Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Achievement, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church
Macra Na Feirme, one of Ireland’s oldest farm organisations, has recently elected Catherine Buckley as president making her first female president. Catherine Buckley comes from Rylane, Muskerry in Co Cork and shared with Miriam over the phone what it meant for her to be the first woman president of such a traditionally male dominated organisation.
Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Church Teachings, Feminism/Women in the Church
Sr. Cyril Mooney, an Irish nun living and working in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) recently received the prestigious Padma Shree award in India, an award usually only given to Indians. Simon Acres from John Scottus School in Dublin was working with Sr Cyril when she received news that she had won the award. Simon explained to […]
Posted on 16. May, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church, Relationships
The Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth is one of the great moments recorded in Mary’s life – two women meeting at a very special time in their lives, fulfilling the prophecies. Helen Gallivan, author of ‘The Temple Within: The Rosary, The Bible and the Inner Journey’ told Eileen Good about the significance of […]
Posted on 04. Apr, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church
In her quest for an intimate relationship with God, Noreen Mackey’s journey almost defies belief – she entered a Carmelite Monastery not once, but twice – and neither worked. Her account of the journey is a compelling read in her just published book The Crystal Fountain. She told Eileen Good about the search and where […]
Posted on 21. Feb, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church
Women’s World Day of Prayer is an international and interdenominational movement of informed prayer and prayerful action. This year it is celebrated on Friday 2nd March. The theme for this year is United Under God’s Tent and the service has been prepared by the women of Paraguay, South America. Catherine Murtagh is one of the […]
Posted on 21. Feb, 2007 in Charity, Church Teachings, Feminism/Women in the Church, Humanitarian Aid
This year’s Trocaire Lenten Campaign is tackling the issue of gender inequality -focusing specifically on Malawi. In many countries today women have the right to vote, to own property in their own name, to work in professions of their choice –or do a number of things that were forbidden to them in the past because […]
Posted on 24. Jan, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church, Festivals, Saints, St. Brigid
Most people know that the 1st of February is St. Brigid’s day. But this year is particularly special because it is also the 200th anniversary of the Brigidine Sisters. Together with Afri they will be organising Féile Bríde, seeding a new springtime, a week-long series of workshops which will celebrate the coming of spring and […]
Posted on 29. Nov, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church
This year the Mercy Order celebrates 175 years in existence. Recent years have been difficult and painful for the Order, but they take courage from their remarkable foundress Catherine McAuley who is still their inspiration. Sr. Anne Hannon told Eileen Good about the foundation of the order and the Ireland of those days.
Posted on 15. Nov, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Feminism/Women in the Church
Two great women of the Church, St. Teresa of Avila and St. Therese of Lisieux, were celebrated during the month of October. Three hundred years separate them yet they have much in common. Both are Doctors of the Church, both were members of an enclosed order of nuns, they were both passionate about prayer and […]
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.