Music: The Love I have for you
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Music
This week our music is from James Kilbane – The Love I have for You’ from his CD Divine Love.
Heroic Leadership
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Achievement, Faith and Justice
Leadership is a hotly debated topic at the moment as the presidential election in America gain momentum. However this isn’t the only form of leadership. Chris Lowney, author, Jesuit seminarian and now business consultant, combines his Jesuit training with his work experience in JP Morgan to bring insights into leadership. He explains to Pat Coyle why we […]
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
One of the world’s leading experts on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Archaeology in the Holy Land, Professor Hanan Eshel of the Bar Ilan University in Israel was in Ireland recently to talk to religious groups on the influence of the Dead Sea Scrolls on Judaism and Christianity. Eileen Good asked him what exactly the […]
The Mass
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
Last week in the magazine supplement to the Irish Times, going to Mass was listed number one in the ‘What’s Hot’ list – forget the spas, yoga and go to Mass! However many non Mass goers today say they don’t go because Mass is boring. Eileen Good asked Angela Ryan, a member of the Adult […]
Pope Benedict
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Church Teachings
Michael Paul Gallagher is an Irish Jesuit who is Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome. He was in Ireland recently to deliver a lecture on the theology of Pope Benedict. He spoke to Piaras Jackson about the Pope’s theology and about how the bishop Rome is perceived here and […]
B.C.C. in India
Posted on 02. Feb, 2008 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
On a recent trip to India Fr. Jim O’Halloran discovered that India has soul – through small groups of communities flourishing in their parishes. Many of the communities are an example of multicultural co-operation in action with Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Christians helping to improve living conditions in their area. Eileen Good asked him why […]
Music: Regina Caeli
Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 in Music
Our music piece this week is Regina Caeli from the album Biscantorat: the Sound of the Spirit from the Glenstal Monks, featuring Sinead O’Connor.
Computers to Africa
Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 in Charity, Humanitarian Aid
Did you know that businesses and individuals in Ireland will throw out over 1 million working computers over the next 5 years? One of the goals of Camara is to stop these computers being dumped in Irish landfill sites and send them instead to schools and colleges in Africa. Miriam Gormally met Cormac Lynch and […]
Matthew’s Gospel
Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 in Church Teachings, Gospel Values
Throughout this year we will hear the Gospel according to Matthew. Fr. Philip Fogarty S.J. has just published a short booklet ‘According to Matthew’ – a Prayerful Guide to the Gospels. Eileen Good spoke to him and asked him about Matthew and what we might expect to hear in his Gospel stories.
Temperance Sunday
Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 in Church Teachings, Lent, Seasons of the Church Year
The 18th of February is Temperance Sunday, a day to reflect on moderation. It is famously dedicated to Matt Talbot who overcame his own alcohol addictions. Bishop Eamon Walsh explained to Miriam Gormally why the fact that Temperance Sunday is in Lent makes it even more significant. He began by talking about the recent DVD […]