Posted on 08. Sep, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Climate Change, Community, Ecology, Environment, Faith Groups
“Everything is interconnected, and this invites us to develop a spirituality of that global solidarity which flows from the mystery of the Trinity.” This is the quote from Pope Francis which inspires Loving Sister Earth. On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October, they will be leading creative prayer rituals, which will be live streamed globally […]
Posted on 08. Sep, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Climate Change, Community, Ecology, Environment, Nature, Recycling
Inspired by Laudato Si’, Frank Sammon, SJ has established a ‘Care for Our Common Home’ based in Rathgar Parish. The group aims to promote the encyclical’s message both within Rathgar parish, and in the greater Dublin region. It hopes to stimulate discussion on key issues such as climate justice, and to translate such discussion into […]
Posted on 01. Sep, 2016 in Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice
Ailish O’Brien rsm has spent the last year in South Sudan. Inspired by a letter she got from an organisation “Solidarity with South Sudan” looking for volunteers, she decided to commit three years of her life to working there. The decision to go was difficult. She explains how she prayed on it and asked the […]
Posted on 01. Sep, 2016 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values
Pat Storey, Ireland’s first woman bishop talks about her personal understanding and experience of mercy in this jubilee year declared by Pope Francis. She focuses on a phrase that resonates with her, “grace is getting what you don’t deserve, mercy is not getting what you do deserve” and says that this is true in her […]
Posted on 28. Jul, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Gospel Values
Professor Patrick Riordan (Heythrop College) talks about how people of faith can respond to a secular world. In his paper entitled, The Secular is not Scary: Cooperation beyond Coexistence, he looks at the values that the Church and secular society can learn from each other. He also explores how in the past the Church and State fought to have the ultimate […]
Posted on 28. Jul, 2016 in Book Reviews, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Ecology, Gospel Values, Nature
God You’re Breaking my Heart: What is God’s response to suffering and evil? is a new book by prolific Jesuit author, Brian Grogan SJ. He is the author of the classic bestseller, Finding God in All Things and many other titles on Ignatian spirituality. In this book Fr. Grogan explores the mastery of evil. Each […]
Posted on 28. Jul, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Conflict, Death, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values
Aid To the Church In Need (ACN) is a registered charity running directly under the Holy See which is dedicated to support the suffering and persecuted Church throughout the world. Founded in 1947 by Fr Werenfried van Straaten, whom Pope John Paul II named “An Outstanding Apostle of Charity”, the organisation is now at work […]
Posted on 21. Jul, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Economy
For the first time in many years the government won’t have to implement an austerity budget. Many people are hoping for changes that will help make Ireland a fairer society,especially for those on the margins. Social Justice Ireland, an organisation that works to create a fairer society, said that it was critical in times of […]
Posted on 21. Jul, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Gospel Values, Young people
According to Michael Kelly, editor of the Irish Catholic, Bishop Robert Barron is one of the most engaging thinkers in English-speaking Catholicism. A former seminary rector, he is now an auxiliary bishop in the sprawling Los Angeles archdiocese. At the heart of his faith is a desire to connect with the modern culture and to […]
Posted on 14. Jul, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Crime, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church, Human Trafficking
Ruth Killcullen is director of Mecpaths, Mercy Efforts to Counter Child Prostitution and Trafficking in the Hospitality Sector. Her work focuses on raising awareness amongst hotel owners of the prevalence of children being abused on their premises. She is also an advocate of legislation that follows the Nordic model in making paying for sex illegal […]