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It is Good for Us to be Here: Catholic Religious Institutes as NGOs at the United Nations
Book Review: It is Good for Us to be Here: Catholic Religious Institutes as NGOs at the United Nations, 2015. This book was a really useful find for me even if eventually, it remains as a Kindle edition of 80 pages costing around 2 dollars from Amazon. It is a...
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
This year is the 30th anniversary of the Global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. It was first launched in 1991, and is currently the most widely recognized and longest-running campaign for women’s rights in the world and is focused on...
OLA Ireland Supports the Make it Your Business Campaign
The Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (ICBHR) is campaigning for new corporate accountability legislation to prevent abuses by making Irish-based companies accountable for a range of corporate human rights violations including forced labour, land grabs,...
Women’s Interfaith Council Awarded Aachen Peace Prize
The Aachen Peace prize was awarded to the Women’s Interfaith Council in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Saturday evening. The Women's Interfaith Council, which represents thousands of Muslim and Christian women in Kaduna, was founded by Kathleen McGarvey OLA, in 2010 with the...
We Need to Talk 2
Earlier this year, May 2021, AMRI hosted an online webinar in preparation for the synodal pathway for the Irish Church and the global Synod called by Pope Francis. We Need to Talk aimed to bring the voices of lay people to the Synodal table to envisage a more...
COMECE releases the first report of its Interfaith Youth Convention
Press Release, 10/11/2021 COMECE releases the first report of its Interfaith Youth Convention The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) releases on Wednesday 10 December 2021 the first report of its Interfaith Youth...
OLA Joint Submission to UPR Shapes Stakeholders Summary
We are delighted to report that our UPR joint submission has definitely shaped the Summary of Stakeholders' Information report prepared by the OHCHR - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Our submission is referenced 18 times across 12 paragraphs in the...
Message from Irish Missionaries to Leaders at COP 26
Vocations Ireland and AMRI have put together the following video with messages from Irish Missionaries to the leaders at COP 26. OLA Justice Officer, John McGeady shares a message on our behalf. What is COP 26? COP stands for Conference of the Parties is...
The Uncharted Road: Memoirs of a Missionary Life
Review of the book The Uncharted Road: Memoirs of a Missionary Life written by Eithne MacDevitt OLA The title of the book The Uncharted Road by Sr. Eithne McDevitt captures the attention of the inquisitive reader. Have you wondered why the title of the book is The...
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