Posted on 26. Jan, 2017 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Music, Saints
“Nothing is more practical than finding God” is the name of this song composed by Niall Leahy SJ. The lyrics are adapted from Pedro Arrupe poem, “Fall in love”. Vocals are by Nicola Perry
Posted on 19. May, 2016 in Christian Values, Church Teachings, Community, Ecology, Economy, Gospel Values, Saints
Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) is a movement that wants to get back to gospel values and to get the Church involved in supporting Christians to ask questions and change society. It looks at wider social analysis and see where the spirit of God is present and help the Christian community move in […]
Posted on 05. May, 2016 in Achievement, Christian Values, Saints, Vocation
On April 27th Pope Francis approved the beatification of Venerable John Sullivan. Many miracles have been attributed to the Jesuit priest who was baptised into the Church of Ireland (his father’s tradition) and who became a Roman Catholic (his mother’s tradition) in the second half of his life. Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson remarked that the […]
Posted on 10. Mar, 2016 in Achievement, Christian Values, Community, Festivals, Gospel Values, Saints, St Patrick
St. Patrick is celebrated all around the world, with more and more cities organising parades. However, according to Dr. Brian Lacey, writer and historian, we don’t know very much about who St. Patrick really was. We do know that Christianity was very important to him, but, says Brian, the idea that he converted Ireland to […]
Posted on 31. Jan, 2016 in Festivals, Saints, St. Brigid
A piece from the Archive to remember St. Brigid: February 1st marks the first day of Spring – the garden starts to show the first signs of growth and even some Spring blooms. It is also the Feast of St. Brigid, one of our great Irish Saints. But has she been consigned to folklore – […]
Posted on 14. Jan, 2016 in Christian Values, Community, Conflict, Saints
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has expressed the hope that official events to mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising will not try to airbrush religion from the story. Writing in a special commemorative issue of The Irish Catholic newspaper, which was dedicated to exploring the role of faith in the lives of the rebels as […]
Posted on 03. Dec, 2015 in Achievement, Christian Values, Married Couples, Saints
St Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the Church’s most popular saints. Recently her parents, Zélie Guerin and Louis Martin, became the first couple to be canonised together. Their life story demonstrates how holiness can be achieved in marriage. They were a couple who knew heartache: four of their nine children died as infants. They also […]
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 16. Apr, 2015 in Art, Saints
‘Passion and Persuasion’ is the title of an art exhibition in the National Gallery of Ireland, run in conjunction with the 1814-2014 Irish Jesuit Restoration Committee, and in particular Fr Noel Barber SJ. It focuses on Baroque seventeenth-century paintings by some of the great Counter-Reformation artists of saints such as Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, […]
Posted on 12. Mar, 2015 in Saints
This March 28th marks the fifth centenary of the birth of St Teresa of Avila. “Let Nothing Trouble You” is a book by Eugene McCaffrey OCD written as a tribute to her remarkable story. Putting together pieces from her writings, he reminds of how openly she shares her humanity with everyone, helping us to access […]