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Faithcast

Faithcast is the weekly podcast from catholicnews.ie, the news source for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Presented by Brenda Drumm, Faithcast is a mixture of interviews and news from the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Come and See Inspirations

Come & See Inspirations (C&SI) is a podcasting team based out of Ardagh in west Limerick. The C&SI team work on sharing interesting, faith filled conversations about local, diocesan and global issues of interest as they make a small contribution to the New Evangelisation on the digital frontiers.

After all, in 2009 Pope Benedict XVI's urged the users of the internet to

"......bear witness to your faith through the digital world!......Employ these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News of God’s infinite love for all people, will resound in new ways across our increasingly technological world!"

View on our page here: comeandseeinspirations.buzzsprout.com

Come & See Inspirations

October 19, 2024
C&SI - Introducing the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma, Michigan - 20 Oct 2024 (S04 E47b) (podcast excerpt)

On this weeks podcast John and Shane were delighted to welcome Sr Sean Marie and Sr Mary Dolora of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan who have recently landed on the banks of the Shannon here in the diocese of Limerick. So we have a sit down with them to find about them and about their religious institute.

The Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma, Michigan which is an off shoot of the Religious Sisters of Mercy founded by Venerable Catherine McAuley. The Alma Mercy Sisters were officially founded in 1973 and are now spread across various countries in various ministries but always with the focus on living out their vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and their particular fourth vow of service of the poor, sick and ignorant. 

Sr Sean Marie and Sr Mary Dolora share with us their own individual stories of vocation and also a bit about the institute and what it is like coming to Ireland and the present time. 

October 19, 2024
C&SI - Introducing the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma, Michigan - 20 Oct 2024 (S04 E47)

On this weeks podcast John and Shane were delighted to welcome Sr Sean Marie and Sr Mary Dolora of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan who have recently landed on the banks of the Shannon here in the diocese of Limerick. So we have a sit down with them to find about them and about their religious institute.

We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends from the calendar and in part three as always we have our reflection on the weekly Sunday gospel.

We had one notice about a November Desert Day - details here.

Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan
C&SI was delighted to welcome Sr Sean Marie and Sr Mary Dolora to the podcast this week to introduce us to the religious institute to which they belong, the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma, Michigan which is an off shoot of the Religious Sisters of Mercy founded by Venerable Catherine McAuley. The Alma Mercy Sisters were officially founded in 1973 and are now spread across various countries in various ministries but always with the focus on living out their vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and their particular fourth vow of service of the poor, sick and ignorant. Sr Sean Marie and Sr Mary Dolora share with us their own individual stories of vocation and also a bit about the institute and what it is like coming to Ireland and the present time. 

October 12, 2024
C&SI - Ukrainian Pastoral Care in the Midwest with Fr Roman Lahish CSsR - 13th Oct 2024 (S04E45b) (podcast excerpt)

On this weeks podcast excerpt John and Shane were delighted to welcome Fr Roman Lahish CSsR who is the chaplain to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Community in the Mid West of Ireland. Fr Roman is actually a member of the Redemptorist community and is based out of Mt St Alphonsus in Limerick city and he shares with us his own back ground and vocation story before sharing the highs and lows of the work he is doing with the Ukrainian community who are refugees in Ireland at this difficult time. 

October 12, 2024
C&SI - Ukrainian Pastoral Care in the Midwest with Fr Roman Lahish CSsR - 13th Oct 2024 (S04E45)

On this weeks podcast John and Shane were delighted to welcome Fr Roman Lahish CSsR who is the chaplain to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Community in the Mid West of Ireland. We have our regular run through the saints of the week and local notices. Our prayer space this week is from the Word of Life October 2024 from the Focolore Community. In part three we have our regular reflection on the Sunday gospel (Mark 10:17-30)   

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the Mid West
We were delighted to welcome Fr Roman to the podcast this week and chat him about the pastoral work he is doing in the Mid West of Ireland for the Ukrainian community. Fr Roman is actually a member of the Redemptorist community and is based out of Mt St Alphonsus in Limerick city and he shares with us his own back ground and vocation story before sharing the highs and lows of the work he is doing with the Ukrainian community who are refugees in Ireland at this difficult time. 

October 5, 2024
C&SI - Who are the Christians of the Holy Land and why should we care? - 6th October 2024 (S04E45b) (podcast excerpt)

In this weeks podcast excerpt, Br Justin Robinson OSB joins us from Cairo to share with us about the situation of Christians in the Holy Land and the challenges they face. 

Br Justin Robinson OSB is a Benedictine monk of Glenstal Abbey in Ireland. After studying theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in Jerusalem, he is now undertaking an MA in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University in Cairo. On the podcast this weeks Shane and Br Justin explore who are the Christian communities in the Holy Land looking at some of their history, relations with one another and wider society both Palestinian and Israeli. We focus in on what are their current challenges and what the impact of it means for the wider Christian community around the world and its impact on the Holy Land - the fifth gospel. 

If you wish to support Christians in the Holy Land you can find some additional information at these sites:

Further information about Christians in the Holy Land:

October 5, 2024
C&SI - Who are the Christians of the Holy Land and why should we care? - 6th October 2024 (S04E45)

We had a busy podcast this week here on C&SI with a couple of visitors joining John and Shane. In part one, we have our regular run through saints of the week and Sr Caitriona Kavanagh OP joins us to tells us about news from the Dominican community. In part two, Br Justin Robinson OSB joins us from Cairo to share with us about the situation of Christians in the Holy Land and the challenges they face. Part three is our regular weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel (Mark 10:2-16)

As our first guest this week, we welcome Sr Caitriona Kavanagh OP from St Saviour's church in Limerick city. Sister Caitriona is a member of the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia whose motherhouse is in Nashville in Tennessee. Sr Caitriona shares with us about the celebration of the 800th Jubilee of the Dominicans coming to Ireland and the Irish Dominican's upcoming pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on October 13 2024. She also tells us about the faith formation work her community does in St Saviours parish in Limerick city and extends invitations to others to come and join them. You can read more about their activities here. 

Br Justin Robinson OSB is a Benedictine monk of Glenstal Abbey in Ireland. After studying theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in Jerusalem, he is now undertaking an MA in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University in Cairo. On the podcast this weeks Shane and Br Justin explore who are the Christian communities in the Holy Land looking at some of their history, relations with one another and wider society both Palestinian and Israeli. We focus in on what are their current challenges and what the impact of it means for the wider Christian community around the world and its impact on the Holy Land - the fifth gospel. 

If you wish to support Christians in the Holy Land you can find some additional information at these sites:

Further information about Christians in the Holy Land: