Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

Holy Week begins this Sunday with the commemoration of the entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem and on this weeks podcast the C&SI team reflects on the days of Holy Week and how the liturgies take us through the passion, death and ultimately the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Reflecting with music and poetry, we pause at " statio " moments to take time to create moments to pray looking...

Holy Week begins this Sunday with the commemoration of the entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem and on this weeks podcast the C&SI team reflects on the days of Holy Week and how the liturgies take us through the passion, death and ultimately the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Reflecting with music and poetry, we pause at " statio " moments to take time to create moments to pray looking...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team have part four of a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is n...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team have part four of a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is n...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team have part three of a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team have part three of a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team have part two of a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is ne...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team have part two of a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is ne...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team begin a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is next. We have...

At the moment in church circles the great buzzwords are "Synodality" and "Synod". But for the vast majority of Catholics it is not something they are overly familiar with but which could have massive impact on us as a faith community. On this weeks podcast, the C&SI team begin a four part series looking at what it all means, what has been happening and what is next. In Octo...

Trocaire marks its 50th birthday this February and with the onset of Lent, launches its annual Lenten campaign focusing on the food crisis on the Horn of Africa and especially in Somalia. Colm Hogan joins the podcast team to take us through the background to this years appeal. We have our regular run through the saints of the week and of course our few thoughts on the Sunday gospel (Matthew 4:1-11...

Trocaire marks its 50th birthday this February and with the onset of Lent, launches its annual Lenten campaign focusing on the food crisis on the Horn of Africa and especially in Somalia. Colm Hogan joins the podcast team to take us through the background to this years appeal. Trocaire is the development agency of the Irish Conference of Bishops (Caritas Ireland) and this week Colm Hogan join us t...

It is hard to believe how quickly the liturgical calendrical wheel turns as we are just out of Christmas, settling into Ordinary time and we find ourselves down the door of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the season of Lent!  To help us to prepare ourselves to celebrate this "joyful" season we are joined by Fr Frank Duhig who shares a reflection with us as we enter Lent. Fr Frank exam...

It is hard to believe how quickly the liturgical calendrical wheel turns as we are just out of Christmas, settling into Ordinary time and we find ourselves down the door of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the season of Lent!  To help us to prepare ourselves to celebrate this "joyful" season we are joined by Fr Frank Duhig who shares a reflection with us as we enter Lent. Fr Frank exam...

On this weeks programme C&SI takes a look at the issue of the persecution of Christians around the world. With reports that Over 360 million Christians suffering persecution in the world in what is an ecumenical martyrdom amongst all denominations, we look at the challenges where Christians are still giving their life for faith in Jesus Christ and the deafening silence around the issue in the...

On this weeks programme C&SI takes a look at the issue of the persecution of Christians around the world. With reports that Over 360 million Christians suffering persecution in the world in what is an ecumenical martyrdom amongst all denominations, we look at the challenges where Christians are still giving their life for faith in Jesus Christ and the deafening silence around the issue in the...

C&SI are joined on this weeks podcast by Pat Keey, president of the Fr Willie Doyle Association to share with us the story of this heroic priest and chaplain who died during World War I. Posited as an ecumenical martyr of charity who died while attending to soldiers on the front, his cause for canonisation was formerly opened in October 2022 in the diocese of Meath which is the beginning of th...

C&SI are joined on this weeks podcast by Pat Keey, president of the Fr Willie Doyle Association to share with us the story of this heroic priest and chaplain who died during World War I. Posited as an ecumenical martyr of charity who died while attending to soldiers on the front, Pat Kenny (president of the Fr Willie Doyle Association) joins us on this weeks podcast to share the story of Fr Wi...

In our podcast this week, John speaks to Sr Rose Carmel McNamara, an Irish Sister of Mercy about her work and the founding of the Association of Our Lady of Mercy in Romania which works with those on the margins. We hear her story and how Sr Rose Carmel was on holiday to Romania in March 2000 and how she quickly became aware of the problems of the marginalized, and was motivated to move to Romania...

In our podcast excerpt this week, John speaks to Sr Rose Carmel McNamara, an Irish Sister of Mercy about her work and the founding of the Association of Our Lady of Mercy in Romania which works with those on the margins. We hear her story and how Sr Rose Carmel was on holiday to Romania in March 2000 and how she quickly became aware of the problems of the marginalized, and was motivated to move to...

On this weeks podcast we get a small bit parochial to west Limerick and we repeat a segment we did back originally in Jan 2012 where Michael Keating tells us about St Ita of Kileedy who is one of the co-patron saints of the diocese of Limerick and is know as the Brigid of Munster and foster mother of the saints of Ireland. St Ita's feast day falls on 15th January. As part of the celebrations...

On this weeks podcast we get a small bit parochial to west Limerick and we repeat a segment we did back originally in Jan 2012 where Michael Keating tells us about St Ita of Kileedy who is one of the co-patron saints of the diocese of Limerick and is know as the Brigid of Munster and foster mother of the saints of Ireland. St Ita's feast day falls on 15th January. As part of the celebrations...

On this weeks podcast we take a look back at 2022 through the highs and lows of events in the sphere of things church related. With a year dominated by the war in Ukraine, the papal synod, the death of a pope emeritus and the ups and downs of Pope Francis right knee! We have our regular run through the saints of the week in this second week of ordinary time as well as our weekly gospel reflection...

On this weeks podcast we reflect on the life of Joseph Ratzinger - Pope Benedict XVI - who died on 31 December 2022, ten years after historically resigning from the papacy at the age of 95.  We reflect on the life of "a humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord," who as a theologian and teacher his primary focus was always on making known Jesus Christ and his message of love and salvatio...

On this weeks podcast we reflect on the life of Joseph Ratzinger - Pope Benedict XVI - who died on 31 December 2022, ten years after historically resigning from the papacy at the age of 95.  We reflect on the life of "a humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord," who as a theologian and teacher his primary focus was always on making known Jesus Christ and his message of love and salvatio...