Posted on 04. May, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values
Soul Waves Radio’s AGM took place this week with a talk from Ruth Patterson – a Presbyterian minister, who has been Director of Restoration Ministries since 1988, a non denominational, Christian organisation committed to peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. She was the first woman to be ordained as a minister in Ireland. And she […]
Posted on 20. Apr, 2017 in Art, Christian Values, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Vatican
Continuing on our series looking at women in Church art, we draw our attention today to the Sistine Chapel, in particular the ceiling, painted by Michelangelo. The ceiling has 300 figures and took over four years to execute. One of the things artist Eve Parnell, notes about the ceiling is the large number of […]
Posted on 30. Mar, 2017 in Art, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Religious patronage, Saints
In the cross vault of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City there are four niches, each one containing a very impressive statue. One in particular which stands out – Saint Veronica by Francesco Mochi. His active and passionate depiction of her is at odds with the decorum of the Basilica – the statue shows […]
Posted on 16. Mar, 2017 in Christian Values, Feminism/Women in the Church, Humane Vitae
The Citizen’s Assembly headed by Ms Justice Mary Laffoy has been going through submissions, hearing from experts and listening to stories looking at all different aspects and arguments around abortion. Their conclusions will form the basis of a number of reports and recommendations that will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas for further […]
Posted on 09. Mar, 2017 in Church Teachings, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church
Irish woman Marie Collins has resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. She has stated that when she took up her appointment in 2014, she made it publicly known that if she found any discrepancy between what was happening behind closed doors and what was being said to the public she would […]
Posted on 23. Feb, 2017 in Community, Family, Feminism/Women in the Church, Music for marriage
An Bhainis Phosta a bhí i Gcana or the wedding feast of Cana is a song from Nóirín Ní Riain’s album, the Virgin’s Lament. Recorded in the warm, pure acoustic environment of Glenstal Abbey, The Virgin’s Lament is a rare recording of the oldest surviving Celtic music. The Virgin’s Lament was the beginning of Nóirín’s […]
Posted on 02. Feb, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Ecology, Feminism/Women in the Church, Saints, St. Brigid, Young people
Lá Féile Bhríde is a celebration of one of the most well-known and loved female Irish saints. She was a woman of the land, a spiritual leader, a peacemaker and a woman of legendary hospitality. Solas Bhride, the light of St. Brigid, is a Christian Spiritual centre and hermitage that opened two years ago in […]
Posted on 02. Feb, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values
The subject of women in the church often causes great controversy. Previously we heard from Bishop Fintan Monahan on what it was like to have been appointed bishop. Here he talks with Marie Stuart about women in the Church and also about his own passions and interest within the Church and the constant need for […]
Posted on 02. Feb, 2017 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Sexuality
Redemptorist priest, Fr. Tony Flannery recently celebrated Mass after a five-year ban. “We are Church Ireland” say they fully support his decision to celebrate a public Mass on Sunday on January 22nd in Killimordaly, Co. Galway. This conscientious decision taken by Fr. Flannery on the occasion of his 70th birthday ignores the sanction of the Roman Congregation for […]
Posted on 24. Nov, 2016 in Christian Values, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Young people
Wendy Grace, broadcaster and journalist with the Irish Catholic is on her first pregnancy. She says that it is particularly significant for her to be pregnant in the period of Advent, starting Nov 27th. Drawing parallels with the Christmas story of birth and waiting, she explores how her own life has become centred on waiting. […]