Nature
Good Energy Alliance Ireland is the only non-profit Environmental NGO in Ireland dealing mainly with fracking and climate change. They have been instrumental in campaigning against various oil companies who want to use fracking in Leitrim and Northern Ireland to extract oil. Miriam Gormally spoke with Dr Aideen McLoughlin, director of Good Energy Alliance Ireland […]
Posted on 02. Oct, 2014 in Charity, Church Teachings
Founded in 2002, the Vincentian Lay Missionaries (VLM) aims to support the building of a future for those most in need in the poorest areas of Ethiopia and more recently Nigeria. It also aims to highlight the global issue of poverty, to advocate and to support action for change. VLM encourages lay people to go […]
Posted on 02. Oct, 2014 in Uncategorized
Recently Scotland voted no to becoming an independent country. It was a narrow margin with 55.3% voting against and 44.7% voting for independence. John Mark McCafferty whose parents are Scottish of Irish decent and who works for the Society of Vincent de Paul in Ireland talks with Conor Deane about what independence would have meant […]
Posted on 25. Sep, 2014 in Climate Change
Irish Development organization Trócaire has warned that failure to take decisive action to combat climate change would be like “sentencing millions of the world’s poor to death”. Lorna Gold, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Trócaire, was at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York on Tuesday September 23rd. She had called on Taoiseach […]