Hidden in an unsuspecting row house on a quiet street is the Irish Jewish Museum, the only one of its kind in Dublin. It was opened on June 20, 1985, by Israeli president Chaim Herzog, who was born in Belfast.
World Mission Sunday 2023 – Celebrating and Supporting the Legacy of Irish Missionary Work An Irish missionary speaks to Chai Brady about police brutality and oppression, and tackling gender-based violence in South Africa The profound culture shock and oppression witnessed after landing in South Africa as a young idealistic sister in 1984, ready to help…
World Mission Sunday 2023 – Celebrating and Supporting the Legacy of Irish Missionary Work During the summer of 2022, Misean Cara CEO John Moffett travelled with staff to South Africa and Zambia to visit a range of projects run by Irish missionaries demonstrating innovation in tackling gender-based violence, access to education for migrant children, protecting…
World Mission Sunday 2023 – Celebrating and Supporting the Legacy of Irish Missionary Work Salesian missionaries proclaim God in word and deed to the marginalised, Fr Dan Carroll SDB tells Ruadhán Jones For almost 150 years, Salesian missionaries have been bringing God’s word and hope to the poorest and most marginalised in society, says Fr…
World Mission Sunday 2023 – Celebrating and Supporting the Legacy of Irish Missionary Work Missionaries, as Christ’s ambassadors, continue to give people tremendous hope, Missio Ireland’s director tells Chai Brady Irish missionaries are growing older and many have been forced to retire due to ill-health, but the fruits of their hard work remain, including the…
Expectations are high for the bishops ongoing gathering in Rome, the ‘Synod on Synodality’, which began on Wednesday, October 4 and lasts until October 29.
Chai Brady discusses wild animals, obedient mice, and what it means to be a ‘steward of creation’ Ideals regarding the treatment of animals can be controversial particularly when there are so many more vegan and vegetarian Christians today who call for an increased, some would say radical, respect for life in all its forms. But…
Many people nowadays see the Eucharist as a prize rather than an extraordinary gift, but it’s not their fault, Sr Briege McKenna tells Chai Brady Well-known healing nun Sr Briege McKenna OSC (77) is well aware that nowadays if you speak about an experience of Jesus, many people will think you are “a nutcracker”, but…
The order is working to maintain its presence but vocations are dwindling, Fr Aidan McGrath OFM tells Ruadhán Jones Earlier this year, the Irish Franciscans closed two of its houses in Ireland, one in Clonmel, another in Waterford. The order continues to maintain eight houses around the country, but with vocations dwindling and an aging…
Drastic droughts are causing hugely challenging conditions for farmers and communities in Africa, which charity Concern are tackling, writes Chai Brady Many Europeans have seen the devastating impacts of climate change on their own continent, with summer conflagrations regularly on the news. This may bring home the fact that climate change is driving – to…
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