Posted on 05. Sep, 2007 in Church Teachings, Grandparents, Pilgrimage
St. Joachim and St. , Anne. Grandparents of Jesus, will be celebrated at Knock when the first ever pilgrimage of Irish grandparents takes place in Knock on Saturday September 22nd. The day will be lead by Dr. Michael Neary Archbishop of Tuam, the keynote speaker is Dana – and the whole venture if the brainchild […]
Posted on 11. Jul, 2007 in Irish - knock, Lough Derg, Croagh Patrick, Outside Ireland - Medjugorje, Pilgrimage
Lourdes, Knock, Santiago, Lough Derg, Medjugorie are all familiar names especially at this time of year when so many people are heading off on pilgrimage. But does the term pilgrimage still have the same meaning today as it did in the past, when people literally had to walk every step of the way. Oblate priest […]
Posted on 12. Jun, 2007 in Community, Relationships, Youth
YMCA Ireland is a cross denominational organisation committed to actively responding to local, youth and community needs. World wide YMCA is in 120 countries with a membership of 30 million. Ken Rue is director of the Dublin Branch and he told Eileen Good about the organisation in Ireland – she first asked him if the […]
Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Music, Pilgrimage
In keeping with our pilgrimage theme, let’s listen to Rita Connolly singing traditional verses in Scots Gaelic from the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides – A’Ghrian.
Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Faith and Justice, Pilgrimage, Relationships
It’s pilgrimage time and many Irish people would like to consider a visit to the Holy Land. However they are concerned about travelling there and when they get there, are often perplexed by the diversity of faiths they encounter in the most sacred of places. Daniel Rossing directs a Centre for Jewish Christian Relations in […]
Posted on 30. May, 2007 in Community, Faith and Justice, Pilgrimage, Spirituality
This is a season for pilgrimage, but while many pilgrimages have become a fairly easygoing holiday with some devotions, Brendan McManus, a Jesuit working as editor of AMDG express, decided to go for a real challenge. He chose to walk the route of Ignatius Loyola, on his own spiritual journey, who went from Loyola in […]
Posted on 02. May, 2007 in Church Teachings, Festivals, Irish - knock, Lough Derg, Croagh Patrick
Devotion to St. Therese was reinforced in Ireland with the outstanding success of the visit of her relics in 2001. 2007 marks the 80th anniversary of the proclamation by Pope Pius X1 of St. Therese as co-patroness of all missions and missionaries. Together with the Carmelite Sisters in Lisieux and the St. Therese Shrine there, […]
Posted on 20. Mar, 2007 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Irish - knock, Lough Derg, Croagh Patrick, Pilgrimage
For anyone worried about the safety or future of their children, they will be interested in the Marian Movement of Mothers who are organising a pilgrimage to Knock, seeking protection for the people in Ireland . The pilgrimage takes place on March 25th, the feast of the Annunciation. Miriam Gormally phoned Theresa Heaney to find […]
Posted on 15. Nov, 2006 in Faith and Justice, Relationships, Youth
In a time when we hear about the emergence of a valueless society, where young people live only for themselves, the Youth Focolare are a group whose goal is unity and harmony in society. Miriam Gormally met Kate O’Brien and James Lynch, two young people who work with the Youth Focolare and asked them what […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Pilgrimage
Just home from the Irish Bishops’ Ad Limina Pilgrimage to Rome Bishop Michael Smith, a member of the Bishops’ Dept. of Planning and Communications, was one of the Bishops who presided at the closing press conference for the Irish media in the Irish College in Rome. He told Eileen Good about the trip and why […]