Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Health, HIV/Aids, Hospice
Sister Mary Owens is a Loreto Sister who has spent several years in Africa. She currently works at Nyumbani, a hospice for HIV positive orphans in Kenya. She spoke to Piaras Jackson about her work and how she views Ireland on her visits home. First she describes her first experience of missionary life in Kenya.
Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Relationships
October 14th marks the celebration of Emigrant Sunday and October 21st is Mission Sunday. In Ireland today, 10% of the population was born outside of Ireland, and these people are now part of our Parish communities nationwide. Fr. Angelo Lafferty from the Society of African Missions, working with Mission Alive which is a project of the […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Education, Relationships
What are the spiritual needs of students in modern Ireland? Well that is a question that Miriam Gormally put to Darren McCallig who has recently been appointed Student Chaplain in Trinity College Dublin. Miriam Gormally met Darren to find out what he was doing to prepare for October when the students start coming back to […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Environment, Faith and Justice
The location of the Ploughing Championship may seem an unlikely spot for a Church presence, but that is exactly where the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin decided they should be when the World Championship was held near Tullow, Co. Carlow last year – they’re heading off again this year and when Eileen Good met Fr. […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Vocation
The Sisters of St. Benedict were founded in 1867 and live the 1500 year old monastic tradition of the Rule of St. Benedict. In recent years lack of vocations led the sisters to evaluate their role in the wider community – and the result has been amazing. The Order now facilitates other congregations seeking to […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Community, Pilgrimage
The word Ecumenism is not one we hear too much these days – so what’s happened, have things all been sorted out, or has it gone away – Eileen Good met Bishop Richard Clarke, Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare, and she put these questions to him.
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Festivals, Spirituality
On the 24th of September, 11,000 Sisters of Mercy and their friends and colleagues around the world will celebrate Mercy Day. This is the day on which Catherine McAuley, founder of the Mercy Sisters first opened the House of Mercy in Baggot Street, Dublin. Miriam Gormally met Caitlin Conneely, a mercy Sister currently working there […]
Posted on 19. Sep, 2007 in Charity, Church Teachings, Community, Poverty
St Vincent de Paul’s feast day is on the 27th of September, a day when people remember the charitable works of a man who inspired many to dedicate their life to helping others. The St Vincent de Paul society in Ireland has helped many people over the years who find themselves in difficulty. But is […]
Posted on 05. Sep, 2007 in Community, Economy, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid
For many people retirement can be an opportunity to have more time to do some of the things that were not possible during the working day – things perhaps like improving the golf swing, doing more painting (art, that is!) gardening, reading – whatever you’ve felt you’ve missed out on over the years – for […]
Posted on 05. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Religious teaching, Schools
Changing society means that the number of Religious involved in secondary school education has dropped. Ceist was set up by the Daughters of Charity, the Presentation Sisters, the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Sisters of Mercy and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. It is an organisation aimed at keeping the energy and educational […]