Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Charity, Church Teachings, Economy, Faith and Justice, Poverty
Coming up to Christmas is a time to think of the many millions of people every year who are displaced and have to look for a place of refuge. Some of those people have made their home in Kerry, but have they received a welcome? Miriam Gormally met Fr. Michael Moynahan, parish priest in Tralee […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Economy, Environment, Faith and Justice, Relationships
Kerry has been very successfully twinned with Lesotho, a small country surrounded by South Africa, in the hope that the two countries could learn from each other, particularly regarding the tourist industry. Toiréasa Ní Fhearaiosa, former Mayor of Kerry County, went to Lesotho to see the country and how the projects were developing. She began […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Faith and Justice, Relationships, Schools, Sport
Rob Carney is a young 20 year old student. An up and coming rugby player with Leinster he hopes to make rugby his career. He was educated at the Jesuit school, Clongowes College in Co. Kildare. He told Eileen Good about the ethos he experienced there, how he coped with life in boarding school and […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
The civil war in Sri Lanka continues to escalate as government soldiers’ battle with the Tamil Tigers. During this conflict Fr Jim Brown, a catholic priest, working in Sri Lanka has gone missing and has not been seen since August 20th. The last place he was seen was at a checkpoint on his way to […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Church Teachings, Death, Faith and Justice
We pray for the souls in Purgatory, especially during the month of November, and perhaps it is an opportune time to think about Purgatory –what do we believe, what is taught? Carmelite Fr. Chris O’Donnell explained his views on Purgatory to Eileen Good, and he started by talking about the two great feasts at the […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church, Relationships, Spirituality
Mary O’Halloran is a mother of two children, a physcotherapist and lecturer in the Milltown Institute in Dublin. She has a strong interest in the area of spirituality and in particular how it relates to women. Eileen Good met up with her and first asked her how she defined spirituality.
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Death, Depression, Faith and Justice, Mental Health, Suicide
The death of a son is hard to deal with, but when that death is a suicide, it is so much harder. David Wynne lost his son Derek to suicide on the 8th of February 1997 and David still lives with the grief. Rev. Ian Poulton met David and asked him how he coped with […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Environment, Faith and Justice, Festivals
The Celtic year begins at Samhainn, the Irish for November. It is a time when nature sleeps and when we need to focus on our Inner Journey. Dolores Whelan has been working as a spiritual guide for the past 20 years taking people around sacred spiritual sites in Ireland and guiding them on their own […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Church Teachings, Death, Faith and Justice
November is the month when we traditionally remember and pray for those who have died. For some it is a difficult month because of its connection with death –and that ultimately we are going to die. Jesuit priest Philip Fogarty has a significant reason to reflect on death as he explained to Eileen Good.
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Pilgrimage
Just home from the Irish Bishops’ Ad Limina Pilgrimage to Rome Bishop Michael Smith, a member of the Bishops’ Dept. of Planning and Communications, was one of the Bishops who presided at the closing press conference for the Irish media in the Irish College in Rome. He told Eileen Good about the trip and why […]