Posted on 12. Jan, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Gospel Values
The C.M.A or Christian Motorcyclists Association is an international motorcycle ministry that is interdenominational and evangelistic in nature. It was born out of the idea that there was a place in the Christian community for everyone. Bikers were often seen as some of the roughest groups who lived in gangs and refused to be part […]
Posted on 05. Jan, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Festivals, Seasons of the Church Year
When we think of the feast of the Epiphany, we usually think of the three wise men coming from the East. People often joke that they arrived late with totally impractical gifts for a new mother who was forced to give birth to her son in a manger. Abbot Brendan Coffey of Glenstal Abbey talked […]
Posted on 05. Jan, 2017 in Art, Caring for Children, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Music Therapy, Young people
Natalya Pakshyna is a Russian dancer who has been bringing her dancing passion to Ireland. Based in a studio in the Malahide Industrial Estate, she has a particular interest in working with students who have special emotional or physical needs. She believes dance and music to be a way to heal the person and allow them to […]
Posted on 05. Jan, 2017 in Christian Values, Community, Gospel Values, Human Trafficking, Prostitution
RENATE stands for Religious in Europe Networking against Trafficking and Exploitation. Mary Ryan rsm has worked with many others for some 30 years on all aspects of Trafficking & Exploitation. While she is engaged in working directly with people who have been trafficked into Ireland, she is also engaged in collaborating at National and International […]
Posted on 22. Dec, 2016 in Christian Values, Christmas, Church Teachings, Community, Gospel Values
Christmas, in the modern age, is usually a time of parties and excess. Fr Brendan McConvery CSsR says we need to take a step back and remember what the season is really about. He talks about putting Christ back into Christmas and remembering the true meaning and simplicity of the season. He begins by telling […]
Posted on 15. Dec, 2016 in Book Reviews, Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Eastern Spirituality, Faith and Justice, Film Reviews, Gospel Values
Martin Scorsese considered joining the priesthood before becoming a director and that interest is certainly obviously in Silence, his most theologically dense film yet. James Martin SJ, an advisor on the film said ‘it was like a prayer’. An adaptation of the book by Shūsaku Endō, it follows two 17th century Jesuit priests, Father Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) […]
Posted on 15. Dec, 2016 in Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid
Trócaire gifts bring a welcome antidote to the madness of Christmas excess. Eoghan Rice, Head of Communications at Trócaire talks about how people can give the gift of solar lamps and olive trees instead of buying socks or chocolates that people may not even want. He points out that their Christmas appeal this year is […]
Posted on 08. Dec, 2016 in Christian Values, Community, Gospel Values, Media
Reality magazine, the Redemptorist publication is celebrating eighty years. It has been running from 1936 to 2016. It started as The Redemptorist Record, a small black and white publication and has grown to Reality a full-sized glossy magazine. Miriam Gormally met editor Brendan McConvery CSsR to find our more about the changes over the years; […]
Posted on 08. Dec, 2016 in Church Teachings, Ecology, Faith and Justice
It’s now a year on since the Paris agreement of December 12, 2015. It brought together leaders from all over the world to make a real commitment to limiting climate change. Catherine Devitt, Environmental Justice Officer with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, wrote about the Paris agreement when it first happened. Here she […]
Posted on 01. Dec, 2016 in Christian Values, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Politics
Belvedere Boy is a play about the life and execution of Kevin Barry. Irish patriot Kevin Barry was eighteen years old when he was executed on November 1st 1920 for his part in an IRA ambush which killed three young British soldiers aged fifteen, nineteen and twenty. In a controversial new play former IRA volunteer Shane Paul O’Doherty tells his version […]