CHALIE SHOVLIN

SUNDAY 11 JUNE 12:00

- suddenly found that he was an healer - he explains what he has been doing with it. Charlie is from Glenties, County Donegal

O.R. MELLING

SUNDAY 9 JULY
SERMON WAS BEEN CANCELLED

- asks the question where did faerie belief disappear to - Melling gives a background to the belief in faerie - based on fear, respect and awe and love and nature but the faeries could also be useful to mortal folk. Click here to get more on OR MELLING's work and praises.

"Blends the modern world with the mythical realms of ancient Ireland. Melling gives readers a detailed view of the epic tale as seen through the eyes of her modern protagonists.An excellent for younger readers."-Rambles Onine

"Refreshing.personalities shift and blend as they move along.Melling interweaves Irish myth and faery belief of changelings and other folk with Shakespeare, Irish history, and the mystical Irish countryside to aid her characters In their quest and maturation.a modern allegory exploring the themes of death, grief, and immortality."-Resource Links

"Slipping skillfully from this world to the world of legend, Melling weaves an intriguing and gripping story that links then and now, fantasy and reality, in a beautifully written and fine play paced novel. She is undoubtedly one of our finest explorers of fantasy, and an accomplished and poetic storyteller."-Peach Arch News

"She deals with fairies-not those normally found at the bottom of the garden, however, but the fairies of ancient Irish myth, amoral beings who delight in partying and tricks, i.e., who behave like permanent teenagers themselves..a voyage of discovery." -The Irish Times

"Generous Helpings of suspense, romance, humor, and atmosphere you could cut with a knife, and the result is a thoroughly enjoyable yarn by an author with impressive command of her material."-Scarborough Magazine


Some of the Many International Awards Bestowed Upon
O.R. Melling's The Chronicles of Faerie:

a.. Nominated for the Silver Birch Award
b.. Shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award
c.. Finalist for the Mr. Christie Book Awards
d.. Shortlisted, Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Awards
e.. The Ruth Schwartz Award for Children's Literature

 

 

 

Father Bernard Lynch

GOD, SEX & DEATH

14 MAY 12:00 PM

Fr. Bernard is an out gay Roman Catholic Priest who has had his troubles with the Catholic Church and retains yet some loyalty to it. He is best known for his controversial pastoral care work in the fleshpots of New York in the early and unknown days of AIDS. The diocese of NYC did not like his work and his outspoken views around the issue - so they made life so difficult for him that he had to leave. Charges of abuse were fabricated against Fr. Lynch - though he won his innocence and was cleared at a trial the ordeal left a sour taste and he moved to London where he now lives with his partner, works as a psycho-therapist and performs marriage ceremonies for same sex couples. He is extremely funny while yet being political and has survived the famous outrageous outing Gay Byrne wrought upon him on the Late Late Show many moons ago.

Bernard grew up in Ennis, as a priest worked with the Bemba people for two years in Zambia. He was Theological Consultant to the Board of Directors of Dignity New York -- an organisation for Lesbian, Gay, Transgendered and Bisexual Catholics. He founded the AIDS/HIV Ministry of Dignity New York in 1982, which continues its work to the present day.

For over ten years Bernard was a member of the Mayor of New York's voluntary Task Force on HIV/AIDS, and was the only Roman Catholic priest to testify before the City Council for the successful passage of Civil Rights legislation for the LGTB community.

He has been three times profiled on Channel Four: 'AIDS -- A Priest's Testament' 1987. In December 1989, Channel Four featured another two documentaries on his "prophetic" witness, 'A Priest on Trial' and 'Soul Survivor.'

In February 1993 his book, 'A Priest on Trial' was published by Bloomsbury, London. Since then he has contributed continuously to books and articles on Spirituality, Sexuality and the Search for God, as well as participating in TV and Radio programmes on similar subjects. He continues to work with people living with HIV/AIDS both in New York and the U.K.

MICHAEL MURPHY
''Secrets of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness ''
high noon 12 March

Michael Murphy is an elder who has earned his stripes by experience over seventy years of living on two continents and by his wounds and by his chosen vocation as doctor, psychiatrist, listener and healer.á Wisely he has chosen to listen to dying people and their families and to apply their wisdom to us living ones.á In the US as a psychiatrist he has spent seventeen years helping people to die. ôStories are our soul food. ö Michael believes that all stories are about relationshipsÚsome near and some distant.á His stories and his wisdom concern relationships.á How to do them better, how to heal from them, how to become energised by them.á Is there anything more important than relationships?á Is this not why the Lakota people pray for ôall our relationsö whenever they pray deep prayers?á As Murphy says, our culture prepares us for the market place but not for relationships wherein the true meaning of living is to be found.


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