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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2006-2010 chancellor@kandle.ie (Kildare & Leighlin Diocese) chancellor@kandle.ie (Kildare & Leighlin Diocese) 1440 http://www.kandle.ie/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/KandLe_rss.jpg http://www.kandle.ie 144 144 A range of interviews and reflections about church life and social issues hosted by the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin (RC Diocese in Ireland) kandle, church, diocese, parish, prayer, liturgy, music, communications, Kildare & Leighlin Diocese Kildare & Leighlin Diocese chancellor@kandle.ie no no http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/18/holy-land-pilgrims-wyd-2012/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/18/holy-land-pilgrims-wyd-2012/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:18:00 +0000 Anna http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25285 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/18/holy-land-pilgrims-wyd-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/18/safeguarding-creation/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/18/safeguarding-creation/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:16:53 +0000 KandLe http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25276 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/18/safeguarding-creation/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/10/anglicans-catholics-holy-land/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/10/anglicans-catholics-holy-land/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:14:34 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25196 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/10/anglicans-catholics-holy-land/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/18/holy-land-news-17th-june-2011/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/18/holy-land-news-17th-june-2011/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:22:26 +0000 KandLe http://www.kandle.ie/?p=24710 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/18/holy-land-news-17th-june-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/13/holy-land-news-10-june-2011/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/13/holy-land-news-10-june-2011/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:35:35 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=24662 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/13/holy-land-news-10-june-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/03/holy-land-news-3rd-june-2011/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/03/holy-land-news-3rd-june-2011/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:39:52 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=24554 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/06/03/holy-land-news-3rd-june-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/11/30/palestine-church-leaders/ http://www.kandle.ie/2010/11/30/palestine-church-leaders/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:10:47 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=21737 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/11/30/palestine-church-leaders/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/10/25/synod-middle-east-concludes/ http://www.kandle.ie/2010/10/25/synod-middle-east-concludes/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:31:31 +0000 KandLe http://www.kandle.ie/?p=21077 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/10/25/synod-middle-east-concludes/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/10/19/middle-east-synod-week-1/ http://www.kandle.ie/2010/10/19/middle-east-synod-week-1/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:57:11 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=21020 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/10/19/middle-east-synod-week-1/feed/ 0 0:02:03 Multimedia coverage of the first week of the Synod for the Churches of the Middle East taking place in Rome – including the full text of the official report.  The theme for the Synod is ‘Communion and Witness’. Podcast   This podca[...] Multimedia coverage of the first week of the Synod for the Churches of the Middle East taking place in Rome – including the full text of the official report.  The theme for the Synod is ‘Communion and Witness’. Podcast   This podcast made available from Vatican Radio The Post-Discussion Report summarizing the main issues discussed over the past week by bishops attending the Synod for the Churches of the Middle East was read out to the assembly Monday morning. The bishops continued their work in the afternoon, in closed-door, small group sessions. “We must become people of the bible” – that’s the essential message behind the post discussion report. An invitation and a challenge to clergy and the faithful in the Middle East to live the Christian witness to peace, justice, communion and honesty. The report raises the questions of the freedom of religion and of conscience, the equality of citizens before the law, and the importance of the mass media as a useful and powerful tool for communicating the Christian message. Catholic education contributes to creating citizens committed to justice, peace and solidarity. Peace and development in the Mideast must be encouraged so that Christians will remain in the region. By the same token, immigration of Christians towards the region, particularly from Asia and Africa, poses another pastoral challenge to the Churches. Women, the family and young people should be supported and the role of the laity in pastoral and ecclesial life reinforced. Monastic and contemplative life should be rediscovered and a “Bank of Priests” and another for lay faithful were suggested to help fill the gaps in zones where they’re lacking. The report calls the division of Christians a “scandal” that must be healed and the synod should help further communion and unity with the Orthodox Churches so that one day Christmas and Easter