Faith

Celebrating Christmas 2020 – Archbishop Eamon Martin

As the Advent season begins, Archbishop Eamon Martin reflects on the great desire that people have to return to Church to celebrate Christmas.

End of Life Care – Bishop Kevin Doran

Bishop Kevin Doran reflects on the recent Vatican document ‘The Good Samaritan’ on caring for people who are suffering, especially those with critical or terminal illnesses.

Come Holy Spirit (2/3) – Preparing for Confirmation

In this second episode, Eleanor and Johanna look at the seven gifts and the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit

Come to me all you who labour and overburdened …

In his reflection on the Gospel passage Matthew 11:25-30, Bishop-Elect Paul Dempsey reflects on how his family coped with the burden of losing their mother and the comfort that comes from our Christian faith

Seeing Resurrection in the wounded side of Christ

In his homily for Divine Mercy Sunday Fr Sean Maher reflected on his recent visit to anoint Covid 19 patients in Naas Hospital

How could nails hold God to a Cross?

In his homily on Divine Mercy Sunday, Fr John Harris OP quoted St Catherine of Siena saying it was love that held our Lord to the Cross

We are all ministering to one another …

In his Easter message, Bishop Denis Nulty reflects on a Holy Week like no other as he prays God’s blessing on the people of the diocese, mindful of the challenges facing so many.

Jesus kneels so that we may stand and witness to him

At the Mass of the Last Supper Bishop Denis Nulty recalled the rituals of Holy Thursday and his parents washing of each other’s feet in memory of Jesus

St John Henry Newman on Conscience

People need to go beyond a single quote to understand how St John Henry Newman understood Conscience says Bishop Fintan Monahan

Sunday Mass Digging Deeper (Part 1)

Julie Kavanagh and Fr David Vard present a new four part series on the Mass, starting with exploring the Introductory Rites

Sunday Mass – Digging Deeper

Bishop Denis Nulty invites people to follow this Lenten catechetical programme on the Sunday Mass, the source and summit of the Christian life.

The message of Christmas in Northern Iraq

Archbishop Eamon Martin reflects on his recent visit to Northern Iraq where many Christians have been displaced in recent years.

Archbishop Eamon Martin Christmas Message (2018)

Archbishop Eamon offers a message of faith and hope for 2019 while acknowledging that he has mixed memories of the year gone by.

A Beacon of Light amongst the Ruins

Michael Kinsella explains how Aid to the Church in Need supports Christians who live their faith in the context of persecution and suffering.

Whisperings of My Soul

In this book, Fr Sean Hyland (K&L Diocese) shares how he found consolation after the deaths of his two young children, Seana and Kieran, and his wife Liz.

How to defend the faith without raising your voice

Michael Kelly discusses a new book that he has co-authored with Austen Ivereigh on civil responses to catholic hot-button issues.

To Forgive is Life – Stories from Siberia (Ep 4)

Fr Michael Shields, who has ministered in Siberia for twenty-six years, shares how Gulag survivors explained to him that forgiveness kept them alive.

Landscapes of the Soul – Emmaus Productions

This video is part of a new online video series, featuring internationally acclaimed spiritual writer, Margaret Silf. produced by Monica Brown and Emmaus Prodcuctions.

What does it all mean? – Fr Richard Leonard SJ

Fr Leonard gives a quick overview of his new book: What does it all mean? – a guide to being more faithful, hopeful and loving.

My faith journey – Eimear Felle

Eimear Felle shares her faith journey and how her experience at World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005 made her ‘a new woman…’.

From Gangland to Promised Land

John Pridmore, former London gangster turned Christian, shares how God changed his life and how he now leads retreats and speaks at church events around the world.