Glencomeragh- Up coming Events

Glencomeragh
March 3rd : One Day Workshop “A Day with The Angels”. Exploring the significant role of angels in our lives with particular focus on Raphael as the Archangel associated with Healing. The day includes a Healing Service with blessing of participants.
Presenter: Fr. Jim Cogley (Author of the popular ‘Wood You Believe’ series)

March 13 – 15th : Weekend Workshop “Bullying in Society Today – Problems, Solutions and Supports”. Suitable for all individuals e.g. parents, teachers, health care professionals etc.  including Councillors and legal representatives who provide remedies and solutions to victims and witnesses of bullying behaviour. Presenter: Terri Ryan (Author of multi-award winning ‘The Bullies’ Predatory Footprint’ - www.Terri-Ryan.com)

March 28th : One Day Workshop “Personal and Ancestral Healing”. Exploring aspects of personal and ancestral healing as part of our journey towards wholeness. Presenter: Fr. Jim Cogley (Author of the popular ‘Wood You Believe’ series)

Bereavement Support

Bereavement Support

Bereavement Support is available in Clonmel, as part of the services provided by Family Ministry, St. John’s Pastoral Centre, John’s Hill, Waterford.  This service reaches out to all families in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.  The Bereavement Support Workers are trained in the skills involved in helping people through the bereavement process and work to a strict code of ethics which includes confidentiality.  Contact  Bereavement Support in Clonmel on  (052) 61 22138

Children First, Child Protection Training

Children First, Child Protection Training
21st March, Absolute Hotel, Limerick, 10am-4.30pm, cost 110 euro.
•Develop the skills and knowledge that are necessary to deal with child protection issues in line with the Children First Guidance, 2011. 
For further information or to book online please visit www.barnardos.ie or contact the training department on 01 4530355 / training@barnardos.ie

Anam Cara “Coping with Grief and Loss after the death of a child”.

Venue:         The Horse & Jockey Hotel, Thurles, Co Tipperary

Date:            Monday, 23^rd February 2015

Time:                      7.30pm – 9.30pm    (registration from 7.15pm)

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Anam Cara, the national organisation that provides support services to bereaved parents and families is hosting a Bereavement Information Evening in Thurles, Co. Tipperary

This event gives parents an opportunity to hear an experienced bereavement professional talk about the many challenges parents have to face into after the death of their son or daughter.

Please note this event is open to all bereaved parents, regardless of the age of their child or circumstances of their death.

For the bereavement talk on Monday 23^rd February, Anam Cara’s guest speaker is Kay Buttimer and the topic for the evening is “Coping with Grief and Loss after the death of a child”.

Kay Buttimer is a registered psychologist and accredited counsellor in private practice providing bereavement and general counselling to adults and children. She also works with Barnardos Children's Bereavement Service in Cork, providing bereavement support to bereaved children and their families. She is a tutor on the IHF Professional Certificate in Children and Loss Course.

Her talk at the Anam Cara Tipperary Bereavement Information Evening will cover;

·         The complex issues which grieving parents must face after the death of their child highlighting what is normal in this process. 

·         The gender differences in facing such a loss will be explored to give an understanding for both parents of their differing worldviews.

·         It will highlight the milestones on the journey through this intense grief and the small supports that can make the journey a little easier.

·         Various types of loss whether expected or sudden will also be discussed to understand their impact on grieving parents, their families and the deceased child’s siblings.

All Anam Cara Services are provided free of charge to parents. Anam Cara Tipperary hold Parent Evening’s on the last Monday of each month.  To find out more please visit www.anamcara.ie

Anam Cara will need to confirm numbers for room set up, we would appreciate if you could RSVP to info@anamcara.ie  before Friday 20^th  February 2015 or call us on 01 4045378/085 2888 888.

VATICAN CITY

VATICAN CITY —
When Pope Francis met before Christmas with Vatican employees, mostly lay people with families, he asked them to do 10 things. The list sounded remarkably like suggestions for New Year’s resolutions:
– “Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this is the backbone of everything we do and everything we are.”
– “Take care of your family life, giving your children and loved ones not just money, but most of all your time, attention and love.”
– “Take care of your relationships with others, transforming your faith into life and your words into good works, especially on behalf of the needy.”
– “Be careful how you speak, purify your tongue of offensive words, vulgarity and worldly decadence.”
– “Heal wounds of the heart with the oil of forgiveness, forgiving those who have hurt us and medicating the wounds we have caused others.”
– “Look after your work, doing it with enthusiasm, humility, competence, passion and with a spirit that knows how to thank the Lord.”
– “Be careful of envy, lust, hatred and negative feelings that devour our interior peace and transform us into destroyed and destructive people.”
– “Watch out for anger that can lead to vengeance; for laziness that leads to existential euthanasia; for pointing the finger at others, which leads to pride; and for complaining continually, which leads to desperation.”
– “Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker … the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.”
– Making sure your Christmas is about Jesus and not about shopping.