Posted on 21. May, 2015 in Saints, Spiritual
Larry Mooney assembled the first Volkswagon Beetle outside of Germany in Ireland, in Shelbourne Road. It now sits in the Volkswagen museum, the Autostadt, in Wolfsburg. Larry was also a dancer, Irish language and racing car enthusiast. He credits God and his Faith for all of these achievement. He talks here with Conor Deane about how he […]
Posted on 14. May, 2015 in Christian Values, Community, Nature, Vocation
In Gratitude: The Story of a Gift-Filled Life, published by Orpen Press, is the story of Catherine McCann, who grew up in Simmonscourt Castle in Dublin 4, before joining the Religious Sisters of Charity. Last week we looked at one of her great lifetime achievements, The Shekinah Sculpture Garden. This week we explore her life […]
Posted on 07. May, 2015 in Art, Community, Ecology
Catherine McCann has lead a very eventful life, including doing a phd at 70 and travelling to India to deepen her spirituality at 81. She is also the founder and owner of the Shekina Sculpture Garden Shakina garden in the Glenmalure Valley, close to the Avonbeg river and under the shadows of Fannierin mountain in […]
Posted on 07. May, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Schools
It’s that time of year again when many excited little girls and boys around the country are preparing for the Communion. For some it is a meaningful sacrament, for others it is one of their biggest fashion days to date. The recession however has meant nothing but worry and stress before the First Holy Communion. […]
Posted on 07. May, 2015 in Community, Economy
2015 has seen a dramatic increase in Possession Orders. This mean a great deal of stress for the individual involved. This is no surprise to the legal rights organisation, Free Legal Advice Centres or FLAC, who have been working with and on behalf of borrowers in mortgage arrears for some time. They have been insisting […]
Posted on 30. Apr, 2015 in Charity, Christian Values, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
Over 6,000 people known to have died as a result of the earthquake, with many more left homeless. Trócaire is working through the Caritas network of humanitarian agencies to deliver emergency relief in Nepal. The Caritas network is currently arranging for 2,000 shelters, 167,000 water purification tablets and over 40,000 hygiene kits to be distributed to […]
Posted on 30. Apr, 2015 in Music
International award-winning New Dublin Voices is a leading Irish chamber choir. Founded by conductor Bernie Sherlock in 2005, from the start NDV has presented concert programmes that are fresh, innovative, and exciting, ranging widely in style and period from the medieval to the contemporary. The choir takes special pleasure in exploring the music of living […]
Posted on 30. Apr, 2015 in Charity, Christian Values, Gospel Values, Humanitarian Aid
The International Society for Human Rights has found that 80% of religious discrimination in the world today is directed at Christians. It is intensifying in the Middle East and North Aftica where Only in the last week, there was the brutal murder of at least 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. However there hasn’t been much […]
Posted on 23. Apr, 2015 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Vocation
It’s been nearly two years since Bishop Patricia Storey was appointed to succeed Richard Clarke as Bishop of Meath and Kildare. At the time there was great media interest in the first woman to be elected as a bishop in the Church of Ireland and the first female Anglican Communion bishop in Ireland and Great […]
Posted on 23. Apr, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Politics, Vatican
Vatican Council II was the most important religious event of the twentieth century, with repercussions that reached far beyond the Catholic church. John O’Malley SJ is the author of “What Happened at Vatican II?” a book capturing the drama of the council, depicting the colourful characters involved and their clashes with one another. His analysis, […]