I started this blog just over a year ago. My first post was called ‘Count me Out? Responding to the Report on Child Abuse in Dublin Diocese.’ I saw this blog as a place where I could share my … Read more...
Category: Social Justice
Continuing Education Course on Ethical Remembering: Acknowledging the Decade of Change & Violence, 1912-1922 Begins 19 January
A six-week continuing education course on ‘Ethical Remembering: Acknowledging the Decade of Change & Violence, 1912-1922,’ begins next week at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast. More information can be found in my post on the … Read more...
Zimbabwean Migrant Workers in a Limpopo Village: Reflections on the Treatment of Refugees on the Feast of the Epiphany
January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian calendar, is probably best known in today’s Western secular culture as the day when people take down their Christmas decorations. For me yesterday was one of those particularly … Read more...
In Memory of Fr Declan Deane
Fr Declan Deane, a former lecturer and student at the Irish School of Ecumenics, passed away this week of cancer. Fr Deane was serving at Christ the King Church in Pleasant Hill, California.
A native of Dublin, he grew … Read more...
The Murphy Report One Year On and the State of the Irish Catholic Church: Does it Matter?
The one year anniversary of the Murphy Report was 26 November, and this has been acknowledged with some significant words from Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. You can read my post about the ‘… state of the Irish Catholic Church – … Read more...
Presbyterian Peacemaking Conference – Engaged for the Future? Guest Post by Christine Dawson
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland held its annaul Peacemaking Conference on Saturday 27 November 2010 in Lowe Memorial Presbyterian Church, Finaghy.Christine Dawson, a student on our Master’s in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation programme, attended the conference and has provided … Read more...
Quaker Peacebuilding Initiatives in Northern Ireland: Coming from the Silence – Book Review
Despite numbering less than 800 in Northern Ireland, Quakers often played important roles in peacebuilding throughout the Troubles and up until the present day. The contributions of Quakers are chronicled in a recent book, edited by Ann Le Mare and … Read more...
The Future of the Organised Church Part IV: Do Churches Care About Climate Change and Fair Trade?
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written some posts around a panel discussion I participated in, organised by the Fermanagh Churches Forum (FCF): The Future of the Organised Church – Any Questions? This is my final post about the … Read more...
The Future of the Organised Church Part I: Are there more Christians outside the Church than in it?
Last week I participated in a panel discussion organised by the Fermanagh Churches Forum (FCF), ‘The Future of the Organised Church: Any Questions?’ The event, held at the Clinton Centre in Enniskillen, drew people from a variety of Christian denominations … Read more...
Gerry O’Hanlon Book Review: Theology in the Irish Public Square
One of the themes of the Pope’s recent visit to the UK was the engagement of the church in the public square. The Pope’s message was that churches – all churches, I suppose, but the Catholic Church in particular – … Read more...
Glenn Beck, Jim Wallis and the Nazis
A few weeks ago when I was speaking to my parents in the US on the phone, my mother told me I had received something in the post from ‘socialists.’
‘Really?’ I asked. ‘Are you sure it’s not from a … Read more...