Posted on 20. Aug, 2015 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Retreats, Spiritual
Our pieces from the archive this week come from 2007. Mount Melleray offers refuge and a place of retreat to people looking for help or support in living a Christian life. Living together in a community as a brotherhood, the monks teach that happiness can only be obtained by patience, mutual love and mutual care. […]
Posted on 13. Aug, 2015 in Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid
Our pieces from the archives this week come from 2007. Here is one of the pieces we did looking at the issue of Human Trafficking. CORI-IMU against Human Trafficking is an ad hoc working group who have come together to address the issue of trafficking –a form of modern day slavery. They believe they can […]
Posted on 13. Aug, 2015 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Relationships
Another piece from 2007 looking at the Micah Community, a group that focuses on faith and friendship. Fr. Michael McCullagh is a Vincentian priest currently working in the parish of Phibsboro in Dublin. He encourages young people there to be involved in their church through an awareness of their faith and the value of friendship. […]
Posted on 06. Aug, 2015 in Church Teachings, Crime, Death, Faith and Justice, Young people
The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, France. It is composed of more than one hundred brothers, from Protestant and Catholic traditions, who originate from about thirty countries across the world. It was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz. Bronagh McAuley, a volunteer at Taizé, spoke to us about the events […]
Posted on 23. Jul, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values
Finding God in all things is the core philosophy of the Jesuits. Brendan McManus SJ works as a spiritual director in Belfast and deals with all the various obstacles that people can encounter. He offers himself as “an ear, where people can come and talk about their lives…and especially their decisions.” He helps them through a process […]
Posted on 25. Jun, 2015 in Church Teachings, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Faith and Justice, Nature, Recycling
w The Pope’s latest encyclical “Laudato si” takes a very grim assessment of the current environmental crisis. In it he say, “The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.” On climate change, he writes, “A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming […]
Posted on 18. Jun, 2015 in Christian Values, Climate Change, EcoCongregations, Ecology, Economy, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Nature
Pope Francis’ latest Encyclical focuses heavily on climate change and asks us all to protect our “common home”. This emphasis on ecology comes as no surprise to Jacqueline Kelleher who works in the Heritage Walled Garden in the Avila Centre in Dublin. The project was developed in order to create a community in the urban […]
Posted on 18. Jun, 2015 in Christian Values, Community, Death, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Humanitarian Aid, Spiritual
On May 23rd, Oscar Romero was beatified. Pope Francis said he “guided, defended and protected his flock, remaining loyal to the Gospel, in communion with the Church,” and in particular gave attention to the poorest and most marginalised in society. Romero was a controversial figure who was called back to the Vatican on three occasions, […]
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 16. Apr, 2015 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Vocation
Thirty-Three Good Men by Dr John A. Weafer analyses the lives of thirty-three Irish Catholic diocesan priests and former priests during a period of significant change in the Irish Church and Irish society, 1960–2010. The book looks at the way Irish diocesan priests experience celibacy and obedience in modern Ireland, and how they understand their […]