Posted on 27. May, 2009 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice
Robert Shannon is the newly-elected President of the Pioneer Association. From West Cork, he was for many years a volunteer with Macra na Feirme and is a life-long member of the Pioneers. Eileen Good met Robert and asked him about the Pioneer Association today and his hopes for his term as President.
Posted on 27. May, 2009 in Pilgrimage, Saints
Almost every Sunday at Mass, we read an excerpt from St. Paul’s writings. He was a missionary, a theologian, a powerful preacher – and a great traveller. In this year of St. Paul, Fr. Sean Maher led a pilgrimage, from the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, to Turkey to visit the places associated with St. […]
Posted on 27. May, 2009 in Economy, Faith and Justice
Lorna Gold is Campaign and Policy Manager with Trocaire. She recently presented a paper to the Irish Council of Churches AGM entitled Living for Tomorrow’s World – Global, Green, Greedy? Eileen Good met Lorna and asked her about the speed of our current recession and how she believed that people had been living in a […]
Posted on 13. May, 2009 in Music
This week’s music piece is from the Celtic Women. It is a cover of Bach’s ever popular Ave Maria and is on their CD The Greatest Journey – Essential Collection.
Posted on 13. May, 2009 in Church Teachings
This year Pentecost Sunday takes place on May 31st, it is the season of the Holy Spirit and widely regarded as the Birthday of the Church. In honour of Pentecost, Mark Patrick Hederman, a Benedictine monk, reads the reflection The Holy Spirit is in the Air that we Breathe. It is taken from the album […]
Posted on 13. May, 2009 in Community, Faith and Justice, Vocation
May marks the one-year anniversary of the new Arch Bishop of Freetown and Bo, Edward Tamba Charles. Working in Sierra Leone, he has many challenges to face in the aftermath of the Civil war. Miriam Gormally met him to find out more about his role. She began by asking whether he was surprised to be […]
Posted on 13. May, 2009 in Economy, Exams, Stress
With all the talk of downturn in the economy and subsequent unemployment, stress is now an everyday buzz-word as people try to cope with new situations. Fr. Pat Collins, a Vincentian priest who has written extensively on the subject, spoke to Eileen Good who put it to him that now with exams in the offing, […]
Posted on 13. May, 2009 in Faith and Justice, Media
Taking the reins as Head of Religious Programmes, Radio and Television in RTE, in today’s Ireland of great diversity must be a difficult task –Eileen Good met the new head, Roger Childs, and asked him about taking over at such a challenging time.
Posted on 13. May, 2009 in Saints, Seasons of the Church Year
May is the month of Mary. It is a month of promise, hope and expectation. Miriam Gormally spoke with Helen Gallivan, author of Dawn without Darkness and The Temple Within. She explained what it was that she particularly liked about May.
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 in Music
Marie Dunne CHF composed a song for the Year of Vocations, which has been used during the year to celebrate what it means to have a vocation. The song is called You Will be my Witness.