Posted on 17. Apr, 2014 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Gospel Values
Conor Deane went to speak with James Mahon the leader of an amazing youth group within the Catholic Church that started from humble beginnings and today has grown into a national movement and indeed an all island movement. James Mahon is a young man who has placed his career as a lawyer on hold to […]
Posted on 11. Apr, 2014 in Church Teachings, Community, Ecology
Conor Deane went to speak with Sr Marian O’Sullivan in the Dominican Convent in Wicklow about the work they do within the Ecology Centre. An Tairseach, is the Irish word for threshold and it suggests a new beginning, an alternative and more sustainable way of working with the land as well as a renewed relationship with the whole community of life, human […]
Posted on 11. Apr, 2014 in Faith and Justice, Poverty, Volunteering, War / Civil Unrest
Conor Deane went to speak with Eamonn Meehan CEO of Trócaire about Remembering Rwanda 20 Years On. The genocide against the Tutsi people in Rwanda in 1994 was one of the most horrific chapters of the 20th century. In just 100 days up to one million people were killed, mostly members of the minority Tutsi […]
Posted on 04. Apr, 2014 in Charity, Community, Gospel Values, Prayer, Uncategorized, Vocation
Conor Deane went out to Stillorgan to talk with Frank Bodley about his initiative to get the faithful praying for the seminarians. The initiative began in 2008 and today it has almost 4,000 people now praying with Frank for a particular seminarian without the knowledge of that seminarian until many years later and by accident […]
Posted on 04. Apr, 2014 in Gospel Values, Liturgy, Music
THE AFRICAN CATHOLIC Chaplaincy in the Dublin Archdiocese celebrated Mothers’ Day in style at St Finian’s Church in Swords. The chaplaincy was founded a number of years ago with the aim of celebrating the Catholic Mass in a generic African style in parishes within the Dublin Archdiocese once a month. Mass was concelebrated with His […]
Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in Baptism, Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Gospel Values, Pope John 23rd
If anyone is worried about how clergy of the Christian churches are getting on with their common witness they may be inspired by the celebration of the sacrament of baptism that took place in Christ Church, Dun Laoghaire earlier in March. In a unique and very moving ceremony Monsignor Dan O’Connor, Parish Priest of […]
Posted on 21. Mar, 2014 in Christian Values, Discrimination, Faith and Justice, Human Trafficking, Immigrants, Islam, Prostitution, Slavery, Vatican
On March 17 an unprecedented interfaith agreement was reached to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking across the world by 2020. It is a call to Catholics, Anglicans and Muslims, all governments and people of goodwill to join the movement against modern slavery and human trafficking. Called the “Global Freedom Network”, this […]
Posted on 20. Mar, 2014 in Church Teachings, Community, Faith and Justice, Faith Groups, Gospel Values, Lent, Married Couples
It began in 1938. Four young married couples, rich in their new found love and convinced christians, wanted to live their love in the light of their Christian faith. They asked Fr. Caffarel to guide their search. “Let us journey together”, he replied. The very first meeting took place in Paris on the 25th of […]
Posted on 14. Mar, 2014 in Christian Values, Faith and Justice, Poverty
A group of courageous 4th year TY students in Beara Community School, Castletownbere Co. Cork have recently completed a very comprehensive YSI (Young Social Innovators) project after they were shocked to learn of the horrors of people trafficking and it’s prevalence around the world but also here in Ireland. They have set out to make […]
Posted on 27. Feb, 2014 in Faith and Justice, Prayer, Relationships, Retreats, Spiritual, Spirituality
Pat Reynolds is originally from Scotland. Here he talks of his faith journey and of his work with the youth of his parish. Catholic Parishes across Ireland are going through seismic transformations due to the lack of vocations to the Priesthood. This has meant that they are being “clustered” whereby 2 or 3 parishes are […]