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2020 Questions on the Doorstep
A Voter’s Guide Questions about social and environmental justice from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching. General Election 8th February 2020 The following questions were prepared by our Justice Desk ahead of the Irish general elections. ...
No room for hate speech in GE2020
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Under strict embargo, 00:01am Monday 27 January 2020 Today (27.01.20) a community groups and civil society organisations have joined forces to call for respectful and informed campaigning from all candidates in the run up to the General...
Biblical Reflections and Prayers
Traditionally the week of prayer is celebrated between 18-25 January, between the feasts of St Peter and St Paul. The theme for the week of prayer in 2020, “They showed us unusual kindness...” is inspired by Acts 28:2. The story begins with Paul being taken to...
Irish Embassy in Tanzania Receives Environmental Award
Congratulations to the Irish Embassy in Tanzania on winning the first Green Diplomacy award for the most progressive approach to reducing our carbon footprint in 2019. The award is an initiative of the Irish Foreign Ministry. Paul Sherlock, Ambassador...
Poverty in Ireland
Findings of the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC) Report for 2018 Each year the Central Statistics Office in Ireland produces a report from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions. This report identifies income levels in Ireland and indicates the levels...
‘Tis the Season of Stress for Many
In western culture, Christmas comes at the end of the year, just seven days before we celebrate new beginnings, resolutions. We must remember that Advent is not a destination, but a season of waiting and anticipation. In today’s consumer driven world we seem to have...
Remembering Our Blessed Sisters
Cloths embroidered by our Blessed Sisters On 8 December 2018, two of our Sisters were Beatified, together with 17 other Martyrs who lost their lives during the Algerian civil war, between 1994 and 1996. Sr Bibiane OLA (Denise LeClerq, aged 65) and Sr Angèle-Marie OLA...
Bugisi Vocational Training Centre Celebrates Silver Jubilee
Jubilee celebrations took place on 30 November and people travelled from far and wide to attend the festivities. Those in attendance included man of our OLA Sisters on mission in Tanzania, as well as well known female politician, Azza Hilal Hamad, of the ruling party...
President Higgins Addresses Intergenerational Climate Conference
Sr Nora Lucy shakes hands with President Michael D Higgins The Cork Conference on Intergenerational Climate Justice took place in City Hall last week and OLA were thrilled to have been a part of the organising committee for this event. The event was a huge success...
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