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24SOCIOIrelandal, if they so chose. However manyreligious clergy are in their vocationout of love and goodness, notto do harm or wrong. This needsto be also acknowledged. My ownpersonal experience with the Catholicclergy has been nothing butpositive.Currently, there is a high increaseof people engaging in meditationpractices, spiritually awakenedpeople are taking part in angelmeditations, group meditationand prayer practices and goingback to their faith of origin. Irishpeople are known for their traditionof voluntarism and this contiandFor this issue of ProSocio I’ve decidedto write some of my ownthoughts on spirituality, withparticular reference to Ireland.Spirituality of any country is aninteresting topic and is one that hasusually a long story underneath it..spirituaIreland is no exception in this respect.Many people are familiar with the Celtichistory of the Irish nation. Celts weresaid to have been originally a continentalEuropean race and were noticeable as beingshort, and having dark hair and beinga sallow-tanned people. It is said that theywere driven to the north and west of Europeby the Roman Empire; they sought refugefrom the imperious Romans. They reachedIreland 500 BC circa, and practicedtheir own pagan faith until Christianityarrived in Ireland by the 5th Century AD,upon the arrival of St Patrick who broughtChristianity to the people of Ireland. Celticreligion had many related features withChristianity, such as the druids being similarto the priests of the Christian religion;also their belief in after life was comparable.It is for these reasons and more, thatChristianity was so widely accepted intoIreland when St Patrick came to convertthe paganistic people of Ireland to anotherfaith.The pagan religion of the Celts should notbe associated with badness or evil. Theywere a deeply spiritual people whohad a close and tendercompassion for oneanother and for naturearound them. Pre-Christian art of the paganCelts usually includedbronze and silverpersonal ornaments with circular designs,which was usual for this race. The Celts hadeight annual holidays that were celebratedfor centuries but I’ll only describe two inthis article.On the 1st of February, Imbolc (pronouncedas em-bolk) was celebrated. This holidayworshiped the Celtic Goddess Brigid.She was associated with miracles and fertility.Before her death, she was baptised, apparentlyby St Patrick, and became a Sainttodayknown as Saint Brigid. In Ireland asa child I recall the Feast of Saint Brigid- itPROSO 3/<strong>2012</strong>CI Owas always big deal at school! We all learnedabout Brigid and how she was a strongfemale goddess/saint who had great compassionfor Irish people. She sought only tonurture the spiritual being of the Irish. Onthe 1st of February each year, Irish childrenmake St Brigid crosses at school.This involves making a crossfrom rushes or straw, and althougha known Christiansymbol, its design derivedfrom the pagan sunwheel.The other Celtic holiday iscalled Beltaine (pronouncedas Biel-ten-eh), whichtook place on the 1st of May.It is one of the first Celtic holidaysof worship and veneration.Beltaine is one of themost sacred days as it acknowledgedthe passingof winter and the start ofa fruitful spring; a timeof blossoming fruit andflowers. Many bonfires happenedas part of Beltaine, in order to ridfarms and land of evil spirits. TodayBealtaine is still a word used in Gaeliclanguage (although with a slightlydifferent spelling); it means May (themonth of May).This very brief background on Irish spiritualityis to give you an idea of the natureof belief in Ireland, which has existedsince the Stone Age. Whether worshipingsaints or goddesses, Irish peopleare a deeply faithful and spiritualrace. As you saw in my previous article, Godis mentioned a lot in the Irish language! Forexample, to say hello in Irish is ‘Dia dhuit’,which literally translated, means ‘God bewith you.’Today Irish spirituality is somewhat ata cross-road. Many people have strayedaway from the traditional religion ofthe country, predominantly the CatholicChurch, some because of child abuse scandals,abuse of single mothers, abuse of thementally disabled, and so on. Some peoplemay say that the good of many clergy hasbeen tainted by the actions of a few. It is certainlyterribly disappointing, to say the least,that there existed institutional silenceuntil only a few years ago regarding theabuse; this doesn’t shed the Irish CatholicChurch in a very positive light. The Catholicreligion in Ireland was traditionally a fearbasedone and unfortunately, scared peopleinto believing in God, instead of gently enablingpeople to become more spiritu-
SOCIO25Rodová rovnosTa rovnosT príleZitostí´ ´´ ´´ ´alityvo vYtvarnom ´stvárnenídievCat a chlapcov zoSkôlok v Trnavskom kraji´ ´´ ´nues today, in a more secular (albeit spiritual)environment, for instance, non-religiousagencies working with homeless people.Irish people have a keen sense of awarenessof their own soul, and I feel are reachingout to seek support in nurturing that soul,be that in a religious church or in a more alternativefield.Personally, I am a deeply spiritual person.I believe life is not all black-and-white, itcannot be always explained by logic. I believewe are all born with our guardian angelsthat take care of us daily. We are never alone.I am not religious. I believe in the Godof my own understanding. I don’t associatethe word religious as being the same asspiritual- for me personally, they are relatedbut separate concepts. They are not synonymous.However, I respect all religiouspractices and I am deeply grateful tomy grandparents, parents and teachers forinstilling strong beliefs in me as a child, sothat I could come to better know my Self, asI have gotten older.Since coming to Slovakia I have grown toknow this country as a spiritual place, andthe people as a soulful people. I love the naturehere, it is breathtaking and the beautyis quite overwhelming. Also the huge welcomethat I have received since coming here isnothing but spiritual! It continually remindsme of the good that lies within each andevery person. I believe there is a bit good ineveryone and a bit of bad in everyone too.We all live under the same sky and have thesame needs and desires. It is in a world oftolerance, love and peace, not conflict, bitternessand anxiety, which we can all growsoulfully together.If you have any questions or comments thatyou would like me to address, or have anidea for a future article, please contact me:Monica.irsko@gmail.com. I would love tohear from you!Until next time, go mbeannaí Dia duit!-Monica O´Mullane-Foto: internetO aktivitách Národného projektu Inštitút rodovej rovnosti – Krajskéhokontaktného miesta (ďalej len „KKM“) Trnava bolo už nastránkach tohto časopisu niekoľko stránok popísaných. Radi bysme tentokrát napísali pár slov o zatiaľ poslednej aktivite, ktorousa KKM Trnava rozhodlo osloviť našich najmenších – dievčatáa chlapcov z materských škôl.Išlo o výstavu výtvarných prác na témurodová rovnosť, ktorá bola zrealizovanáv spolupráci s materskými školamiTrnavského kraja za podpory Mgr. MargityDomsi Majcherovej, PhD. z Krajského školskéhoúradu.Cieľom výtvarnej aktivity bolo ponúknuťdievčatám a chlapcom v predškolskom vekupohľad na problematiku rovnosti príležitostía rodovej rovnosti primeraný ich veku.Snahou bolo ponúknuť možnosť individuálnejvoľby a pohľadu na dianie okolo seba.Úsilie o uvoľňovanie rodových stereotypova upriamenie pozornosti na rôznorodosťv chápaní, môže byť dobrým začiatkom prerodovo citlivú výchovu.Dievčatá a chlapci z materských škôlmali možnosť vybrať si a kresliť na vopredurčené témy:Ako doma pracujemeJa a moja obľúbená hračkaAko doma varíme obedManažérka KKM Trnava Mgr. Martina Ješkováspolu s lektorkou a konzultantkouPhDr. Hermínou Marekovou, PhD. navštíviliviac ako 40 materských škôl v rámci celéhoPROSO 3/<strong>2012</strong>CI O
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