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3rproductions@tinet.ieTape Date: 2nd April 1997
This Sunday, April 6th, is the 1,00th day before the turn of the millennium, and we have a special piece on a new campaign to make the year 2,000 a jubilee year - and to cancel debts owed by countries in the developing world. Also in the area of social justice, we have interviews regarding both the Housing Bill and a new voter education programme. Author Don Mullan spoke to us about the ongoing debate about Bloody Sunday, and we have an update on the situation in El Salvador - 17 years after the assassination of Monsignor Oscar Romero. Finally we have a piece on a new initiative to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Choctaw Indian tribe's donation to Irish Famine Relief - Cáit will be in the news over the next couple of months.
Side One:
1. Crossways: News in the Church and the World. Fr. Eddie Jadot is an expert on Refugee affairs, who says Europe is becoming increasingly unwelcoming to asylum seekers. Alan McGuckian, SJ, asked Fr. Jadot what happens to those who are unsuccessful in their applications for asylum. The news was read by Alan McGuckian, SJ, and Elaine Comerford.
Time: 5.52
2. The Housing Bill 1996: The current Housing Bill makes provision for dealing with tenants who are acting in what is defined as an `anti-social' manner. At present it is at the Committee stage in the Dáil with all political parties supporting it. Many people are seriously concerned about the impact of this Bill on people who are already marginalised in our society. Gerry Raftery, OFM, is director of the Franciscan Justice Office and Marie Stuart, RSM, asked him if this Bill wasn't necessary since local authorities need a way of dealing with `anti-social' behaviour.
In: (Raftery) "Well local ............. which must be respected" Out: (Raftery)
3. A Gospel Line: Gavin Byrne, OP, is 26 years of age. He entered the Dominican Order in 1992 and is currently studying philosophy at the Milltown Institute in Dublin. In 1995 he won the Gay Byrne Show Carol Competition with Welcome the Child. He has now written a Gospel based musical called A Gospel Line. The musical has been performed and has received excellent reviews. Lorcan Brennan went to meet Gavin and first asked him when did he start writing music?
In: (Byrne) "Five, six years I started.............." Out: Music insert.
4. Fr. Michael Rogers: Fr Michael Rogers lives and works as a retreat guide in Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. As the days become longer visitors will arrive from all over the world to drink in the experience of the lakes and wooded walkways of the surrounding area. Lorcan Brennan asked Fr. Michael what, in his opinion makes Glendalough so special.
In: (Rogers) "I'm here for four years...................float in the wind." Out: (Rogers)
5. Jubilee 2,000: Sunday next, April 6th, will be the 1,000th day before the turn of the millennium. The Irish Debt and Development coalition, in common with groups all around the world, is launching a petition to have the year 2,000 declared a jubilee and for debts owed by countries in the developing world to be cancelled. Over two trillion dollars is owed by developing countries to institutions and governments in the developed world. The debt is growing all the time and causes terrible hardship in the countries involved, as crops and other produce that are badly needed to feed their people are sold for cash to pay interest on the debt. Martin Browne spoke to Sr. Carol Dorgan of the Debt and Development Coalition. Carol is a Little Sister of the Assumption, working in Ballymun in Dublin.
In: (Dorgan) " The millennium....................will happen in Germany." Out: (Dorgan)
6. Vocations Sunday: The fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally observed as Vocations Sunday. Martin Browne spoke to Sr. Lorraine Clarke about what it's like to be a woman religious today. Lorraine is a Sister of Saint Louis who is in her final year of the theology and ministry degree at the Milltown Institute in Dublin. Vocations Sunday falls on April 20th this year.
In: (Clarke) "This particular Sunday.....................and your interest." Out: (Clarke)
Side Two:
1. Voter Education Programme: In this election year we will all be confronted with making a choice about voting and who to vote for. Many people feel disillusioned and wonder if there is any point in voting and many areas have a very low poll on election day. This of course becomes a vicious circle, politicians want votes and they will devote their efforts to areas where they know people will actually vote. The Vincentian Partnership for Justice, which includes the St. Vincent de Paul Society countrywide, recently introduced a non-party political Voter Education Programme. Bernadette McMahon DC spoke to Marie Stuart RSM about the content and structure of the programme.
The Partnership provide training for people interested in running the programme with groups. We enclose an information sheet giving the places, dates and times of planned training sessions and who to contact should a group want to organise training in their own area.
In: (Stuart)"You just launched ................election, or before it" Out: (McMahon)
2. El Salvador: It is now 17 years since the assassination of Monsignor Oscar Romero in El Salvador. He was seen by many as the protector of that country's dispossessed millions. In a bloody war with the authorities, thousands of civilians were tortured, massacred and disappeared. This war ended 5 years ago, but according to Brendan Butler of the Irish El Salvador Support Committee, little has changed. In fact the appointment of the new Archbishop Lacalle to a lucrative army post has caused outrage. Maria O'Loughlin asked him to explain why the civil war broke out there in the first place.
In: (Butler) "The basic cause of the war was... .left to protect them." Out: (Butler)
3. Bloody Sunday: It is now 25 years since the 15 year old Don Mullan witnessed the carnage that was Bloody Sunday. Most of the eyewitness accounts of the fateful day were ignored by the Widgery Tribunal. But in a new book called Eyewitness Bloody Sunday: The Truth, Don Mullan, former director of AFRI presents over a hundred of these personal testimonies. Maria O'Loughlin asked him why he felt he needed to write this book.
In: (Mullan) "I was an eyewitness...............the north of Ireland." Out: (Mullan)
4. Cáit: 150 years ago a group of Choctaw Indians collected $170 to aid Irish famine victims. Gary White Deer represented the Choctaw at a celebration to mark this anniversary in Dublin on March 23. But the link between the Irish and native Americans will not end there. Together with Don Mullan, former director of AFRI, Gary has founded an organisation called CAIT - (Celts and American Indians Together) to raise money for famine relief world-wide. Maria O'Loughlin asked him to tell the amazing story of that original Choctaw donation.
In: (White Deer) "There were a group ......Chactaw old people did." Out: (White Deer)
5. An Ethic of Enough :An Ethic of Enough in our Culture of Death was the title of a talk given recently at Mater Dei Institute in Dublin. The speaker Sr Rose Fernando is Sri Lankan born, a Franciscan Missionary of Mary who works in Rome for Justice Peace and the Integrity of Creation. In this interview with Marie Stuart, RSM, she talks about the present trends of poverty and environmental destruction and goes on to suggest that each one of us can actually do something about this.
In:(Fernando) "A culture of death ...........with the global community" Out: (Fernando)
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