Posted on 17. Aug, 2017 in Drugs, Faith and Justice, Homelessness, Young people
This is a piece from 2005 when Peter McVerry SJ won an award for his work in the “People of the Year Awards” Peter McVerry SJ has been working with Dublin’s young homeless for over 40 years now. At the time, the Peter McVerry Trust provided two homeless hostels for the under 18 age group, […]
Posted on 17. Aug, 2017 in Book Reviews, Caring for Children, Church Teachings, Schools
This is a piece from 2006, looking at getting ready for school. Many new parents are facing this issue again this year, with new junior infants off to school for the first time. Whether it’s the first in the house to head off to school or someone further down the line, it’s still a day […]
Posted on 10. Aug, 2017 in Church Teachings, Community, Vocation
Image shows Mount Carmel, 546 metres (1,810 feets) high is a mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. In the Hebrew language the mountain is known as Har HaKarmel, God’s vineyard As life becomes more busy, contemplative orders are seeing an increase in interest. Here Michael McGolderick O. Carm gives […]
Posted on 10. Aug, 2017 in Church Teachings
Fr Seán Fagan, a Marist theologian and author, was informed in 2010 that he was no longer allowed to write books or articles deemed contrary to church teaching. He was warned he would be “stripped of priestly faculties” if he talked to the media about the gagging order. He died in 2016 and many said […]
Posted on 02. Aug, 2017 in Ecology, Environment
This piece from March 2005 reminds us that Fr. Sean McDonagh has been one of the first in the Church to look at the issues of climate change. Here he is talking about three major issues facing humanity over the next 20 years; Global Warming, Access to Water and Extinction of Species. He talk about […]
Posted on 27. Jul, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Vocation
Summit 17, a Catholic conference, recently took place in Croke Park in Dublin. Leading key note speakers from all around the world gave talks to help inspire Irish Catholics. Conor Deane from Soul Waves Radio went to the conference. He met with Fr. James Divine, David Marsden and Matti Harte. He began by speaking with […]
Posted on 27. Jul, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Gospel Values
Stephen Fry famously said on the Meaning of Life that God was mean minded and capricious. It was a remark that caused a great deal of debate. Miriam Gormally met with Brian Grogan SJ, author of God, You are Breaking my Heart to find out what he thinks. He said the heart-felt title came from the fact […]
Posted on 27. Jul, 2017 in Achievement, Christian Values, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Liturgy, Music
A beautiful song in praise of God by Noirín Ní Riain and the Monks of Glenstal from the album Vox de Nube.
Posted on 20. Jul, 2017 in Church Teachings, Religious teaching, Schools
A Tale of Two Belvederes is the story of two houses, both called ‘Belvedere House.’ Belvedere House in Mullingar, built by ‘the wicked earl’, Robert Rochfort, and Belvedere House in Great Denmark Street, Dublin (now part of Belvedere College), built by his son, George. Belvedere House in Dublin was brought by the Jesuits in […]
Posted on 20. Jul, 2017 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Spirituality
In this piece from the archives, we hear from David McWilliams, who says Christians might be fighting a futurist battle. He says that the younger generation have a la carte values, but that it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He wrote the book in Search of the Pope’s Children which tracked Ireland’s successful young entrepreneurs, where he claimed […]