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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:16:53 +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/2012/01/17/haiti-years/ http://www.kandle.ie/2012/01/17/haiti-years/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:04:17 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=26483 http://www.kandle.ie/2012/01/17/haiti-years/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Listen to a podcast where Eoghan Rice from Trócaire talks to Brenda Drumm about Haiti two years on from earthquake. Podcast kfmradio.ie Latest Blog from Trocaire.org Building a new Haiti from the rubble of tragedy In the labyrinth of narrow lanew[...] Listen to a podcast where Eoghan Rice from Trócaire talks to Brenda Drumm about Haiti two years on from earthquake. Podcast kfmradio.ie Latest Blog from Trocaire.org Building a new Haiti from the rubble of tragedy In the labyrinth of narrow laneways that cut through Villa Rosa, Saul Darbouze leads us to the place he calls home. The path changes from concrete to mud as we enter further into this tangled web of side-streets and alleyways. Eventually we arrive at our destination, a small white building fronted by a porch on which Saul’s three dogs sleep. Home sweet home. Saul is still settling in. His memories are still raw of his old house, which stood on the same spot, and of his wife who died when it crumbled to the ground. They had raised a family there together but when the earth shook on January 12th, 2010, the home they had worked so hard to build crashed to the ground, destroying everything. As a driver for his local parish, Saul was on the road when the earthquake struck. “I was driving the car when it started to shake,” he recalls. “The nuns who were in the car asked me, ‘what are you doing?’ and I said ‘it’s not me, it’s the ground’. I had to leave the car and walk home. I was very worried for my family. When I got home, everything was destroyed.” Homeless and grieving, Saul was forced to build a shack out of corrugated iron to live in. It was a pitiful existence, in no way suitable for a man of 74 years of age. “It was a very difficult life,” he says in his understating way. After 11 months in the shack, Saul was thrown a lifeline by people in Ireland. Through donations to Trócaire, a new house was built for Saul, allowing him to recover and get his life back on track. He looks around at the devastation that is still evident in the Villa Rosa district of Port au Prince and he says he feels “very lucky” to have a permanent roof over his head. He knows that in Haiti even something as basic as shelter cannot be taken for granted. “People should have access to the minimum they need to survive,” he says. “I am lucky because I can survive but many others cannot. People should be able to live with respect.” The Haiti earthquake was one of those disasters so big that it was almost too difficult to comprehend. At 4.53pm on the afternoon of January 12th, 2010, people were going about their daily routine. By 4.54pm everything had changed. Entire cities brought to the ground, 250,000 bodies lying lifeless under the rubble. The earthquake lasted just 33 seconds but during that time Haitians died at the rate of up to 7,500 per second. Thirty-three seconds that changed a country forever. People in Ireland opened their hearts to Haiti, donating €7.58m to fund Trócaire’s relief operation. Half of this money was donated at parish collections all over Ireland. The response was enormous, and so too was the relief operation. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, Trócaire used donations to provide food for 1.5 million people, healthcare to 1 million people and shelter to 160,000 people. In the days and weeks that followed the earthquake, Irish donations were used to keep people alive. Having provided short-term emergency relief for people left homeless by the earthquake, we have now moved into long-term projects aimed at rebuilding Haiti and bringing real change to people’s lives. Two hours drive east of Port au Prince, Sauvah Anderson is preparing to do his bit to help with the reconstruction. Sauvah was trapped for two hours underneath the rubble of his school when it collapsed during the earthquake. Fortunately for him, he was on the top floor of the building when it collapsed – most of the pupils in the classrooms below were killed. He was rescued and left Port au Prince to return to his home town of Fonds Parisien, where Trócaire had teamed-up with the Carmelite Sisters to build a training centre and school for almost 300 young people. The centre, funded entirely by Trócaire, equips the students with skills needed in t[...] Podcasts, Trocaire Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2012/01/09/trocaire-difference-rain/ http://www.kandle.ie/2012/01/09/trocaire-difference-rain/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:20:34 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=26406 http://www.kandle.ie/2012/01/09/trocaire-difference-rain/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/11/15/trocaire-launches-christmas-global-gift-campaign-2011/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/11/15/trocaire-launches-christmas-global-gift-campaign-2011/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:04:05 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=26058 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/11/15/trocaire-launches-christmas-global-gift-campaign-2011/feed/ 0 0:06:47 Listen to an interview with Justin Kilkullen, the Director of Trócaire who explains more about the Global Gift campaign. Podcast   Rnn.ie Our ethical Christmas gift of safe motherhood. Aisling, who you may recognise from Xposé is due in December, d[...] Listen to an interview with Justin Kilkullen, the Director of Trócaire who explains more about the Global Gift campaign. Podcast   Rnn.ie Our ethical Christmas gift of safe motherhood. Aisling, who you may recognise from Xposé is due in December, dressed in pink to stand up for women who do not live to see their newborn because they have no medical care.  “For all its faults, I am so grateful to be pregnant in this country,” said Aisling. “I often think of the women with no comfy bed, no hot running water and no proper health facilities and I count my lucky stars.”   The gift range truely captures the spirit of Christmas, so take a moment to browse through the gifts and get something amazing for that special person in your life. Some of the gifts include fruit trees, chickens, goats and water.  For details and how to order click here How it Works Through your generosity, we can help people in the developing world to help themselves – to grow food, to earn an income, to get an education, to access healthcare and to protect their human rights. Each Global Gift consists of a decorative certificate enclosed in a card, showing how the selected gift will be used. The person who buys the gift can send this card to a friend, family member or client as a gift to them. The recipient of the card can read about how their gift will benefit a family overseas. Visit Gifts in Action section to see the impact Global Gifts are having around the world. By phone Call 1850 408408 (ROI) or 0800 912 1200 (NI) By post Trócaire, Freepost NS244, Maynooth, Co Kildare Trocaire, Freepost BEL 1230, Belfast, BT1 6BR By fax 028 90808031 (NI) 01 505 3295 (ROI) In person Trocaire, Maynooth, Co. Kildare Trocaire, 12 Cathedral Street, Dublin Trocaire, 9 Cook Street, Cork Trocaire, 50 King Street, Belfast Avoca, 11-13 Suffolk St, Dublin 2 Rathcoole, N7 Naas Road, Dublin Kilmacanogue, Bray, Wicklow Powerscourt House, Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Wicklow Avoca, Wicklow Mount Usher Gardens, Ashford, Wicklow Molls Gap, Kenmare, Kerry Letterfrack, Connemara, Galway Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GB Veritas, 7/8 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 Unit 309, Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin 15 Carey’s Lane, Cork 83 O’Connell Street, Ennis, Co Clare 16-18 Park Street, Monaghan Adelaide Street, Sligo Sallins Road, Naas, Co Kildare 20 Shipquay Street, Derry BT48 6DW Other Outlets Poppo Goblin Coffee Shop, 23a Alfred Street, Belfast Coffee Republic, DV8, Belfast & Abbeycentre, Newtownabbey Grounded Expresso Bar, Boucher Road, Belfast & 27 Merchants Quay, Newry Diocesan Resource Centre Bookshop, 193-195 Donegall Street,Belfast An Culturlann, 216 Falls Road, Belfast The Holy Shop, Belfast, Derry & Strabane Café del Mundo, Derry City Café Nervosa, Derry City An Gaeláras Bookshop (Derry’s new Culturlann), Derry City Gasyard Health Forum, Derry City Kavanagh’s Supervalu, Dungloe, Donegal Podcasts, Trocaire, Videos Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2011/11/04/africa-update/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/11/04/africa-update/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:40:07 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25981 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/11/04/africa-update/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/10/04/trocaire-kl-diocese/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/10/04/trocaire-kl-diocese/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:11:57 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25766 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/10/04/trocaire-kl-diocese/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/09/27/trad-trocaire-2011/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/09/27/trad-trocaire-2011/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:34:59 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25655 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/09/27/trad-trocaire-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/22/trocaire-website-launched/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/22/trocaire-website-launched/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:05:40 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25294 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/08/22/trocaire-website-launched/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/20/mary_robinson_somalia/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/20/mary_robinson_somalia/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:35:35 +0000 KandLe http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25077 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/20/mary_robinson_somalia/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/15/church-appeal-east-africa/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/15/church-appeal-east-africa/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:39:41 +0000 KandLe http://www.kandle.ie/?p=25036 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/15/church-appeal-east-africa/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/08/trocaire-east-africa-drought/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/08/trocaire-east-africa-drought/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:08:00 +0000 KandLe http://www.kandle.ie/?p=24945 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/07/08/trocaire-east-africa-drought/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/05/25/caritas-cardinal-re-elected/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/05/25/caritas-cardinal-re-elected/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:33:47 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=24019 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/05/25/caritas-cardinal-re-elected/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/04/22/leading-edge-2020-trocaire-video/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/04/22/leading-edge-2020-trocaire-video/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:15:54 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=23771 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/04/22/leading-edge-2020-trocaire-video/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/22/international-development-trocaire/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/22/international-development-trocaire/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:36:33 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=23391 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/22/international-development-trocaire/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/22/trocaire-tegucigalpa-honduras/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/22/trocaire-tegucigalpa-honduras/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:23:40 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=23384 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/22/trocaire-tegucigalpa-honduras/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/20/trocaire-2011-lenten-campaign-2/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/20/trocaire-2011-lenten-campaign-2/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:59:23 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=23322 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/20/trocaire-2011-lenten-campaign-2/feed/ 0 0:05:49 In this interview, Trócaire Director Justin Kilcullen talks about this year’s Lenten Campaign which focuses on Honduras. Podcast This podcast was made available from rnn.ie Every year Trócaire launches a Lenten campaign to help people in the [...] In this interview, Trócaire Director Justin Kilcullen talks about this year’s Lenten Campaign which focuses on Honduras. Podcast This podcast was made available from rnn.ie Every year Trócaire launches a Lenten campaign to help people in the developing world. This year the theme is people without land. Miriam Gormally spoke with Director General Justin Kilcullen about the impact their campaign has and what it means to people in Honduras in particular. La Confianza, Honduras In the community of La Confianza, home of Digna Portilla, the little girl featured on this year’s Trócaire box, families are risking everything for the right to own enough land to earn a decent living. While much of the country’s land is the property of a few wealthy landowners, Trócaire is helping the community challenge the government for ownership of the land. Reflecting on this year’s campaign, Trócaire director, Justin Kilcullen  said - “Everyone in La Confianza is painfully aware of how vulnerable they are. In December little Digna and her family were held at gunpoint and threatened. If a poor landless farmer is murdered by hired guards there will be no national outcry, no state investigation, no prosecution and no justice. Trócaire has already helped 62,000 families in Honduras get legal title to their land. This Lent, your support will help other communities find justice. Together, we can change things for the better.” Resources Visit the Trocaire website for a range of parish and school resources www.trocaire.org/parishresources Trócaire is the offical overseas development agency of the Catholic Church In Ireland.  It is a member of Caritas Internationalis. Podcasts, Trocaire, Videos Kildare & Leighlin Diocese no no http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/09/trocaire-2011-lenten-campaign/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/09/trocaire-2011-lenten-campaign/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:25:24 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=23126 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/03/09/trocaire-2011-lenten-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/02/11/poor-first-trocaire-svp/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/02/11/poor-first-trocaire-svp/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:05:51 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=22672 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/02/11/poor-first-trocaire-svp/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/01/12/haiti-trocaire-report/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/01/12/haiti-trocaire-report/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:15:41 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=22252 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/01/12/haiti-trocaire-report/feed/ 0 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/01/12/trocaire-honduras-fr-padraig/ http://www.kandle.ie/2011/01/12/trocaire-honduras-fr-padraig/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:34:03 +0000 KandLe Team http://www.kandle.ie/?p=22245 http://www.kandle.ie/2011/01/12/trocaire-honduras-fr-padraig/feed/ 1 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