Posted on 05. Feb, 2015 in Community, EcoCongregations, Ecology, Nature, Saints
Spring is a season, bringing fresh life and new hope, beginning with St. Brigid’s Day. It is a time of renewal and planting, something that is well known to Sr. Pauline McGrath, a Dominican sister who lives and works down in An Tairseach. An Tairseach is an organic farm where the Dominican sister live and […]
Posted on 29. Jan, 2015 in Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Gospel Values, Saints, Young people
With interest and excitement members and friends of the Focolare in Ireland and all over the world have welcomed the news that their founder Chiara Lubich has begun the journey towards beatification. The beatification takes place in Rome where Msgr. Raffaello Martinelli has chosen the Cathedral of Frascati, for the official opening of the “process on the life, […]
Posted on 29. Jan, 2015 in Community, Economy, Faith and Justice
Social Justice Ireland are working to build a just society where human rights are respected, human dignity is protected, human development is facilitated and the environment is respected and protected. At a recent conference they looked at some ways in which the tax system could help contribute towards a fairer society. Michelle Murphy, from Social […]
Posted on 22. Jan, 2015 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Uncategorized
“À la carte Catholic” was often a derogatory term used to describe somebody who selectively picked the pieces of Catholicism that suited them while not being fully committed to the religion. Angela Hanley turns the term À la Carte Catholic around in her new book, “Whose à la Carte Menu?” In it she argues that essentially everybody […]
Posted on 22. Jan, 2015 in Community, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Mass
The Pope captured the world’s attention with his recent trip to the Philippines. Gathering record crowds of over six million in Manila, he brought a message of compassion and simplicity to the people. His Papacy has been strongly focused on people living in the economic margins and he faced up to some hard questions from […]
Posted on 15. Jan, 2015 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Gospel Values
Recently we have been looking at how being a member of a group called “The Twelve” has helped people turn their lives around. Fr. Gerry Campbell is the founder of this idea. Based on the original twelve apostles, he looks at how people can come together to support each other and renew the faith of […]
Posted on 01. Jan, 2015 in Church Teachings
Here in a piece from 2005, Rev. Gillian Wharton reflects on the different ways in which we worship.
Posted on 01. Jan, 2015 in Community, Humanitarian Aid, Young people
Self-reflection and challenging oneself by living among people from a different community is one of the most important aspects of self development. Sli Eile is an organisation, which offers young people this opportunity. They run “live-in” programmes where people go to socially disadvantaged areas or developing countries and work among them. Debbie Moore is the […]
Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized, Young people
Youth 2000 is an international movement of young people called to spread the Good News of the Catholic faith and share this experience with other young people. They recently had their national Christmas retreat where young people from all over the country gathered in Newbridge to celebrate the Theme that “The Spirit of the Lord […]
Posted on 04. Dec, 2014 in Christian Values, Church Teachings
In his interview with Jesuit journals in the Summer of last year Pope Francis famously described “the church as a field hospital after battle.” The image captures some of the urgency that is demanded of the church today: “You have to attend to the wounds,” he continued. “Then we can talk about everything else. Attend […]