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
- November 2, 2024
- C&SI - Blessed Carlo Acutis - the first millennial saint - 3 Nov 2024 (S04E48b) (podcast excerpt)
On the podcast excerpt this week John and Shane are joined by Mary-Aoife and Seamus Ong who are part of Carlo Acutis Ireland to tell us about Blessed Carlo Acutis who is in line to be the first canonised millennial saint!
Carlo was a young website designer born in London to Andrea Acutis and Antonio Salazano in 1991. Carlo grew up in Milan and had huge interest in video games, football, films, and animals, particularly his own pets. At first appearance he seemed like an ordinary boy. However, what separated Carlo from so many people was his constant pursuit of holiness. Although Carlo’s parents Andrea and Antonio were not religious, Carlo’s grandparents had great faith and from a very young age Carlo became deeply invested in serving a life for Jesus. He had many questions for his parents growing up and eventually he brought his parents back to their faith. Carlo was a shining example for his friends in school, and on his football team showing them that Jesus was the way to go in life. He also had a deep interest in the Eucharist and desire to spread awareness that Jesus was truly present in the Eucharist. One of the ways Carlo attempted to do this was by undertaking a school project to design a website highlighting all the Eucharistic miracles. Carlo also had a huge devotion to our lady and often looked after the homeless, the bullied, and marginalized of society. In 2006 at the tender age of 15 Carlo became extremely ill with galloping leukemia. Although extremely ill, Carlo always remained positive saying ‘there are so many people suffering much more than I am’. Carlo died on 12th October 2006. Since then, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims visit his tomb every year in Assisi. Two miracles have been contributed to his name and he is currently awaiting canonization in Rome.
- November 2, 2024
- C&SI - Blessed Carlo Acutis - the first millennial saint - 3 Nov 2024 (S04E48)
On the podcast this week John and Shane are joined by Mary-Aoife and Seamus Ong who are part of Carlo Acutis Ireland to tell us about Blessed Carlo Acutis who is in line to be the first canonised millennial saint!
We have our regular run through the saints of the week and liturgical odds and ends with our prayer space in part one. And in part three we reflect on the Sunday gospel from St Mark (Mk 12:28-34) where Jesus reminds us of the key commandments of love.
Blessed Carlo Acutis
Seamus and Mary Aoife Ong join us on the podcast to introduce Blessed Carlo Acutis. Carlo was a young website designer born in London to Andrea Acutis and Antonio Salazano in 1991. Carlo grew up in Milan and had huge interest in video games, football, films, and animals, particularly his own pets. At first appearance he seemed like an ordinary boy. However, what separated Carlo from so many people was his constant pursuit of holiness. Although Carlo’s parents Andrea and Antonio were not religious, Carlo’s grandparents had great faith and from a very young age Carlo became deeply invested in serving a life for Jesus. He had many questions for his parents growing up and eventually he brought his parents back to their faith. Carlo was a shining example for his friends in school, and on his football team showing them that Jesus was the way to go in life. He also had a deep interest in the Eucharist and desire to spread awareness that Jesus was truly present in the Eucharist. One of the ways Carlo attempted to do this was by undertaking a school project to design a website highlighting all the Eucharistic miracles. Carlo also had a huge devotion to our lady and often looked after the homeless, the bullied, and marginalized of society. In 2006 at the tender age of 15 Carlo became extremely ill with galloping leukemia. Although extremely ill, Carlo always remained positive saying ‘there are so many people suffering much more than I am’. Carlo died on 12th October 2006. Since then, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims visit his tomb every year in Assisi. Two miracles have been contributed to his name and he is currently awaiting canonization in Rome.
- October 27, 2024
- C&SI - "Let's keep a festival in honour of all the saints" - 27 Oct 2024 (S04E48b) (podcast excerpt)
On this weeks podcast excerpt we dip into the archives and listen back to a piece from October 20217 where John and Shane reflect on the up coming solemnity of All Saints on November 1st including a reflection from Word on Fires's Bishop Robert Barron.
Reflecting on the Feast of All Saints
As the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November) and the dark days of Winter here in Ireland. As the earth heads into hibernation and rebirth, the ancient Celts saw this time as a "thin place" between this world and the next. All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and the celebrations of All Saints and All Soul's are a reminder to us that our nearest and dearest who have died are not really that far away and that we honour and pray for and with each other in the Communion of Saints especially at this time of the year.
On November 1st, the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. During the early centuries the Saints venerated by the Church were all martyrs. Later on the Popes set November 1 as the day for commemorating all the Saints.
We all have this "universal call to holiness." What must we to do in order to join the company of the saints in heaven? We "must follow in His footsteps and conform [our]selves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. [We] must devote [our]selves with all [our] being to the glory of God and the service of [our] neighbor. In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history" (Lumen Gentium, 40)."For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves."— Joan D. Chittister in "A Passion for Life"
"When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with second best. I am asking you not to pursue one limited goal and ignore all the others. Having money makes it possible to be generous and to do good in the world, but on its own, it is not enough to make us happy. Being highly skilled in some activity or profession is good, but it will not satisfy us unless we aim for something greater still. It might make us famous, but it will not make us happy. Happiness is something we all want, but one of the great tragedies in this world is that so many people never find it, because they look for it in the wrong places. The key to it is very simple - true happiness is to be found in God. We need to have the courage to place our deepest hopes in God alone, not in money, in a career, in worldly success, or in our relationships with others, but in God. Only he can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts."
- Pope Benedict XVI (read more of the sermon here)
- October 27, 2024
- C&SI - "Let's keep a festival in honour of all the saints" - 27 Oct 2024 (S04E48)
On this weeks podcast we dip into the archives and listen back to a piece from October 20217 where John and Shane reflect on the up coming solemnity of All Saints on November 1st including a reflection from Word on Fires's Bishop Robert Barron.
We have our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel where this week John is joined by Fr Frank Duhig and of course we have our saints as well as other notices and liturgical odds & ends.
Reflecting on the Feast of All Saints
As the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November) and the dark days of Winter here in Ireland. As the earth heads into hibernation and rebirth, the ancient Celts saw this time as a "thin place" between this world and the next. All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and the celebrations of All Saints and All Soul's are a reminder to us that our nearest and dearest who have died are not really that far away and that we honour and pray for and with each other in the Communion of Saints especially at this time of the year.
On November 1st, the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. During the early centuries the Saints venerated by the Church were all martyrs. Later on the Popes set November 1 as the day for commemorating all the Saints.
We all have this "universal call to holiness." What must we to do in order to join the company of the saints in heaven? We "must follow in His footsteps and conform [our]selves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. [We] must devote [our]selves with all [our] being to the glory of God and the service of [our] neighbor. In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history" (Lumen Gentium, 40)."For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves."— Joan D. Chittister in "A Passion for Life"
"When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with second best. I am asking you not to pursue one limited goal and ignore all the others. Having money makes it possible to be generous and to do good in the world, but on its own, it is not enough to make us happy. Being highly skilled in some activity or profession is good, but it will not satisfy us unless we aim for something greater still. It might make us famous, but it will not make us happy. Happiness is something we all want, but one of the great tragedies in this world is that so many people never find it, because they look for it in the wrong places. The key to it is very simple - true happiness is to be found in God. We need to have the courage to place our deepest hopes in God alone, not in money, in a career, in worldly success, or in our relationships with others, but in God. Only he can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts."
- Pope Benedict XVI (read more of the sermon here)
- 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.