Posted on 02. Nov, 2005 in Faith and Justice, Health, HIV/Aids
Sr. Mary Baron shares her experiences of working with AIDS and HIV sufferers in Tanzania with Miriam Gormally She talks about the challenges she has faced there, her desire to go back and looking to Oscar Romaro for faith and hope in tough times. Miriam asks if she finds it difficult to come home and […]
Posted on 02. Nov, 2005 in Mass, Music, Saints
Peter Barley, organist and choir conductor at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, talks to Miriam Gormally about the importance of choosing the correct music for mass and maintaining enough balance to draw people in but not distract them from the ceremony. Miriam queries when music actually became popular in the church or itv it was always there. […]
Posted on 02. Nov, 2005 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Community, Crime, Young people
Fr. Jim Caffrey, director of the CFC, talks to Pat Coyle about the recent Ferns report and how this will affect his work in Catholic Youth services. Pat asks what can now be done to protect young people in the future. Fr. Jim explains the code of practice they have adopted to run CYC and […]
Posted on 02. Nov, 2005 in Crime, Death, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid
Breda Hegerty presents a short news bulletin from around the world with the latest updates on current topics including the UN appeal for more donations to help the Pakistan earthquake, news from the Vatican including cooperation between Vatican & Russian foreign policy and the exploitation of migrants,naming of a media find in honour of the […]
Posted on 19. Oct, 2005 in Church Teachings, Young people
Youth for Unity is an group made up of boys and girls from all over Ireland. They are part of the Focolare movement which extends to 182 countries and they organise a number of events, projects and initiatives to bring about unity with different cultures and break down barriers. Youth for Unity member Anne Murray, […]
Posted on 19. Oct, 2005 in Church Teachings, Young people
Church Army, an evangelist organisation, share their faith through words and action in a variety of situations across the United Kingdom to bring hope, help people live life to the full and transform lives and communities with the Good News of the gospel. Here Steven Allen describes some of the activities they undertake and how they feel […]
Posted on 19. Oct, 2005 in Church Teachings, Missionary
Lying just south of the equator, 160km north of Australia, Papua New Guinea is part of a great arc of mountains stretching from Asia, through Indonesia and into the South Pacific. Liam Dunne SVD shares his experiences working as a missionary with Divine World Missionaries in Papua New Guinea and how the locals taught him a […]
Posted on 19. Oct, 2005 in Church Teachings, Saints
All Saints’ Day is a solemnity celebrated on 1st November. In Western Christian theology, the day commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven. Here, Iain Duggan OFM, shares his belief that sanctity is for us all, not just for the select few. He explains that holiness is a human face and […]
Posted on 19. Oct, 2005 in Church Teachings, Death
All Souls Day, the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed, is celebrated on November 2nd. Iain Duggan OFM recites a lovely story about waiting for our souls to catch up with us and how this is what we are all doing throughout our lives. He talks of how human it is to recall one’s own […]
Posted on 19. Oct, 2005 in Church Teachings, Missionary
World Mission Sunday takes place on the second last Sunday of October each year. October is the traditional month of universal mission since 1926. Miriam Gormally speaks to Edward Grimes CSSp, national director of World Missions Ireland, about how Mission Sunday began. He also talks about his time spent woking in Africa as a missionary […]