Posted on 10. Jul, 2014 in Christian Values, Young people
The image of online dating as something for people who can’t meet anybody elsewhere is long gone. It is now a respectable and useful way of meeting new people, that allows you to be up front about what it is you are looking for. Wendy Grace, Managing Director of Compass Communications, and features writer with […]
Posted on 10. Jul, 2014 in Christian Values, Music
James Kilbane has put together his latest album, “River of Grace”. In it he musically represents some of the important stages in the unfolding story of the Scriptures and in the development of his own personal Christian faith. The River of Grace album captures some of the central moments and key people caught up in […]
Posted on 10. Jul, 2014 in Music
“There is a River”, a piece of music, telling the story of the Woman at the Well and offering consolation to those for whom life hasn’t gone as hoped or planned.
Posted on 03. Jul, 2014 in Baptism, Church Teachings
Leah Libresco, who’d been a prominent atheist blogger for the religion website Patheos took the world by storm when two years ago she announced her decision to convert to Catholicism. After years of debating many “smart Christians,” she decided that her only option was to become one herself. Libresco, who had blogged under the banner “Unequally […]
Posted on 03. Jul, 2014 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Humane Vitae
David Quinn, columnist with the Irish Independent and the Irish Catholic as well as director of the Iona Institute has rejected the comments by former president Mary McAleese. She described Pope Francis’s plan to ask a synod of bishops to advise him on whether church teaching on the family should change as “completely bonkers”. He says that the comment […]
Posted on 03. Jul, 2014 in Death, Health
Spiritual Care of the sick is a new field in Applied Spirituality. Professor Eckhard Frick SJ is a doctor, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist and the first Professor of Spiritual Care in Europe in the University of Munich. He was in All Hallows College, Dublin recently to give a public talk on this new field and health […]
Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in Christian Values, Crime, Gospel Values, Humane Vitae, Uncategorized
“Those who go down the evil path, as the Mafiosi do, are not in communion with God. They are excommunicated,” Pope Francis said on Saturday June 21st in Calabria, a mob-heavy region in southern Italy. The thousands who had gathered underneath the hot sun cheered. Pope Francis’ pronouncement was the strongest censure of the mafia so […]
Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in Uncategorized
The scale of the moral bankruptcy evident among the cabal that ran the Central Remedial Clinic is being realised following the report of the Interim Administrator for the CRC. The terms “cabal” and “moral bankruptcy” are among those used by Fergus Finlay in his column for the Irish Examiner last Tuesday June 24th. Finlay, CEO […]
Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Uncategorized
On Friday June 27, the feast day of the Sacred Heart, millions of people around the world will pray the Rosary on Friday as part of the global Rosary Relay for Priests. The initiative will officially take place at 85 shrines in 46 countries, from Russia to China, from Vietnam to Australia, from Africa to […]
Posted on 19. Jun, 2014 in Faith and Justice, Uncategorized
On Monday June 16th, Social Justice Ireland, who advocate for a sustainable future for every member in society, launched a policy briefing on budget options for 2015. Their briefing showed that the government can protect public services, make the tax system fairer, provide investment for Ireland’s social infrastructure and reduce Government borrowing below 3% GDP. […]