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
- July 20, 2024
- C&SI - Synod on Synodality - An Update with Julianne Moran - 21 July 2024 (S04E35)
On this weeks podcast we welcome Juliann Moran back to speak to John and Shane about the Irish Synodal Pathway and where things stand with it. We have our regular liturgical odds and ends and of course our reflection on the weekly Sunday gospel.
Updates on the Synod on Synodality and the Irish National Synodal Pathway
Juliann Moran is the General Secretary of the Irish Synodal Pathway and she joins the podcast this week to share what has been happening with the Synod on Synodality and also the steps being taken for the Irish Synodal Pathway.- In March 2024, a Facilitative Leadership Training Programme training sessions were held around the country to train people in theology of synodality, leadership models, time management and listening as a core leadership skill as just some of the topics covered in the training.
- In April 2024 the Irish Conference of Bishops appointed the National Synodal Team tasked towards organising the Assemblies and working groups for the Irish National Synodal Pathway. The full team should be post by September 2024.
- In May 2024 some 300 parish priests gathered just outside Rome to discuss how to implement synodality at the local level. You can read more about the event at Rome here. The five Irish priests who took part reported back after their participation
- Publication on 15th May 2024 of Towards October 2024 – Summary of Contributions from Dioceses and Groups of the Catholic Church in Ireland which was response to the invitation from the Secretariat of the Synod in Rome to deepen our reflections on the Report from its first synodal assembly in October 2023, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference received contributions and a draft eight-page summary of the contributions was then prepared. The writing group also included a supporting document called Keeping the Synodal Dynamism Alive – a collation of testimonies and best practice from the Catholic Church in Ireland. This document is an un-summarised collation of testimonies of the work carried out, the lived experience of synodality in local churches, as well as the sharing of examples of good practice that was considered significant for the growth of a missionary synodal dynamism.
- Publication of the Second Instrumentum Laboris in July 2024 that will guide the work of the second session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2 to 27 October) . The document advances proposals for a missionary Church in which all the baptised participate in its life. Juliann takes us through the document and also the roles of the papal working groups.
Resources
- Links at synod.ie
- The Pillar - Synodal instrumentum laboris: A brief guide for busy readers
- July 20, 2024
- C&SI - Synod on Synodality - An Update with Julianne Moran - 21 July 2024 (S04E35b) (podcast excerpt)
On this weeks podcast excerpt we welcome Juliann Moran back to speak to John and Shane about the Irish Synodal Pathway and where things stand with it. Juliann Moran is the General Secretary of the Irish Synodal Pathway and she shares what has been happening with the Synod on Synodality and also the steps being taken for the Irish Synodal Pathway.
- In March 2024, a Facilitative Leadership Training Programme training sessions were held around the country to train people in theology of synodality, leadership models, time management and listening as a core leadership skill as just some of the topics covered in the training.
- In April 2024 the Irish Conference of Bishops appointed the National Synodal Team tasked towards organising the Assemblies and working groups for the Irish National Synodal Pathway. The full team should be post by September 2024.
- In May 2024 some 300 parish priests gathered just outside Rome to discuss how to implement synodality at the local level. You can read more about the event at Rome here. The five Irish priests who took part reported back after their participation
- Publication on 15th May 2024 of Towards October 2024 – Summary of Contributions from Dioceses and Groups of the Catholic Church in Ireland which was response to the invitation from the Secretariat of the Synod in Rome to deepen our reflections on the Report from its first synodal assembly in October 2023, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference received contributions and a draft eight-page summary of the contributions was then prepared. The writing group also included a supporting document called Keeping the Synodal Dynamism Alive – a collation of testimonies and best practice from the Catholic Church in Ireland. This document is an un-summarised collation of testimonies of the work carried out, the lived experience of synodality in local churches, as well as the sharing of examples of good practice that was considered significant for the growth of a missionary synodal dynamism.
- Publication of the Second Instrumentum Laboris in July 2024 that will guide the work of the second session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2 to 27 October) . The document advances proposals for a missionary Church in which all the baptised participate in its life. Juliann takes us through the document and also the roles of the papal working groups.
