Posted on 15. Dec, 2016 in Book Reviews, Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Eastern Spirituality, Faith and Justice, Film Reviews, Gospel Values
Martin Scorsese considered joining the priesthood before becoming a director and that interest is certainly obviously in Silence, his most theologically dense film yet. James Martin SJ, an advisor on the film said ‘it was like a prayer’. An adaptation of the book by Shūsaku Endō, it follows two 17th century Jesuit priests, Father Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) […]
Posted on 15. Dec, 2016 in Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid
Trócaire gifts bring a welcome antidote to the madness of Christmas excess. Eoghan Rice, Head of Communications at Trócaire talks about how people can give the gift of solar lamps and olive trees instead of buying socks or chocolates that people may not even want. He points out that their Christmas appeal this year is […]
Posted on 08. Dec, 2016 in Christian Values, Community, Gospel Values, Media
Reality magazine, the Redemptorist publication is celebrating eighty years. It has been running from 1936 to 2016. It started as The Redemptorist Record, a small black and white publication and has grown to Reality a full-sized glossy magazine. Miriam Gormally met editor Brendan McConvery CSsR to find our more about the changes over the years; […]
Posted on 08. Dec, 2016 in Christian Values, Community, Family, Marriage therapy, Relationships, Weddings and Marriage
Alan and Dianne Morris are a married couple who work together to help others strengthen their marriages. This year they gave a talk in St Joseph’s Parish, Glasthule on “Practical Tools for Christian Relationships.” Miriam met with Alan to find out more about what makes marriage survive and thrive. She began by asking him whether […]
Posted on 01. Dec, 2016 in Christian Values, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Politics
Belvedere Boy is a play about the life and execution of Kevin Barry. Irish patriot Kevin Barry was eighteen years old when he was executed on November 1st 1920 for his part in an IRA ambush which killed three young British soldiers aged fifteen, nineteen and twenty. In a controversial new play former IRA volunteer Shane Paul O’Doherty tells his version […]
Posted on 24. Nov, 2016 in Caring for Children, Christian Values, Community, Different abilities, Gospel Values, Humanitarian Aid, Young people
It’s been 30 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – the fallout of which saw many children being abandoned in orphanages all over Belarus. One of those children brought up particular memories for RTE TV presenter Colm Flynn. His family adopted one of the abandoned children, a little boy with special needs. The Flynn family […]
Posted on 24. Nov, 2016 in Christian Values, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Young people
Wendy Grace, broadcaster and journalist with the Irish Catholic is on her first pregnancy. She says that it is particularly significant for her to be pregnant in the period of Advent, starting Nov 27th. Drawing parallels with the Christmas story of birth and waiting, she explores how her own life has become centred on waiting. […]
Posted on 17. Nov, 2016 in Christian Values, Conflict, Crime, Gospel Values, Prison
This second part of The Volunteer continues by looking at how Shane O’Doherty was arrested and his subsequent life in prison. It explores how he turned from a bomber to someone who publically and privately called for an end to all violence. He talks about the power of prayer and how it sustains him through life […]
Posted on 17. Nov, 2016 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Ecology, Nature
Radical and Free: Musings on Religious Life by Brian O’Leary SJ is a book that looks at the values underpinning religious vows. In this interview with Pat Coyle, he says that his musings can be used by religious as well as lay people. Following on from the call of Pope Francis to celebrate the Year of […]
Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in Achievement, Christian Values, Community, Economy
Jesuit theologian Gerry O’Hanlon first reaction to the election of Donald Trump as President of the USA was dismay. Then he began a process of discernment, wondering what was really behind his election. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he says there are a large section of people who feel alienated […]