Posted on 14. May, 2015 in Christian Values, Community, Nature, Vocation
In Gratitude: The Story of a Gift-Filled Life, published by Orpen Press, is the story of Catherine McCann, who grew up in Simmonscourt Castle in Dublin 4, before joining the Religious Sisters of Charity. Last week we looked at one of her great lifetime achievements, The Shekinah Sculpture Garden. This week we explore her life […]
Posted on 23. Apr, 2015 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Community, Feminism/Women in the Church, Vocation
It’s been nearly two years since Bishop Patricia Storey was appointed to succeed Richard Clarke as Bishop of Meath and Kildare. At the time there was great media interest in the first woman to be elected as a bishop in the Church of Ireland and the first female Anglican Communion bishop in Ireland and Great […]
Posted on 16. Apr, 2015 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Vocation
Thirty-Three Good Men by Dr John A. Weafer analyses the lives of thirty-three Irish Catholic diocesan priests and former priests during a period of significant change in the Irish Church and Irish society, 1960–2010. The book looks at the way Irish diocesan priests experience celibacy and obedience in modern Ireland, and how they understand their […]
Posted on 26. Mar, 2015 in Church Teachings, Gospel Values, Vocation
Every vocation has its own story. Pat Davis SJ recently celebrated 20 years of ministry with the Jesuits. His vocation was an unexpected one. At the suggestion of a friend, he made a spur of the moment decision to go to a ‘come and see’ type event with the Jesuits in Mongret, Limerick. The friend […]
Posted on 11. Sep, 2014 in Death, Missionary, Vocation
The reality of the Ebola virus has reached Ireland with the death of a Hospital Director in a Saint John of God Brothers hospital in Liberia. Br Patrick Nshamdze, from Cameroon, had dedicated his life to helping people and had stayed on in the hospital when others had fled. John Mitchell, executive director of St. […]
Posted on 07. Aug, 2014 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Church Teachings, Community, Vocation
Another archive pieces, from May 2005, looking at what life is like as a priest. Fr. Paul O’Boyle shares his thoughts on his own role and the importance of living as a member of the parish community, knowing the people and walking the road of life with them and the importance of sharing the word […]
Posted on 24. Jul, 2014 in Church of Ireland, Feminism/Women in the Church, Uncategorized, Vocation
The Episcopal life of Donald Caird encompasses many of the most critical junctures in the twentieth century Irish story. From Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath he was elected Archbishop of Dublin in 1985 remaining there until 1996. As such he was Primate of the Anglican church in the Republic of Ireland when the Northern […]
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 27. Feb, 2014 in Community, Faith and Justice, Gospel Values, Vocation
Fr. Alan Neville MSC went along recently to the annual Divine Mercy Conference held in the RDS. He bumped into a man who had travelled all the way from Australia and here he shares his story. Dominic MacAndrews is 24 years old and comes from Brisbane, Australia. He enjoys many kinds of sport, the outdoors, […]
Posted on 30. Jan, 2014 in Gospel Values, Vocation
Maura Garrihy recently facilitated the launch of Catholic Schools Week 2014 over in Cabra, Dublin. Here she shares her story with Conor Deane in a 2 part mini series. At just 23 Maura Garrihy is an accomplished young woman who stands unashamedly over her faith.