Music – Be Thou My Vision
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Music
Our music this week is Be Thou My Vision sung by the Dublin Choral Foundation.
Reflection: All Saints, All Souls – Fr. Joe Cullen
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Saints
November 1st and 2nd are two important back to back Feast days which are significant dates in the church calendar. All Saints on November 1st is followed by All Souls on November 2nd which marks the time of year when we traditionally remember the Souls of the Faithful Departed. Fr. Joe Cullen Dominican offers this […]
The Vocation of Nursing – Una O’Doherty
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Health, Vocation
Una O’Doherty, a former nurse, firmly believes that nursing is a calling and that Florence Nightingale and Louise de Mariac, the founder of the Sisters of Charity, are largely responsible for the ethos of care enshrined in nursing. Eileen Good asked her about patient care and if she believed that nursing is a vocation.
World Youth Day – Australia 2008! – Bishop Anthony Fisher
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Church Teachings, Different abilities, Environment, Faith and Justice, Festivals, Relationships
Sydney‘s Randwick Racecourse has just been announced as the location for World Youth Day 2008. The venue is just one of the many details currently being discussed by the organisers in Sydney. Bishop Anthony Fisher is coordinator of World Youth Day 2008 and he told Piaras Jackson of his hopes for the big event.
Mission Alive Month 2006 – Fr. Angelo Lafferty SMA
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Charity, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Festivals
Mission Alive 2006 highlights Hospitality – Welcoming the Stranger as its theme for this years programme. The month of October has many exciting and creative events organised throughout the country. Over 450 parishes, 400 secondary schools, hospitals and third level colleges are celebrating the role of Irish Missionaries in welcoming other nationalities into our Irish […]
Children and AIDS in Zambia – Michael T Kelly SJ
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Health, HIV/Aids, Poverty
AIDS is a disease that is destroying Africa. Fr. Michael T Kelly, from Kilkenny has spent most of his life in Zambia working with people with AIDS. Miriam Gormally asked him about the children, the most vulnerable people with AIDS. She asked them if there was a stigma surrounding children who have AIDS.
Christian Aid – Dr Daleep Mukarji
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Charity, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
Christian Aid is an organisation that believes in life before death. They are present in more that 50 countries throughout the world, helping to improve the lives of those living on the margins of society and wipe out the injustices that cause poverty. Rev. Ian Poulton met Dr. Daleep Mukarji (Muckargee), Director of Christian Aid […]
The Ad Lumina Pilgrimage – Martin Long
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Pilgrimage, Vocation
The Irish Bishops are currently in Rome at an Ad Lumina conference discussing the future of the Irish Church and the challenges and opportunities currently being faced. Martin Long, Director of Communications in Maynooth, spoke with Miriam Gormally over the phone, about the conference and the relevance it will have to people in Ireland.
Relationship Needs and Disability – Kelley Johnson
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Faith and Justice, Mental Health, Relationships
Kelley Johnson was involved in a ground breaking study that looked at the needs and relationship desires of people with intellectual difficulties. She found that the vast majority of them wanted to have some kind of adult relationship but felt constricted by society. However she also found that many of them had been abused and […]
Child Witches in the Congo – Muireann Kirrane
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Church Teachings, Economy, Environment, Faith and Justice, Health, Poverty
All over the country children here are dressing up for Halloween, many of them as witches and sorcerers. And it’s all in good fun. But in the Congo, witchcraft and sorcery has become very sinister and disturbing. Young children, accused of witchcraft are being thrown out of their homes –and it’s not to go trick […]