Posted on 01. Oct, 2015 in Community, Pilgrimage, Young people
World Youth Day in Poland next summer will take place in Kraków in 2016. Niall Leahy SJ will be there with a group of 30 or so students who will take part in Magis, the Jesuit preparation programme for World Youth Day. He describes it as an experience with 2,000 other young people who will […]
Posted on 10. Sep, 2015 in Charity, Church Teachings, Community, Economy, Family, Grief, Immigrants, Young people
The sight of the body of Alyan Kurdi, the drowned boy who was tragically washed up onto a Turkish beach, highlighted the extent of the refuge crisis. His image spawned sympathy and outrage at the lack of help being offered to Syrian refuges by developing nations. His family were fleeing IS, trying to reach relations […]
Posted on 06. Aug, 2015 in Church Teachings, Crime, Death, Faith and Justice, Young people
The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, France. It is composed of more than one hundred brothers, from Protestant and Catholic traditions, who originate from about thirty countries across the world. It was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz. Bronagh McAuley, a volunteer at Taizé, spoke to us about the events […]
Posted on 30. Jul, 2015 in Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Young people
Speaking at this year’s SMA Summer School in Newry, Fr McVerry said that young people who are leaving the Church need to be listened to. “Those young people who are walking away from the Church, disinterested, are the prophets of today, telling the Church that there is something fundamentally wrong with the message which our […]
Posted on 09. Jul, 2015 in Christian Values, Young people
The second annual Evangelium Conference to be held in Ireland will take place from 10th to 12th of July, at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The theme of the conference is explaining the Catholic Faith in the Modern World. Miriam Gormally met with Fr. Dave Marsden, Vocational Growth Counsellor in Maynooth college, who is involved in […]
Posted on 29. Jan, 2015 in Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Saints, Young people
With interest and excitement members and friends of the Focolare in Ireland and all over the world have welcomed the news that their founder Chiara Lubich has begun the journey towards beatification. The beatification takes place in Rome where Msgr. Raffaello Martinelli has chosen the Cathedral of Frascati, for the official opening of the “process on the life, […]
Posted on 01. Jan, 2015 in Community, Humanitarian Aid, Young people
Self-reflection and challenging oneself by living among people from a different community is one of the most important aspects of self development. Sli Eile is an organisation, which offers young people this opportunity. They run “live-in” programmes where people go to socially disadvantaged areas or developing countries and work among them. Debbie Moore is the […]
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 […]
Posted on 25. Sep, 2014 in Art, Community, Music Therapy, Rehabilitation, Spiritual, Spirituality, Young people
Here is the latest piece of music from Eamon Keane, musician, therapist and radio presenter. It is called “Call on Me Again” and was written while Eamon was working in South Africa. The song derives its inspiration from his work as therapist listening to the stories of many students who feel forgotten. He will be […]
Posted on 31. Jul, 2014 in Achievement, Art, Young people
Fr Frank Browne SJ left behind some 40,000 negatives from his 60 years of taking photographs. His most famous photographs were the last images of the Titanic and of Captain Edward Smith, which were printed in newspaper around the world following the disaster. He also worked as a chaplain to the Irish Guards and served on […]