Posted on 22. Nov, 2018 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Liturgy
God Ever Greater: Exploring Ignatian Spirituality is the title of Brian O’Leary SJ’s latest book published by Messenger Publications. The book is the fruit of a life-long immersion in Ignatian spirituality from both an academic and experiential perspective. In this interview with Pat Coyle, Brian explains how he dealt head-on with understanding the oft-used, but little […]
Posted on 15. Nov, 2018 in Achievement, Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Conflict, Death, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Saints
‘Each one of you must be a microphone of God, each one of you must be a messenger, a prophet’ St Oscar Romero 1917-1980 St Oscar Romero was recently canonised for his work in El Salvador. He worked closely with Trócaire in the 1970s to speak out about corruption in El Salvador. At the […]
Posted on 15. Nov, 2018 in Achievement, Chaplaincy, Christian Values, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Pope Francis, Prayer
A few years ago Pope Francis encouraged the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services (ICCRS) and the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships (CF) to work together towards forming, an International group , “a single service for the one current of grace.” Conor Deane met with Michelle Moran, Past President of ICCRS and one […]
Posted on 15. Nov, 2018 in Christian Values, Community, Gospel Values, Young people
Eoin Lynch has been working with UCO, University Christian Outreach in UCD in Dublin. He gave the first in a series of talks called “Joy Robbers!” looking at where we can find true joy. He explains to Conor Deane that UCO is about outreach and getting people to come along to their regular Tue night […]
Posted on 08. Nov, 2018 in Christian Values, Climate Change, Faith Groups, Natural Disasters
The Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) recently released a report on biodiversity and climate change saying that we only had a 12 year window to prevent catastrophic climate change. Sean McDonagh, a Columbian Priest, is known around the world as an eco-theologian who works to raise awareness on about climate change justice as well as […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2018 in Christian Values, Church Teachings
Kevin Hargaden, an ordinand with the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, is the social justice theologian for the Jesuit centre for Faith and Justice in Gardiner street. He says the Christian everywhere should welcome the ban on blasphemy. He also wrote extensively about Blasphemy before and after the referendum. Attention to the law kicked off […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2018 in Achievement, Christian Values, Community, Conflict, Death, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
Photographed from left to right is Emily O’Reilly EU Ombusman; Ronan Tynan and Anne Daly of Esperanza Productions; Eileen Good chairperson of the jury and Peter Dunn director of the Radharc Trust The Radharc Awards recently took place in the Talbot Hotel in Stillorgan. The Awards honour television documentaries addressing national […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2018 in Christian Values, Economy
Pat Riordan SJ, a philosopher, looked at the topic of the Common Good in the Loyola Institute on Halloween night. He considered whether there is an agreed upon goodness towards which we can orientate ourselves or whether the perceived good always be relative to the individual – what is good for one may not be good […]
Posted on 25. Oct, 2018 in Achievement, Charity, Christian Values, Gospel Values, Humanitarian Aid, Saints
Oscar Romero, the murdered archbishop of San Salvador who spoke up for the poor and oppressed was declared a saint on Oct 14th of this year. The ceremony featured seven new saints altogether, including Pope John Paul VI and, as the Vatican put it, “five other lesser-known blessed.” Romero, who stood up to a violent regime, […]
Posted on 25. Oct, 2018 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Death, Saints
In this last part on the topic of death with author and lecturer Brian Grogan SJ, we look at Purgatory and the process of purification in terms of us being inclusive and in loving communication with others. Pat also asks about the possibility of doing this here on earth which prompts Brian to look […]