Posted on 14. May, 2015 in Christian Values, Relationships, Weddings and Marriage
Soline Humbert is a spiritual guide and an advocate for women’s ordination. She also contributed an article for “To Have and To Hold, Stories and Reflections from LGBT people, their families and friends” edited by Patricia Devlin and Brian Glennon. Her Catholic Faith is very important to her but she plans to vote Yes […]
Posted on 12. Mar, 2015 in Christian Values, Faith and Justice, Family, Relationships, Weddings and Marriage
This coming May, the people of Ireland will be asked to decide whether the following new wording should be added to the Constitution: ‘Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.’ Faith in Marriage Equality is a group of religious people who have come together to […]
Posted on 16. Oct, 2014 in Married Couples, Weddings and Marriage
Fr. Pat Rogers has recently produced a new app called Irish wedding planner. It can be downloaded for free and used to organise your wedding. It includes civil and church weddings and looks at all the different documents needed in order to get married. Conor Deane spoke with Fr. Pat and asked him what it […]
Posted on 07. Aug, 2014 in Church of Ireland, Conflict, Weddings and Marriage
Few people today in Ireland would be concerned about people of different faith traditions marrying, but in the past, especially in Northern Ireland, it was a subject that would have been taboo. Here from the archives, Jan 2005, is a piece with Eoin de Bhaldraithe OSCO, a member of the Cistercian community in Bolton Abbey, […]
Posted on 15. Aug, 2013 in Marriage therapy, Weddings and Marriage
A piece from our archive – September 7th 2005 – Steven Cummins talks about ACCORD pre marriage courses.
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 in Weddings and Marriage
Summer time is wedding time, and brides and grooms all over the country are organising menus, booking venues, ordering flowers and planning honeymoons. But sometimes in the midst of arguing over the starter, they can forget what the ceremony is really about. Accord marriage preparation courses allow people to take time out to prepare for […]
Posted on 12. Nov, 2008 in Weddings and Marriage
The recent Ceifin conference in Clare, looking at family life today, hit the headlines with strong reactions to comments from Cardinal Sean Brady on the status of marriage in Irish society. The Cardinal drew comments for his response to new proposed government legislation on relationships other than marriage, saying that, “those who are committed to […]
Posted on 14. May, 2008 in Music, Music for marriage, Weddings and Marriage
The choice of music for a wedding ceremony can be a topic of endless discussion – a soloist, a choir, a group, instrumentalist …. what should it be? Composer and performer Liam Lawton has recorded a CD of suitable wedding music ‘A Day of Our Own’ and Eileen Good asked him for his views on […]
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Relationships, Weddings and Marriage
Accord, the marriage advice agency are putting together a handout for couples preparing for marriage. It details all the paperwork and administration that needs to be done for the ceremony. They are bringing it out for Valentine’s Day and Miriam Gormally asked Stephen Cummins, director of Marriage Education how a long term commitment like marriage […]
Posted on 03. May, 2006 in Weddings and Marriage
It’s Spring time – Wedding Time!! But that special day can sometimes turn into a nightmare with decisions about who to invite and the cost of it all! Miriam Gormally met Aoife Horan and Glen Malone who are getting married in July to see if they had got caught up in wedding fever or whether […]