Posted on 14. May, 2015 in Christian Values, Relationships, Weddings and Marriage
Soline Humbert is a spiritual guide and an advocate for women’s ordination. She also contributed an article for “To Have and To Hold, Stories and Reflections from LGBT people, their families and friends” edited by Patricia Devlin and Brian Glennon. Her Catholic Faith is very important to her but she plans to vote Yes […]
Posted on 14. May, 2015 in Christian Values, Community, Nature, Vocation
In Gratitude: The Story of a Gift-Filled Life, published by Orpen Press, is the story of Catherine McCann, who grew up in Simmonscourt Castle in Dublin 4, before joining the Religious Sisters of Charity. Last week we looked at one of her great lifetime achievements, The Shekinah Sculpture Garden. This week we explore her life […]
Posted on 14. May, 2015 in Cancer, Christian Values, Family, Health
A Girl Interrupted is a book by Brenda Drumm about her life and Faith journey with Multiple Myeloma, a treatable, but incurable cancer of the bone marrow. Based on diary entries, cards and memories, she tells the story of how she was diagnosed and how that changed life for her and her family forever. Releasing […]
Posted on 07. May, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Schools
It’s that time of year again when many excited little girls and boys around the country are preparing for the Communion. For some it is a meaningful sacrament, for others it is one of their biggest fashion days to date. The recession however has meant nothing but worry and stress before the First Holy Communion. […]
Posted on 30. Apr, 2015 in Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
Over 6,000 people known to have died as a result of the earthquake, with many more left homeless. Trócaire is working through the Caritas network of humanitarian agencies to deliver emergency relief in Nepal. The Caritas network is currently arranging for 2,000 shelters, 167,000 water purification tablets and over 40,000 hygiene kits to be distributed to […]
Posted on 30. Apr, 2015 in Charity, Christian Values, Gospel Values, Humanitarian Aid
The International Society for Human Rights has found that 80% of religious discrimination in the world today is directed at Christians. It is intensifying in the Middle East and North Aftica where Only in the last week, there was the brutal murder of at least 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. However there hasn’t been much […]
Posted on 23. Apr, 2015 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Vocation
It’s been nearly two years since Bishop Patricia Storey was appointed to succeed Richard Clarke as Bishop of Meath and Kildare. At the time there was great media interest in the first woman to be elected as a bishop in the Church of Ireland and the first female Anglican Communion bishop in Ireland and Great […]
Posted on 23. Apr, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Politics, Vatican
Vatican Council II was the most important religious event of the twentieth century, with repercussions that reached far beyond the Catholic church. John O’Malley SJ is the author of “What Happened at Vatican II?” a book capturing the drama of the council, depicting the colourful characters involved and their clashes with one another. His analysis, […]
Posted on 09. Apr, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Gospel Values
Having spent 20 years of ministry in Northern Ireland, including working as a counsellor, Pat Davis SJ talks with Pat Coyle about how the compassion of Jesus is his driving force. “When you are sitting helping a client as a counsellor, you are being compassionate, you’re listening to them, not judging them and helping them […]
Posted on 09. Apr, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings
Catholic Comment, a team of lay people who speak about the Catholic faith in the media were troubled by what they perceive to be a worrying threat to Catholic schools if the forthcoming referendum on same-sex marriage is passed. Speaking to presenter Seán O’Rourke on RTÉ Radio, Enda Kenny said that, if the referendum passes, Catholic […]