Posted on 24. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Uncategorized
Lifers goes out on RTE 1 Thursday the 31st of January at 10.15. It is a documentary which tells the story of missionaries who gave their entire life to helping others, often living in dangerous and isolated conditions. This programme takes an unsentimental and honest look at what life was really like for them. Miriam Gormally […]
Posted on 24. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized
In this final piece in our ecumenism series, Pat Coyle speaks with Godfrey O’Donnell, formerly a Jesuit, now a Roman Orthodox priest about the challenges facing Church unity. He explains that divisions run deep and how in fact many within the Roman Orthodox tradition would see Roman Catholics as heretical. But first he begins by […]
Posted on 17. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized
Michael Kelly, newly appointed editor of the Irish Catholic spoke about this year’s celebration of 125 years of the Irish Catholic, Ireland’s oldest religious newspaper.
Posted on 17. Jan, 2013 in Church of Ireland, Church Teachings, Uncategorized
Christian Unity Week takes place from the 18th to the 25th of January. In this second interview on Ecumenism, Pat Coyle talks with Brian O’Leary, Jesuit coordinator for Ecumenism, about the importance of ecumenism and how Churches can learn from each other.
Posted on 17. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Uncategorized
Gesa E. Thiessen is a lecturer in the Milltown Institute and an author. In her most recent book, Theology and Modern Irish Art, she explores the link between Art and Theology. Here she talks to Pat Coyle about the links as well as the importance of divine inspiration.
Posted on 10. Jan, 2013 in Uncategorized, Vocation
This is the third part of Evelyn Mc Loughlin’s (Sr Loreto) story. Based on her autobiography ‘Down the Arches of the Years’, this episode looks at the famous people who went to her school, St. Raphael’s in Loughrea, including Angelica Heuston and Edna O’Brien. She talks about the impact of education and how her understanding […]
Posted on 10. Jan, 2013 in Feminism/Women in the Church, Uncategorized
In this final part of our series with Marianne O’Connor who left as head of CORI last year, we look at the issue of communication of Church teachings and women in the Church. Marianne talks with Miriam about her feeling of being a woman in a leadership position in an organisation that doesn’t traditionally give […]
Posted on 03. Jan, 2013 in Church Teachings, Feminism/Women in the Church, Uncategorized
This is the second part of Evelyn Mc Loughlin’s (Sr Loreto) story. Based on her autobiography ‘Down the Arches of the Years’, this episode looks at being in the novitiate and whether there were any challenges or temptations that might have made her rethink her religious life. Pat Coyle talks to her about life in […]
Posted on 27. Dec, 2012 in Uncategorized, Vocation
Marianne O’Connor os, Director of CORI is leaving at the end of the year. In a three-part series she talks about the challenges she faced as director and the role of women in the Church. In this first part she talks to Miriam Gormally about coming to CORI and the best and worst moment of […]
Posted on 27. Dec, 2012 in Christmas, Seasons of the Church Year, Uncategorized
Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson took part in this year’s annual Black Santa collection outside St. Ann’s Church on Dawson Street. Miriam Gormally met him there and asked him about the collection, the Church and the things that we can remember to do over the season of Christmas in order to protect our spiritual […]