Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 in Charity, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values
Bishop Undercover is a two part Would you Believe Special. In it, the Right Reverend Trevor Williams goes undercover to work with people without telling them that he is a Bishop. He is the Church of Ireland Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, presiding over 16 parishes and 64 churches across 5 counties. At a time […]
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
Ever since the visit of Obama to Ireland, people have had an increased interest in their own family tree and where they come from. Dr. Susan Hood is assistant librarian and archivist at the Representative Church Body Library, Churchtown, South Country Dublin. She was involved in some very interesting genealogy studies, including one with Graham […]
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
Emmet Sheerin is a former Belvedere pupil and Magis Ireland volunteer who says that the Jesuit emphasis on ‘a faith that does justice’ has made a deep impact on him. On 9 February he headed off to the South Hebron Valley to monitor human rights abuses in Palestine. There, he will be working as an […]
Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
Mother of the Kennedy’s with Rose Kennedy and The Earth Belongs to Everyone with Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara were two major hits for Radharc films. Miriam Gormally spoke with Fr. Dermod McCarthy, who worked with Radharc and then went on to become Head of Religious Programming in RTE about these two piece and why they […]
Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
A Minimum Income Standard for Ireland, is a study funded by the Department of Social Protection and carried out by the Policy Institute at Trinity College in conjunction with the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, to establish the cost of a minimum standard of living for Irish families. It showed that low-income families and those […]
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 in Faith and Justice
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Radharc Films, a production company which made a wide range of documentaries for RTE on social, political and religious issues. Their legacy has over 400 documentaries spanning 30 years’ work in 75 countries. Miriam Gormally spoke with Fr. Dermod McCarthy, who worked with Radharc and later went on […]
Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 in Faith and Justice
In third part of our series with Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy, she talks about how she caused quite a stir when she began examining the structural difficulties, which underlie poverty.
Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 in Faith and Justice
Bishop Chad Gandiya and the Anglican people of Harare have been under attack by the excommunicated former Bishop Nolbert Kunonga aided by police, forcing them to move from their Churches
Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 in Faith and Justice
Sr. Catherine Dunne, from Action to Prevent Trafficking spoke with Miriam Gormally about the work she does in raising awareness about human trafficking, especially in the sex industry
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 in Faith and Justice
Ruhama, an organization supporting women affected by prostitution, are calling for change. Ruhama show that a law criminalizing the buyer while decriminalizing the seller, could radically change behaviour.