Posted on 04. May, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values
Soul Waves Radio’s AGM took place this week with a talk from Ruth Patterson – a Presbyterian minister, who has been Director of Restoration Ministries since 1988, a non denominational, Christian organisation committed to peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. She was the first woman to be ordained as a minister in Ireland. And she […]
Posted on 04. May, 2017 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Community, Gospel Values
Ruth Patterson continues her talk about how the love of Jesus can be experienced even in the most difficult of circumstances and how the “sacrament of encounter” can be transmitted over the radio.
Posted on 27. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community
Michael O’Sullivan SJ is the Director of the MA in applied spirituality. It is a masters that is awarded by Waterford Institute of technology and delivered in Milltown Park, Dublin in conjunction with SpIRE, the Spirituality Institute for Research and Education. The course includes lots of class contact as well as meetings with a spiritual […]
Posted on 20. Apr, 2017 in Art, Christian Values, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Vatican
Continuing on our series looking at women in Church art, we draw our attention today to the Sistine Chapel, in particular the ceiling, painted by Michelangelo. The ceiling has 300 figures and took over four years to execute. One of the things artist Eve Parnell, notes about the ceiling is the large number of […]
Posted on 20. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Faith Groups, Retreats, Spirituality, Young people
NUA is a series of eight short films about fifteen minutes each, produced by Scripture Union Ireland. The films encourage questions, acknowledge doubt, and offer an engaging and fresh perspective on the Christian faith. Scott Evans, Church of Ireland Chaplain at UCD was one of the script writers for this series of films. Here he […]
Posted on 20. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Community, Gospel Values, Saints, Vocation
The date for the beatification ceremony of Blessed John Sullivan elect has been confirmed for Saturday 13 May in Gardiner St Church at 11am. This Church was chosen because it hosts the remains of Fr John Sullivan SJ in a tomb in the church. This is the first ever beatification ceremony to take place in Ireland. […]
Posted on 13. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Gospel Values
Several churches in the Egyptian city of Minya have said that they will cut back on Easter services as a mark of respect for those killed by Islamic extremists in last week’s twin Palm Sunday bombings. The Coptic community have been the victims of previous attacks and have expressed anger at what they see as a […]
Posted on 13. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Economy, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Vocation, Young people
Chris Brolly is a Jesuit novice on a three-month placement in Dublin. Originally from Newcastle, England, 28 year-old Chris is of Irish Catholic heritage who worked in marginalised communities before joining the Jesuits. In this interview with Pat Coyle from Irish Jesuit Communications, he speaks about his reason for joining the Jesuits and he shares his […]
Posted on 13. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Easter
Easter is a time of death and renewal. Every year the Avila centre in Donnybrook run a Holy Thursday Retreat starting at 2pm. According to Jim Noonan OCD, this is one of their most popular retreats – a time when people are coming out of the season of Lent and beginning to prepare for the […]
Posted on 06. Apr, 2017 in Achievement, Christian Values, Community, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Young people
Viatores Christi (VC), is a lay missionary organisation which specialises in the training and placement of skilled volunteers. Their CEO Shane Halpin, a Drogheda man, decided to give up a comfortable Public Relations job and life in London to go live amongst homeless children in South Africa. He talks about how the experience was outside all […]