John O'Donohue
N.B. This particular programme was only available for 21 days only and has now expired.
A tribute to poet, priest, thinker and spiritual guide, the late John O'Donohue, 'in his own words' - featuring vignettes of his writings from people who knew and loved him: His partner Kristine, his brother Pat, his sister Mary, his anam chara Martin Downey, his friends Michael D Higgins and Lelia Doolen and his old bishop Eamonn Casey.
On his role in the Church:
'I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it , cos I was always asking the questions ..
And I could never believe blindly.'
On the Church:
The beauty of the Catholic church is that it has a sacramental structure that can hold its own with the best out of any tradition.
It has a mystical system and content that can hold its own with the best out of Tibet...its an amazing tradition but I think you need to be critical.'
On his priesthood:
'The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and the next best decision I made was to leave the formal priesthood.'
On Church leadership:
'We need great prophetic leaders in religion and in spirituality...what we are getting is lacking in vision ..not able to engage with the diversity of the culture.'
On Belief:
'My fear now would be that there will be a return to fundamentalism ..'
