1.  Post Ad Limina                 
    Bishop Michael Smith      
2.  November Moment         
   Philip Fogarty S.J. 
3. Samhainn                          
   Dolores Whelan   
4.  It was Suicide                   
  David Wynne

5. Spirituality for Parents     
  Mary O’Halloran   
6.  Purgatory                         
  Chris O’Donnell O.Carm
7.  Tamil Tigers                     
  Fr. Seamus Finn              
8. An Ethos for Living           
  Rob Carney     
9. Experience in Lesotho 
 Toireasa Ní Fhearaiosa           
10. Refugees in Kerry        
 Fr. Michael Moynahan     
11. Reflection:  Grieving     
 Jerusha Hull McCormack 
12. Music:  Fill, Fill A Run   
 Niamh Murray

1.  Post Ad Limina
Just home from the Irish Bishops’ Ad Limina Pilgrimage to Rome Bishop Michael Smith, a member of the Bishops’ Dept. of Planning and Communications, was one of the Bishops who presided at the closing press conference for the Irish media in the Irish College in Rome.  He told Eileen Good about the trip and why the word pilgrimage is so relevant.

2.  November Moment
November is the month when we traditionally remember and pray for those who have died.  For some it is a difficult month because of its connection with death –and that ultimately we are going to die.  Jesuit priest Philip Fogarty has a significant reason to reflect on death as he explained to Eileen Good.

3.  Samhainn
The Celtic year begins at Samhainn, the Irish for November.  It is a time when nature sleeps and when we need to focus on our Inner Journey.  Dolores Whelan has been working as a spiritual guide for the past 20 years taking people around sacred spiritual sites in Ireland and guiding them on their own spiritual journey of growth.  Miriam Gormally asked Dolores about Samhainn, what it meant to our Celtic ancestors and how we can incorporate their wisdom into our lives.  

4.  It was Suicide
The death of a son is hard to deal with, but when that death is a suicide, it is so much harder.  David Wynne lost his son Derek to suicide on the 8th of February 1997 and David still lives with the grief.  Rev. Ian Poulton met David and asked him how he coped with Derek’s death.

5.  Spirituality for Parents           
Mary O’Halloran is a mother of two children, a physcotherapist and lecturer in the Milltown Institute in Dublin.  She has a strong interest in the area of spirituality and in particular how it relates to women.  Eileen Good met up with her and first asked her how she defined spirituality.

6.  Purgatory 
We pray for the souls in Purgatory, especially during the month of November, and perhaps it is an opportune time to think about Purgatory –what do we believe, what is taught?  Carmelite Fr. Chris O’Donnell explained his views on Purgatory to Eileen Good, and he started by talking about the two great feasts at the beginning of November.

7.  Tamil Tigers/Priest Missing in Sri Lanka
The civil war in Sri Lanka continues to escalate as government soldiers’ battle with the Tamil Tigers.  During this conflict Fr Jim Brown, a catholic priest, working in Sri Lanka has gone missing and has not been seen since August 20th.  The last place he was seen was at a checkpoint on his way to his new parish.  Seamus Finn is an oblate priest who went out to Sri Lanka to try and discover what happened and to look at the conflict and see whether there is a peaceful way to resolve the civil war.

8.  An Ethos for Living
Rob Carney is a young 20 year old student.  An up and coming rugby player with Leinster he hopes to make rugby his career.  He was educated at the Jesuit school, Clongowes College in Co. Kildare.  He told Eileen Good about the ethos he experience there, how he coped with life in boarding school and how important the friendships are that he made during his time there.

9.  Experience in Lesotho
Kerry has been very successfully twinned with Lesotho, a small country surrounded by South Africa, in the hope that the two countries could learn from each other, particularly regarding the tourist industry.  Toiréasa Ní Fhearaiosa, former Mayor of Kerry County, went to Lesotho to see the country and how the projects were developing.  She began by explaining her memories of Lesotho.

10. Refugees in Kerry
Coming up to Christmas is a time to think of the many millions of people every year who are displaced and have to look for a place of refuge.  Some of those people have made their home in Kerry, but have they received a welcome?  Miriam Gormally met Fr. Michael Moynahan, parish priest in Tralee who works with refuges and asked him how the people of his parish have reacted to their new community members.

11.  Reflection: The Grieving
From her book Grieving: A Beginner’s Guide Jerusha Hull McCormack speaks directly to the Grieving; she goes down through the stages of grief, and ends on a positive note ‘You are not alone.  You have lost someone you love, but you have not lost the love itself.’

12.  Music:  Fill, Fill A Run is a reflective piece sung as gaeilge by Niamh Murray from her CD A Fairer Paradise.