OLA Justice Officer Interviewed by Social Justice Ireland
Our Justice Desk recently collaborated with the Presentations Sisters' Justice Office in Ireland and Edmund Rice International to make a civil society submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Ireland which takes place November 2021. "To mark United...
Universal Periodic Review of Ireland 2021 – Civil Society Submission
We recently made a joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Below you will find a summary of our concerns and recommendations. Summary of Concerns and Recommendations A: Human Trafficking With regards to human trafficking in...
An Overview of the Universal Periodic Process – An Invitation
You are invited to attend an overview of the Universal Periodic Review process of the UN Human Rights Council and our joint submission. We intend to present and explain the joint submission to the UPR of Ireland to which many of you added your signatures of support....
Silence Would Be Treason Documentary
Sr Majella McCarron at the launch of the Silence Would be Treason ebook The BBC Documentary Podcast will be broadcasting a documentary on the book, ‘Silence Would be Treason, last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa’ on Saturday 19th June at 12:06 (UK time). [UPDATED -...
SMA Summer School 2021
The SMA Summer school traditionally takes place over a week in the summer at the SMA Retreat and Conference Centre in Dromantine. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the decision was made to hold this year's Summer School via Zoom. The SMA Summer School provides...
Ecological Missionary Rosary
Adapted with thanks from the Laudato Si’ Missionary project by Sr. Annarosa Crippa, OLA. As part of the OLA “Green Community” Campaign, we are praying the Missionary Rosary during Laudato Si’ week. We’d love you to join us in asking the Spirit to open the hearts of...
Trees, Biodiversity and Community Tree Mapping
All life on earth is bound up with trees: they are critical to biodiversity. Our native woodland is home to a wealth of wildlife from shade-loving plants and delicate fungi to nesting birds, mammals and insects. Trees and woodland ecosystems in particular provide...
Community Gardening
Biodiversity Awareness 17 – 23 May – Day 3 The Experience of Green Spaces for Health Green Spaces in urban areas are important places of safety for all sorts of wildlife species, they offer an urban refuge, and they are a valuable support for our...
Does Biodiversity Matter?
Biodiversity Biodiversity Awareness 17 – 23 May – Day 3 Biodiversity Our educational resources, Biodiversity, Food Chains and Food Webs and What is an Ecosystem? explained that ecosystems rely on diversity in food chains and food webs to sustain thriving habitats....
What is an Ecosystem?
Biodiversity Awareness 17 – 23 May – Day 2 xxxx As we learned in yesterday’s resource, Biodiversity, Food Chains and Food Webs, the biodiversity of a habitat refers to species richness and abundance of plant and animal species in that habitat. Biodiversity and the...