Dealing with stress
22 May 2009Pat Collins is an Irish Vincentian priest who has written extensively on the subject of stress. He spoke to Eileen Good who put it to him that exam-time is stressful in many households.
May, mary and motherhood
15 May 2009A time of growth, promise, hope and expectation in the northern hemisphere, the month of May is traditionally associated with Mary. Miriam Gormally spoke with Helen Gallivan, author of Dawn without darkness and The temple within. Helen explained what it was that she particularly liked about May.
Cancer, prayer and survival
1 May 2009“Sean was 23 years old, we were three months married and his wife was dying” is a sentence in the opening chapter of a short book, Cancer, prayer and survival by Mary McDonnell. Each chapter in the book describes a new disappointment, a different shock, how Mary coped and what she learned about herself [...]
The Eucharist
24 April 2009Nowadays, being able to receive Holy Communion at every Mass we attend is regarded as the norm – but it was not always so, as Jesuit Fr. Raymond Moloney told Eileen Good.
The Recession and God
17 April 2009The Recession and God is the title of Gerry O’Hanlon’s book in which he urges that we can use this time of crisis as an opportunity to pool our resources (both secular and religious) in committing ourselves to the search for a more sustainable future. Pat Coyle asked Fr. Gerry what God has to do [...]
Easter Sunday
10 April 2009‘We celebrate this great feast of Easter with flowers and song and alleluias, not only because it has to do with Jesus, but because it has to do with all of us. Christ’s triumph over death is also our triumph.’ So writes Martin Hogan, a priest of Dublin diocese, in his book Jesus our [...]
The Three Days
3 April 2009Lent ends on Holy Thursday when the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday are celebrated as the Triduum. Vincentian Michael McCullagh describes the importance of these days.
Fasting in Lent
20 March 2009Redemptorist priest George Wadding speaks about the importance of fasting, pointing out that there is a danger of trying to bargain with God when undertaking to fast. Eileen Good spoke to him about the importance of fasting.
Saint Patrick’s Breastplate
17 March 2009Saint Patrick’s Breastplate
Fasting for Lent
13 March 2009Lenten fasting has changed considerably over the years, from the days of the ‘black fast’ to today when the Church prescribes only two fast days for general observation. Speaking to Eileen Good, Redemptorist George Wadding reflects on the link between fasting and prayer. He explains his theory that fasting makes the heart grow stronger.
Moderation in Lent
6 March 2009Marian Rackard is an addiction counsellor and psychotherapist working with Ireland’s Health Safety Executive as project manager for alcohol initiatives. She spoke to to Eileen Good about the value of moderation in the light of the growing addiction patterns that are evident in Ireland.
Dom Helder Camara
25 February 2009Some of us are lucky enough meet a person who profoundly changes our lives for the better. For Don Mullen, author and film maker, that person was Brazilian-born Dom Helder Camera who saw the presence of God in everything. Dom Helder was born in 1909. On the centenary of his birth, Don Mullen told Eileen [...]
Celebrating Lent
25 February 2009George Wadding is a Redemptorist priest and a regular contributor to the Reality Magazine where he has written several times about Lent, its origins and its traditions. Eileen Good asked him about the importance of this Season and if we should use the word ‘celebrate’ when talking about Lent.
World Day of the Sick
9 February 2009World Day of the Sick was launched by Pope John Paul II in 1992. He designated February 11, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, to be an annual day of prayer and consideration of the sick and of those who care for them. It is a day on which we reflect on the Christian meaning [...]
Report on the Holy Land
30 January 2009Bishop Raymond Field is chairman of the Irish Bishops’ Commission for Justice and Social Affairs. He describes here his reaction to a recent visit to the Holy Land where he and representatives of the Church world-wide, expressed their support for the people there at a very difficult time. He told Eileen Good about the trip [...]
Saint Patrick
22 January 2009An interview with Dr Daire Keogh, lecturer in history in Saint Patrick’s College, Dublin, about what about St Patrick…7:02 minutes (2 MB)
Easter joy
21 January 2009An interview with Seán Cardinal Brady about Easter [4:50 minutes (2 MB)]
Easter Triduum
21 January 2009An interview with the Dominican priest Joe Kavanagh about the Easter Tridium… about …5:50 minutes (3 MB)
Is Lent relevant?