can be celebrated together. The report adopts a two state solution for the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, rejects anti-semitism and calls for dialogue at all levels with Jews. Muslims and Christians should treat “serenely and objectively the subjects which concern the identity of man, justice, the values of a worthy social life and of reciprocity.” It was also suggested that the dialogue not be limited to moderate currents of Islam but should also engage fundamentalists and extremists who “profoundly” affect the masses. The report concludes with a reminder to bishops that their real job is yet to begin, in communicating what has been accomplished to the faithful back home – and implementing the Synod directives and recommendations. Report on Week One of Middle East Synod Below is the “relatio post disceptationem” (report after the discussion) that was read today by the general relator of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, Patriarch Antonios Naguib of Alexandria of the Copts.  With this report, the general relator summarized the various interventions heard during the last week of the general congregations, and offered several guidelines for orientation to facilitate the works of the working groups. Most Holy Father, Your Eminences, Beatitudes and Excellencies, Fraternal Delegates of the Sister Churches and Ecclesial Communities, Dear Sisters and Brothers, Auditors, Experts, Invited Guests and Assistants, INTRODUCTION “You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). On the day of Pentecost, the Apostles received the promised Holy Spirit and obeyed the mission that Christ entrusted to them. They traveled throughout the world, preaching Christ and the Gospel and bearing witness to him even offering the supreme witness of martyrdom. Each synod assembly is a renewal and a continuation of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is also at work today, with us and in us, as he always will be with his Church. As a [...] Podcasts, Videos Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2010/07/08/holy-land-radio/ http://www.kandle.ie/2010/07/08/holy-land-radio/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:16:14 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=19169 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/07/08/holy-land-radio/feed/ 1 0:02:50 In this podcast, hear about how Vatican Radio is helping to start  the first Christian Radio in Holy Land.  The station will be based in Taybeh from where K&L got Peace Lamps for all our churches in 2008.Podcast   This podcast made available fro[...] In this podcast, hear about how Vatican Radio is helping to start  the first Christian Radio in Holy Land.  The station will be based in Taybeh from where K&L got Peace Lamps for all our churches in 2008.Podcast   This podcast made available from Vatican Radio A Christian voice for the Christians of the Holy Land “A Christian voice for the Christians of the Holy Land”, but at the same time, “a bridge between the different churches and religions that live there”. You could be mistaken in thinking these are quotes from one of Pope Benedict XVI’s many addresses on the life of Christian community in the Middle East, particularly in the run up to next Octobers Synod of Bishops for the Churches of the Middle East. But in fact, these are the words of the parish priest of the last entirely Christian village in Palestine, Fr. Raed Abusahlia of Taybeh… Fr. Raed, is a former spokesman for the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem. He’s a big event organizer, fund raiser and the proud sponsor of the town’s impressive olive press and farmer’s cooperative that sells olive oil, soaps and candles to European supermarket chains. His newest project: starting up the first Christian radio station in the Holy Land. – with Vatican Radio’s help. Fr. Raed hopes to launch the first broadcasts of his new radio station this upcoming Christmas eve He told us more about it on a recent visit here to Vatican Radio: “We need a Christian voice in the Holy Land. We need to give a Christian voice to the Christians in the Holy Land. Especially to cover the whole diocese which extends over Jordan, Palestine and Israel. Even though there are different television and radio stations in the region, we don’t have any a single Christian radio station”. Taybeh But why Taybeh? Fr Raed reminds that “Taybeh is the last entirely Christian village, and it is located on a mountain top one thousand metres above sea level. “So we can cover the whole region”. Fr Raed had to seek documentation and permission for the radio station from the Palestinian Authorities, given that the village of Taybeh falls under the jurisdiction of the Occupied Territories zone B. The target audience for the station will be the Arabic speaking community from Amman to Gaza, Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “This will be a Christian voice but a different voice, a voice of peace, of hope, of dialogue and reconciliation. We will be open to everybody, to the other Churches of the Holy Land. We will give space and time for all the news and celebrations of the other churches. We have already contacted them to have their own programs on our radio station. It will also be open to the other religions, Jews and Muslims. We will try to be bridge, because a Christian who is not a bridge is not a Christian”. Taybeh Peace Lamps In 2008, as part of our Christmas REACH OUT campaign, the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin sourced 45,000 gifts of some simple olive wood Christmas decorations from Bethlehem along with a Peace Lamp from Taybeh for all our churches. These gifts demonstrate our solidarity with Christians in the Holy Land. They also serve as a call to join in a prayer for peace in the Holy Land – which unites people of different faiths and nationalities. Click here to view video about the campaign along with other background material (08 Jul 10 – RV) Podcasts Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2010/02/27/holy-land-exodus/ http://www.kandle.ie/2010/02/27/holy-land-exodus/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:45:40 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=16970 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/02/27/holy-land-exodus/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/01/15/holy-land-bishopsvisit-2010/ http://www.kandle.ie/2010/01/15/holy-land-bishopsvisit-2010/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:30:21 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=15551 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/01/15/holy-land-bishopsvisit-2010/feed/ 0 0:02:14 Podcasts Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2010/01/10/holy-land-bishops-visit-2010/ http://www.kandle.ie/2010/01/10/holy-land-bishops-visit-2010/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:07:20 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=15379 http://www.kandle.ie/2010/01/10/holy-land-bishops-visit-2010/feed/ 0 0:01:32 Podcasts Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/31/gaza-offensive-anniversary/ http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/31/gaza-offensive-anniversary/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:08:48 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=15156 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/31/gaza-offensive-anniversary/feed/ 1 0:02:21 Podcasts Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/24/christmas-holy-land/ http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/24/christmas-holy-land/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:58:37 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=15095 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/24/christmas-holy-land/feed/ 1 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/22/benedict-yad-vashem-2/ http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/22/benedict-yad-vashem-2/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:13:57 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=15064 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/22/benedict-yad-vashem-2/feed/ 0 0:02:30 In his traditional Christmas address to the Roman Curia recalled major events of 2009 including his visit to the Holy Land and the holocaust memorial Yad Vashem. This podcast made available from Vatican Radio Recalling major events of 2009 Benedict[...] In his traditional Christmas address to the Roman Curia recalled major events of 2009 including his visit to the Holy Land and the holocaust memorial Yad Vashem. This podcast made available from Vatican Radio Recalling major events of 2009 Benedict XVI is describing his visit in May to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial as an “overwhelming” encounter with hatred. The Pope stated this today in a traditional meeting with the Roman Curia and other officials for the exchange of Christmas greetings. In his address, the Holy Father recalled some of the major events of 2009, including his visit to Jordan and the Holy Land. The Pontiff made a special mention of his closeness to the people of Israel, the victims of Nazi cruelty, and his visit to the memorial where he placed a wreath in honor of the dead and met with survivors of the Holocaust. The visit to Yad Vashem was an “overwhelming encounter with the cruelty of human sin and the hatred of a blind ideology that, without justification, sent millions of human beings to their death,” he said. In this, the Holy Father continued, there was an attempt “to chase God himself from the world, the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, and the God of Jesus Christ.” “Thus,” he said, “Yad Vashem is first of all a commemorative monument against hatred, a heartfelt call for purification and forgiveness, a plea for love.” Benedict XVI added, “This very monument against human sin lent greater significance to my visits to the places of the faith and made their unaltered relevance today even more perceptible.” He thanked the king of Jordan for working in an “exemplary manner” for the peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims. The Pope expressed gratitude toward the Israeli authorities for their work “to ensure my visit could take place peacefully and securely.” He also thanked the Palestinian Authority for the opportunity to celebrate a public liturgy in Bethlehem, and to observe the “suffering and the hopes present in their territory.” Podcasts, Videos Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/17/patriarch-twal-holy-land-hopes/ http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/17/patriarch-twal-holy-land-hopes/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:18:59 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=14975 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/17/patriarch-twal-holy-land-hopes/feed/ 0 0:14:43 Podcasts Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/05/isaeli-palestinian-wall/ http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/05/isaeli-palestinian-wall/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:09:20 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=14747 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/12/05/isaeli-palestinian-wall/feed/ 1 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/08/09/blood-and-tears-holy-land/ http://www.kandle.ie/2009/08/09/blood-and-tears-holy-land/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:51:52 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=11102 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/08/09/blood-and-tears-holy-land/feed/ 0 0:18:55 Podcasts Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2009/05/17/benedict-xvi-holy-land-departs/ http://www.kandle.ie/2009/05/17/benedict-xvi-holy-land-departs/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 13:59:02 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=9235 http://www.kandle.ie/2009/05/17/benedict-xvi-holy-land-departs/feed/ 0 0:04:21 Podcasts, Videos Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no