Posted on 13. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Gospel Values
Several churches in the Egyptian city of Minya have said that they will cut back on Easter services as a mark of respect for those killed by Islamic extremists in last week’s twin Palm Sunday bombings. The Coptic community have been the victims of previous attacks and have expressed anger at what they see as a […]
Posted on 13. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Economy, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Vocation, Young people
Chris Brolly is a Jesuit novice on a three-month placement in Dublin. Originally from Newcastle, England, 28 year-old Chris is of Irish Catholic heritage who worked in marginalised communities before joining the Jesuits. In this interview with Pat Coyle from Irish Jesuit Communications, he speaks about his reason for joining the Jesuits and he shares his […]
Posted on 13. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Easter
Easter is a time of death and renewal. Every year the Avila centre in Donnybrook run a Holy Thursday Retreat starting at 2pm. According to Jim Noonan OCD, this is one of their most popular retreats – a time when people are coming out of the season of Lent and beginning to prepare for the […]
Posted on 06. Apr, 2017 in Achievement, Christian Values, Community, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Young people
Viatores Christi (VC), is a lay missionary organisation which specialises in the training and placement of skilled volunteers. Their CEO Shane Halpin, a Drogheda man, decided to give up a comfortable Public Relations job and life in London to go live amongst homeless children in South Africa. He talks about how the experience was outside all […]
Posted on 06. Apr, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community
Bishop Willie Walsh recently gave a talk in Dublin on renewal within the Church and how it could be reinvigorated with the true sense of Christ. He looked at some of the possible ways in which Christians could live with a true sense of being Christ to others, or as Pope Francis says, “It is necessary to […]
Posted on 06. Apr, 2017 in Charity, Christian Values, Community, Ecology, Faith and Justice, Natural Disasters
As we come to the end of our own Lenten fasts and head into the abundance of Easter, it is important to remember the Global food inequalities that exist. More than 20 million people in Africa today are in urgent need of food, as the world responds to a humanitarian crisis that the United Nations […]
Posted on 30. Mar, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Eastern Spirituality, Ecology, Gospel Values, Nature
Des O’Grady SJ and Dee Hennessy give mindfulness workshops throughout the country. Both of them came to mindfulness through a sense of dissatisfaction with what the Church had to offer. Their mindfulness however brought them back to a richer and deeper appreciation of their faith and their retreats now combine Christian Eucharist with Mindful awareness. […]
Posted on 30. Mar, 2017 in Art, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Religious patronage, Saints
In the cross vault of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City there are four niches, each one containing a very impressive statue. One in particular which stands out – Saint Veronica by Francesco Mochi. His active and passionate depiction of her is at odds with the decorum of the Basilica – the statue shows […]
Posted on 30. Mar, 2017 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Church Teachings, Gospel Values, Humane Vitae
In Amoris Laetitia, “The Joy of Love”, Pope Francis argues that the early teachings of the Church did not subscribe to the ascetic duality of body bad, soul good, that they rejected those teachings, saying both were a whole. In fact “holiness” was about the integration of things of the body and things of the […]
Posted on 23. Mar, 2017 in Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Young people
Josiane Umumarashavu, accompanied by Sr. Ancille recently visited Ireland from Rwanda. Josiane was the face of the Trócaire Lent campaign box in 2004 and Sr. Ancille has worked tireless on women’s rights since the genocide. The inclusion of women was considered one of the primary means to rebuild the country after genocide – Rowanda now […]