An impoverished view of the importance of family life is behind calls to remove the so-called ‘women in the home’ clause from the constitution, female Catholic activists have insisted. It comes as Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed this week that he would like to see a referendum take place next year, after claims that the clause…
Fr. Dan Carroll Mission Sunday Supplement In Italy from the late 19th century, poverty-stricken young people had been gravitating to the cities seeking employment. Turin already had a large unemployed youth cohort and this influx from the countryside caused immense challenges. It was in this context that St. John Bosco, or, as he is commonly…
Janet Nutakor OLA Mission Sunday Supplement Ireland has a great history of sending missionaries to different parts of the world, including Ghana, where I am from. Mission has been an integral part of the Irish church and the Irish people have always supported work on the missions through donations and prayer. In recent times, we…
Mission Sunday Supplement Michelle Robertson The 6th September saw the official launch of the Solidarity Garden by the Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr. Deirdre Forde. The garden was set up on the front lawn of Ardfoyle convent towards the end of last year. The initiative was spearheaded by Dr Naomi Masheti of the Cork…
Missionary Sunday Supplement Irish Missionary Work – an Enduring Tradition In recent decades, the work and impact of Irish missionaries overseas has garnered acknowledgement at home and abroad for its distinguished contributions to international development and efforts to eradicate poverty. The centuries old tradition of Irish missionary life, one of faith and service to the…
Mission Sunday Supplement LOUISIANA “Our mission as Dominican women is to study, share, proclaim and witness to the liberating Word of God in order that right relationships be restored between God, People and the Earth where these are broken due to lack of knowledge and distortion of the truth” We presently serve in Ireland, South…
Mission Sunday Supplement We are the Irish Capuchin Franciscan Friars and mission is in our very DNA. Today we have Irish friars ministering in Zambia, South Africa, New Zealand, South Korea and California. We follow the rule and life laid down by St Francis of Assisi – to live and embody the Gospel message of…
Mission Sunday Supplement The Society of African Missions (SMA) is an international organisation with over seven hundred and sixty members, three hundred and twenty seminarians and has a presence in sixteen African countries. While the African membership of the SMA is increasing, in Europe and Ireland it is declining. Nevertheless, there are still Irish SMA…
Mission Sunday Supplement As a growing world church, we share responsibility for all those who so urgently need our help. We must not forget the needs of those whose stories do not reach our televisions or newspapers. For many people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the church is the first place they turn to…
The Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations told a committee of the world body that “civilian populations continue to be victims of widespread and systematic attacks”. Where there is “credible evidence” of such attacks, “there must be accountability,” he said. “Crimes against humanity are among the most serious crimes under international law and their…