Posted on 18. Sep, 2008 in Church Teachings, Education, Vocation
Our pieces from this week come from 2008. Here Jonathan Tiernan talks about how it had always been his dream to working as a teacher in a Catholic school in America. Ever wanted to be a teacher or work in a Catholic school in America? ACE, the Alliance for Catholic Education offers a 26-month Master […]
Posted on 17. Sep, 2008 in Achievement, Vocation
The Cistercian Order was founded in France in 1098 and came to Ireland to Mellifont Abbey in 1142. Today there are 5 monasteries of monks and one monastery of nuns in Ireland, while worldwide they are now in 47 different countries. This week the first Irish monk, Dom Eamon Fitzgerald, Abbot of Mount Melleray in […]
Posted on 17. Sep, 2008 in Church Teachings, Vocation
The Year of Vocation was launched in April of this year and will continue to May 2009. Throughout the year many initiatives have been planned to explore the word ‘Vocation’ and in particular the call to Priesthood. Fr. Paddy Rushe is National Director for Diocesan Vocations and he told Eileen Good about Priesthood Sunday which […]
Posted on 03. Sep, 2008 in Faith and Justice, Prayer, Vocation
In the recently published book ‘Meeting God’ – the section about Carmelite Witnesses through the centuries – includes a feature on Brother Laurence of the Resurrection who worked in the kitchens where he developed a great sense of the presence of God. Carmelite Fr. Chris O’Donnell told Eileen Good about this prayerful, but unknown, Carmelite […]
Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 in Music, Vocation
Here is Marie Dunne’s Vocation song, written for this year of Vocations. It is called, “You will be my witnesses.”
Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 in Music, Vocation
2008 is the year of Vocations and in honour of this, Marie Dunne CHF composed a song entitled, “You Will Be My Witnesses” The song will be used to celebrate what it means to have a vocation and will be sung at the Australian World Youth Day in July. Miriam Gormally met Marie Dunne to […]
Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 in Church Teachings, Community, Vocation
The Franciscans arrived in Limerick about 1279, and in 1824 settled in their premises in Henry St. In the course of more than 730 years they have been supported and heartened by the people of Limerick and its environs. Eileen Good spoke to Fr. Cletus Noone, Vicar of the Friary, prior to their final Mass […]
Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 in Achievement, Faith and Justice, Vocation
Brother Philip Pinto was re-elected congregation leader at the Christian Brothers 6 yearly General Chapter at Kunner, Kerala, South India in March of this year – a General Chapter which hearlded a new era for the Irish Province. Eileen Good asked Brother Donal Blake if this was a significant moment for the Irish Christian Brothers.
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Church Teachings, Religious teaching, Schools, Vocation
By September of this year the Christian Brothers will have handed over control of 96 schools to a charitable trust run by lay people. This will end the day to day involvement of the Brothers in the running of their schools, a tradition going back over two centuries. Eileen Good asked Brother Donal Blake why […]
Posted on 28. May, 2008 in Church Teachings, Vocation
Headlines about the falling number of vocations, dissatisfaction among clergy, debates about celibacy all give a very negative picture of clergy today. But what is the reality? How difficult is it to be a priest in modern Ireland? Miriam Gormally met Fr. Liam Power from the diocese of Waterford and Lismore and asked him first […]