- July 13, 2024
- C&SI - God's Holy Doorman: Blessed Solanus Casey OFM Cap. - 14 July 2024 (S04E34)
On this weeks podcast we are joined by Fr Ed Foley OFM Cap who is Professor Emeritus of Liturgy and Music at the Catholic Theological Union who introduces us to Blessed Solanus Casey, a Capuchin friar whose cause for canonisation is underway.
We have our regular run through liturgical odds and ends including up coming saints of the weeks and some notices. This week in particular John made reference to the 2024 National Novena at Knock which you can find out about more here.
In part three of the podcast we have our reflection on Mark 6:7-13 for the weekly Sunday gospel where Jesus sends out the disciples on the road and urging them to "Take nothing with you".
Blessed Solanus Casey
Born in America in 1870 from Irish parents, the sixth of sixteen children, Solanus Casey is one of the simple, humble and authentic saints who is an example of how holiness is accessible to everyone, while staying close to our roots and embracing our limitations. Fr Ed takes us through his life and challenges while sharing how the humble doorman who not only answered the door but ultimately came to be the reason came to the door. When he was beatified in 2017, 70,000 gathered in Detroit for the ceremony for this gentle, ordinary guy.
Official website about Blessed Solanus Casey
OSV - Solanus Casey: a model for the value of caring
God’s holy doorman: Fr Solanus Casey 1870-1957
- July 13, 2024
- C&SI - God's Holy Doorman: Blessed Solanus Casey OFM Cap. - 14 July 2024 (S04E34b) (podcast excerpt)
On this weeks podcast we are joined by Fr Ed Foley OFM Cap who is Professor Emeritus of Liturgy and Music at the Catholic Theological Union who introduces us to Blessed Solanus Casey, a Capuchin friar whose cause for canonisation is underway.
Born in America in 1870 from Irish parents, the sixth of sixteen children, Solanus Casey is one of the simple, humble and authentic saints who is an example of how holiness is accessible to everyone, while staying close to our roots and embracing our limitations. Fr Ed takes us through his life and challenges while sharing how the humble doorman who not only answered the door but ultimately came to be the reason came to the door. When he was beatified in 2017, 70,000 gathered in Detroit for the ceremony for this gentle, ordinary guy.
Official website about Blessed Solanus Casey
OSV - Solanus Casey: a model for the value of caring
God’s holy doorman: Fr Solanus Casey 1870-1957
- July 8, 2024
- C&SI - A C&SI News Roundup - 7 July 2024 (S04E33)
With apologies to our regular listeners for the delay in publishing this weeks podcast, please find this weeks podcast where we take a run around the world for stories that caught our eye.
In part one we have our regular run through the saints of the week and other bits and pieces. In part three we reflect on Mark's account of Jesus calming the stormy seas and what it may say to us in our slightly crazy world today.
Stories on this weeks news magazine:- Archbishop Gänswein appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Baltic States
- Churches in Holy Land denounce ‘coordinated attack’ against Christians by Israeli authorities
- Carlo Acutis and 14 Blesseds approved for canonization
- No tattoos or piercings: new rules for Vatican employees
- Vatican budget black hole swallows Peter’s Pence
- Ukrainian Catholic priests freed by Moscow after 19 months
- Cardinal O’Malley Speaks Clearly on Father Rupnik’s Art, Telling Vatican: Say ‘No More!’
- The Vatican goes green: Pope announces new solar plant to power Vatican City
- 400,000 Germans quit Catholic Church as talks between Vatican, Synodal Way continue
- Pope Francis to take usual July pause from activities
- June 29, 2024
- C&SI - Pedro Arrupe: A Heart larger than the world - 30 June 2024 (S04E32b) (podcast excerpt)
On this weeks podcast we are introducing listeners to an inspiring man who has also been proposed for canonisation - Pedro Arrupe SJ. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, was the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, leading the Society in the realities of serving the Church and people in the post-Vatican II world. Arrupe was a man of great spiritual depth who was committed to justice. His renewal of Jesuit life and mission crystallised around the faith that does justice, and in 1980 he founded the Jesuit Refugee Service which has now spread globally
We are sharing podcast interviews from Jesuits Ireland where Pat Coyle from Jesuit Communications Office with Fr Brian Grogan SJ (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4).
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