21 January 2009An interview with Ciary Quirke about Lent [5:47 minutes (2 MB)]
Shortcut to Matthew’s Gospel
21 March 2008An interview with Oliver Crilly about his book on Matthew’s gospel [2:36 minutes (1 MB)]
He let the Spirit go
21 March 2008An interview with Oliver Crilly, a Derry priest about the moment of the death of Jesus ….1:28 minutes (0 MB)
Saint Patrick
17 March 2008An interview with Father Jim McCormack, lecturer in Ecclesiastical History in All Hallows College, in Dublin about Saint Patrick…6:00 minutes (1 MB)
World day of prayer
7 March 2008An interview with Catheruine Murtagh about the World Day of Prayer…5:29 minutes (2 MB)
A shortcut to the Gospels
29 February 2008An interview with Father Oliver Crilly about the Gospels…6:10 minutes (1 MB)
Lenten Spirituality
15 February 2008An interview with Chris O’Donnell, an Irish Carmelite priest about Lent…5:58 minutes (2 MB)
150 years at Lourdes
10 February 2008An interview with Franck DeLahaye about Lourdes…5:37 minutes (2 MB)
Lent
8 February 2008An interview with Tony Flannery about Lent [5:00 minutes (2 MB)]
The story of the Gospels
1 February 2008An interview with Philip Fogarty, an Irish Jesuit about the Gospels…5:25 minutes (2 MB)
Week of prayer for Christian unity
25 January 2008An interview with Revd Patrick Comerford, Director of Spiritual Formation at the Church of Ireland Theological College… about …6:38 minutes (3 MB)
Pedro Arrupe SJ
19 January 2008An interview with Brian Grogan, an Irish Jesuit about Pedro Arrupe…5:55 minutes (2 MB)
My Anam Chara
11 January 2008An interview with Pat O’Brien, a priest in Galway about John O’Donohue, former-priest, philosopher, poet and author…7:04 minutes (3 MB)
Twelve days of Christmas
4 January 2008An interview with Barney McGuckian about the Christmas carol, ‘The twelve days of Christmas.’ [5:32 minutes (1 MB)]
A New Year reflection
28 December 2007A new year reflection by Isaac Delamer…1:32 minutes (1 MB)
Third Sunday of Advent
14 December 2007An advent reflection by Hilary Lyons, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary…2:58 minutes (1 MB)
Fourth Sunday of Advent
14 December 2007In an advent reflection Hilary Lyons, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary, tells the story of another extraordinary woman who waited many years to give birth….4:53 minutes (2 MB)
Second Sunday of Advent
7 December 2007An advent reflection by Dominican priest, Joe Cullen…2:56 minutes (1 MB)
Reflection on First Sunday of Advent
1 December 2007Reflection on 1st Sunday of Advent…(2:39 min / 1 MB)
World Aids Day
1 December 2007World Aids Day…(6:49 min / 2 MB)
Introduction to Advent
30 November 2007An interview with Frances Hogan about Advent…2:55 minutes (1 MB)
Celtic spirituality
23 November 2007An interview with Hilary Musgrave, an Irish Sister of Charity about Celtic spirituality…3:57 minutes (1 MB)
Prisoner’s Sunday
16 November 2007An interview with Tony O’Riordan, director of the Dublin’s Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice about Christian concern for prisoners and the emergence of restorative justice…6:59 minutes (2 MB)
Praying with De Mello
9 November 2007An interview with John Callanan about Anthony de Mello…8:05 minutes (2 MB)
Sacred Space Chapel of Remembrance
2 November 2007An interview with Piaras Jackson SJ about praying for the dead and about the new Chapel of Remembrance on Sacred Space….6:43 minutes (2 MB)
All Saints, All Souls
1 November 2007An interview with Fergus O’Donoghue, an Irish Jesuit, about the relevance of commemorating the saints today…5:21 minutes (1 MB)
Pray with the heart
26 October 2007An interview with Dermot Mansfield SJ about prayer…5:30 minutes (1 MB)
The rosary today
24 October 2007An interview with Maery Sister Anna Burke about the Rosary…5:33 minutes (1 MB)
Prayer as relationship
19 October 2007An interview with … about …
A journey in forgiveness
14 October 2007An interview with Richard Moore about forgiveness…The interview begins as he describes the decision to walk home from school by a route that took him by a British army installation.
