Professor Jeffery Sachs, a world renowned economist and advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has endorsed the values in catholic teaching as a forward thinking that is primary to achieving the development goals. At the Ulysses medal presentation...
The event often called, ‘the Feeding of the 5,000’ from 5 loaves and two fish is the only miracle (apart from the Resurrection) which is recorded in all four canonical Gospels: Matthew 14:13-‐21, Mark 6:31-‐44, Luke 9:10-‐17 and John...
The following is an account of KMF Productions, the creators of the RTÉ internationally acclaimed TV documentary series ‘What in the World,’ recent visit to Afghanistan to shoot an episode of the upcoming series. Told through diary entries by...
The Legacy of Irish Missionaries Lives On is a new book exploring how the legacy of Irish missionaries is being continued in Africa, Asia, and South America. The book is written by Matt Moran former Chairperson of Misean Cara,...
After 21 years of dedicated service to the Pallotti Secondary School in Siuyu in Tanzania, Mjomba (Uncle in English) or “Mr. Sean” as he was affectionately known at the school, has decided to retire. Sean McNulty, formerly a priest...
Each day offers all of us a chance to change, to put right the wrongs that we have done. But just how easy is it to turn your life around when you are facing years, decades, life or even...
One year after the Ebola crisis devastated Sierra Leone and Liberia, documentary maker Brian Kenny takes stock of the aftermath. The deadly virus that impacted so heavily in West Africa was only the beginning for many of the communities....
Yesterday it was announced that the 2016 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award will be awarded to Fr. Shay Cullen, a Dublin born Columban Missionary in the Philippines. The award will be presented to Fr. Shay by Cllr Brendan Cronin,...
A financial management workshop was organised for some of the Sisters of St. Louis in Ghana, with two sisters from Nigeria, Josephine Apiagyei SSL from the CLT, and Ronan White, our Mission Development Coordinator, also joining in, to give...
Today there are 16 million girls around the world who will never start school. For both girls and boys globally, there are 124 million children and young adults who are not in school. Unfortunately, universal access to primary education...