Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

On this weeks podcast Jane Mellet from Trocaire joins Shane and John to  help us go through the new papal exhortation " Laudate Deum, to all people of good will on the climate crisi s ". It is a document intended to follow up on his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home and sets out Pope Francis challenge to the world (not just catholics) around the climate crisis and...

On this weeks podcast Jane Mellet from Trocaire joins Shane and John to  help us go through the new papal exhortation " Laudate Deum, to all people of good will on the climate crisi s ". It is a document intended to follow up on his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home and sets out Pope Francis challenge to the world (not just Catholics) around the climate crisis and...

From April 2023 to April 2024 the Irish church is marking a year of prayer for vocations to the diocesan priesthood with the theme/tag line "Take the Risk for Christ" . As part of that effort to encourage men to consider a vocation to the diocesan priesthood here on C&SI we will be hosting a series of interviews with priests over the next few months who will be sharing their vocation...

From April 2023 to April 2024 the Irish church is marking a year of prayer for vocations to the diocesan priesthood with the theme/tag line "Take the Risk for Christ" . As part of that effort to encourage men to consider a vocation to the diocesan priesthood here on C&SI we will be hosting a series of interviews with priests over the next few months who will be sharing their vocation...

On this weeks podcast we are marking the last weekend in the 2023 Season of Creation which ends on 4th October - the feast of St Francis of Assisi. We are sharing with listeners a talk given at the 2023 National Novena to Our Lady of Knock on 17th August 2023. The theme of the 2023 Novena was "Caring for Creation" and the talk is by friend of the podcast Noirin Lynch on " Working to...

On this weeks podcast we are marking the last weekend in the 2023 Season of Creation which ends on 4th October - the feast of St Francis of Assisi. We are sharing with listeners a talk given at the 2023 National Novena to Our Lady of Knock on 17th August 2023. The theme of the 2023 Novena was "Caring for Creation" and the talk is by friend of the podcast Noirin Lynch on " Working to...

Continuing of theme of New Years 2.0 from last week where September for many people is there turn to routines with back to school, back to work etc after the breaks over the summer we continue to let you know of upcoming things on this weeks podcast.  We welcome to this weeks podcast Rose O'Connor and James Connery from the Limerick Diocesan Office who share with us the upcoming events and co...

Continuing of theme of New Years 2.0 from last week where September for many people is the return to routines with back to school, back to work etc after the breaks over the summer we continue to let you know of upcoming things on this weeks podcast.  We welcome to this weeks podcast Rose O'Connor and James Connery from the Limerick Diocesan Office who share with us the upcoming events and co...

For many people September is like New Years 2.0 with the return to routines with back to school, back to work etc after the breaks over the summer. As part of that people like to plan ahead for time out and also how to prepare for the dark of the winter especially in the northern hemisphere. On this weeks podcast we have two possible suggestions for listeners. We are delighted to welcome back to t...

For many people September is like New Years 2.0 with the return to routines with back to school, back to work etc after the breaks over the summer. As part of that people like to plan ahead for time out and also how to prepare for the dark of the winter especially in the northern hemisphere. On this weeks podcast we have two possible suggestions for listeners.  We are delighted to welcome back to...

On this weeks programme we are joined by Aine Kirby, Gary Reeves and James Connery who were part of the group from the diocese of Limerick who went to WYD 2023 which was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 1-6 August 2023. Aine and Gary share with us their experience of what is sometimes called the Catholic Woodstock which is held every 2-3 years to gather the catholic youth of the world and the hope th...

On this weeks programme we are joined by Aine Kirby, Gary Reeves and James Connery who were part of the group from the diocese of Limerick who went to WYD 2023 which was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 1-6 August 2023. Aine and Gary share with us their experience of what is sometimes called the Catholic Woodstock which is held every 2-3 years to gather the catholic youth of the world and the hope th...

From April 2023 to April 2024 the Irish church is marking a year of prayer for vocations to the diocesan priesthood with the theme/tag line "Take the Risk for Christ" . As part of that effort to encourage men to consider a vocation to the diocesan priesthood here on C&SI we will be hosting a series of interviews with priests over the next few months who will be sharing their vocation...

From April 2023 to April 2024 the Irish church is marking a year of prayer for vocations to the diocesan priesthood with the theme/tag line "Take the Risk for Christ" . As part of that effort to encourage men to consider a vocation to the diocesan priesthood here on C&SI we will be hosting a series of interviews with priests over the next few months who will be sharing their vocation...

On this weeks podcast we are joined by Jane Mellet (Trocaire) and Rose O'Connor (Limerick diocese) to talk about the Season Creation 2023. This year’s theme is “Let Justice and Peace Flow” taking inspiration from the Prophet Amos who declares: “Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5: 24). We have our usual run through the liturgical odds and ends...

On this weeks podcast we are joined by Jane Mellet (Trocaire) and Rose O'Connor (Limerick diocese) to talk about the Season Creation 2023. This year’s theme is “Let Justice and Peace Flow” taking inspiration from the Prophet Amos who declares: “Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5: 24). Season of Creation 2023 #SoC The Season of Creation has a...

So as we are entering into the height of the summer season Shane has abandoned John for two weeks to traipse around central Europe. However, we aren't going to abandon our listeners here on C&SI podcast so we do have some listening for you this week. As usual we have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends in part one including the up coming saints and solemnities. On part tw...

So we are entering into the height of the summer season Shane has abandoned John for two weeks to traipse around central Europe. However, we aren't going to abandon our listeners here on C&SI podcast so we do have some listening for you this week. As usual we have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends in part one including the up coming saints and solemnities including of c...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are doing something a little different. Normally here on C&SI we don't stray into the area of politics and controversy. However, there are times when we feel that we can contribute to the public conversation and the current discussion around euthanasia and assisted suicide which is a topic being discussed in the Joint Health Committee of the Irish Oire...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are doing something a little different. Normally here on C&SI we don't stray into the area of politics and controversy. However, there are times when we feel that we can contribute to the public conversation and the current discussion around euthanasia and assisted suicide which is a topic being discussed in the Joint Health Committee of the Irish Oire...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are doing something a little different. Normally here on C&SI we don't stray into the area of politics and controversy. However, there are times when we feel that we can contribute to the public conversation and the current discussion around euthanasia and assisted suicide which is a topic being discussed in the Joint Health Committee of the Irish Oire...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are doing something a little different. Normally here on C&SI we don't stray into the area of politics and controversy. However, there are times when we feel that we can contribute to the public conversation and the current discussion around euthanasia and assisted suicide which is a topic being discussed in the Joint Health Committee of the Irish Oire...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are doing something a little different. Normally here on C&SI we don't stray into the area of politics and controversy. However, there are times when we feel that we can contribute to the public conversation and the current discussion around euthanasia and assisted suicide which is a topic being discussed in the Joint Health Committee of the Irish Oire...

Summer is the season for taking the foot off the peddle (slightly) so this week John and Shane took it a tad easy and we are sharing another news magazine podcast this week looking at a number of issues including the on-going persecution of the church in Nicaragua personified in the person of Bishop Ronaldo Alvarez, worrying trends in India, and the Pillar's excellent analysis of the recent a...

On this weeks podcast Juliann Moran joins John and Shane to discuss the Instrumentum Laboris (IL) which is the working document of the October Synod on Synodality which was published on 20th June . Juliann takes us through what has been incorporated into the document to guide the discussions to be held in Rome in October as the first meeting of the Synod on Synodality. "The [IL] is the fruit...