Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 in Achievement, Different abilities
On January 29th last, the Irish League of Credit Unions awarded €120,000 to five Special Needs Groups, and their President Uel Adair said they were particularly glad to making the grants in time of economic difficulties. The winners were St. Raphael’s in Co. Kildare and Dudley Foster told Eileen Good how their winning project was […]
Posted on 15. Oct, 2008 in Achievement, Church Teachings, Vocation
The installation of the Very Revd. Dermot Dunne as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral took place on May 29thof this year, succeeding the Very Revd Desmond Harman who died in December 2007. As Dean he will be responsible for the overall management of one of Ireland’s most popular and historical landmarks. Eileen Good spoke with […]
Posted on 01. Oct, 2008 in Achievement, Health, Poverty
Sr. Maura Lynch is a Medical Missionary of Mary and Senior Surgeon at Kitovu Hospital in Masaka in Uganda. She spent the first twenty years of her missionary life in Southern Angola where most of the time the country was at war, and for the past twenty years she has been in Uganda. Last year […]
Posted on 17. Sep, 2008 in Achievement, Vocation
The Cistercian Order was founded in France in 1098 and came to Ireland to Mellifont Abbey in 1142. Today there are 5 monasteries of monks and one monastery of nuns in Ireland, while worldwide they are now in 47 different countries. This week the first Irish monk, Dom Eamon Fitzgerald, Abbot of Mount Melleray in […]
Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 in Achievement, Faith and Justice, Vocation
Brother Philip Pinto was re-elected congregation leader at the Christian Brothers 6 yearly General Chapter at Kunner, Kerala, South India in March of this year – a General Chapter which hearlded a new era for the Irish Province. Eileen Good asked Brother Donal Blake if this was a significant moment for the Irish Christian Brothers.
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Achievement, Relationships
John Moriarty died at his home near the Horses’s Glen at the foot of Mangerton mountain Killarney, on June 1st 2007. A prolific author, he was born in Kerry in 1938 and following his education in Kerry and UCD – where he was a student of Cardinal Desmond Connells’ – he taught in the University […]
Posted on 14. May, 2008 in Achievement, Charity, Poverty
The Vincent De Paul won this year’s award from Reality magazine for best Church organisation of the year. Mairead Bushnell, the National President collected the award and she spoke to Miriam Gormally about the on honour of receiving the award as well as looking at the on-going needs of Irish Society.
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Achievement, Faith and Justice
Leadership is a hotly debated topic at the moment as the presidential election in America gain momentum. However this isn’t the only form of leadership. Chris Lowney, author, Jesuit seminarian and now business consultant, combines his Jesuit training with his work experience in JP Morgan to bring insights into leadership. He explains to Pat Coyle why we […]
Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 in Achievement, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
Salesian priest, Fr. Jim O’Halloran is a native of Callen Co. Kilkenny – a town this year celebrating it’s 8th centenary. Out of an address he gave on this occasion he has published a short book ‘Observe the Rustling Leaves – The Church and the World of the Future’. Eileen Good met him recently and […]
Posted on 31. Oct, 2007 in Achievement, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
The Church has been in the media a great deal recently, mostly for scandals and abuse stories, but what of the good things being done daily by people involved with the Church. Fr. Gerry Maloney, editor of Reality magazine, recently launched “The Reality Awards” to encourage the Irish public to show appreciation for those involved […]