Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 in Charity, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values
Bishop Undercover is a two part Would you Believe Special. In it, the Right Reverend Trevor Williams goes undercover to work with people without telling them that he is a Bishop. He is the Church of Ireland Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, presiding over 16 parishes and 64 churches across 5 counties. At a time […]
Posted on 12. Mar, 2012 in Charity
Lent is marked by the Trócaire box. This year it features Daniel Okweng, a young boy from Bar Kawach in Northern Uganda, who has had a remarkable story of survival. Here Sean Farrell, who works and lives in Northern Uganda, spoke with Miriam Gormally about the campaign, why it focuses on Northern Uganda and the […]
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
Ever since the visit of Obama to Ireland, people have had an increased interest in their own family tree and where they come from. Dr. Susan Hood is assistant librarian and archivist at the Representative Church Body Library, Churchtown, South Country Dublin. She was involved in some very interesting genealogy studies, including one with Graham […]
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
Emmet Sheerin is a former Belvedere pupil and Magis Ireland volunteer who says that the Jesuit emphasis on ‘a faith that does justice’ has made a deep impact on him. On 9 February he headed off to the South Hebron Valley to monitor human rights abuses in Palestine. There, he will be working as an […]
Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
Mother of the Kennedy’s with Rose Kennedy and The Earth Belongs to Everyone with Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara were two major hits for Radharc films. Miriam Gormally spoke with Fr. Dermod McCarthy, who worked with Radharc and then went on to become Head of Religious Programming in RTE about these two piece and why they […]
Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 in Faith and Justice
A Minimum Income Standard for Ireland, is a study funded by the Department of Social Protection and carried out by the Policy Institute at Trinity College in conjunction with the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, to establish the cost of a minimum standard of living for Irish families. It showed that low-income families and those […]
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 in Gospel Values
Today marks the end of Church week of Unity and is a good time to remember a pivotal figure in this area, Fr. Michael Hurley SJ. He was co-founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics and worked tirelessly on that subject. Rev. Patrick Lawrence spoke with Kenneth Milne, author and educator, about his memories of […]
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 in Music, Uncategorized
Music in mass is one of the most sacred aspects of the celebration. Since the new translation of the Missal, there has been a great deal of creativity put into producing music for it. Marie Dunne is one of the few women composers to work on music for the New Missal. She also has the […]
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 in Faith and Justice
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Radharc Films, a production company which made a wide range of documentaries for RTE on social, political and religious issues. Their legacy has over 400 documentaries spanning 30 years’ work in 75 countries. Miriam Gormally spoke with Fr. Dermod McCarthy, who worked with Radharc and later went on […]
Posted on 18. Jan, 2012 in Church Teachings, Eucharistic Congress 2012, Gospel Values
What are the challenges of being a Christian today and more specifically a Roman Catholic? Miriam Gormally spoke with Colette Furlong, Pastoral Services Manager with the International Eucharistic Congress, about Christianity and Community. They looked at what this means particularly in the current economic crisis and how willing we would be to help our neighbour. […]