Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Faith and Justice
Water is essential to life. Throughout history great wars have been fought over water rights and access to water. Even in modern times, in the Middle East, water rights are at the heart of the dispute between Syria and Israel over the Golan Heights. In the Bible, water is often used as a metaphor for […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Faith and Justice, Media
Mahatma Gandhi touched the hearts and souls of people all over the world. Even those who didn’t always agree with him, couldn’t help but admire his non violent tactics. Ela Gandhi is his niece and she is continuing in her Uncle’s footsteps. Miriam Gormally met her at the recent “One World” media conference in Rome […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Faith and Justice, Vocation
For the Catholic Church, these are testing times – the sex abuse and other scandals, the huge fall off in regular church attendance and – above all – the startling decline in the number of priests and religious. Unless there is some unforeseen turnaround, the time is not far off when many parishes will not […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Saints
Each of the four provinces has its own stories and traditions of the national apostle Saint Patrick. For example, in Leinster, near Kilkenny, a pagan chieftain plotted to kill the saint. But Patrick’s chariot driver, Odhran, overheard the plan and prevailed upon the saint to swap places with him. When a spear was thrown at […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Church Teachings, Gospel Values
The Gospels are very familiar to us but they are not always so easy to read. Maybe that’s because we’re too familiar with them, since we frequently hear readings from them. We think they’re just the life of Jesus, so that one Gospel is more or less the same as the other. Maybe it’s because […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Charity, Death, Health, HIV/Aids, Humanitarian Aid
As many children die in Ethiopia every six months as were said to have died in the Asian tsunami, according to Archbishop Berhaneyesus of Addis Ababa. Speaking with Miriam Gormally about the importance of the Trocaire Lenten Campaign, he reminded us that a million people will die in Africa this year from malaria. A further […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Faith and Justice
News updates from around the world including confirmation that less kids are using chat rooms due to increased parental vigilance, referrals to crisis pregnancy group Cura are rising however the numbers for post abortion counselling are falling, a number of Irish charities have criticised the Government for not handling the homelessness issue more adequately and […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Prayer, Saints
Dermot Roantree recites St. Patrick’s Munster Prayer.
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Prayer, Saints
The prayer of St. Patrick’s Breastplate recited by Dermot Roantree.