A Voice to Reflect
The ACP is an association for Catholic Priests who wish to have a forum, and a voice to reflect on, discuss and comment on issues affecting the Irish Church and society today. We welcome any feedback you may have. If you are an existing member, you can pay your membership fee here. If you would like to support the ACP with a donation, you can do so here.
Today’s Homily Resources
29 Oct 2024 – Tuesday of Week 30
29 Oct 2024 – Tuesday of Week 30 Optional Memorial: St Colman, 7th century, from Kilmacduagh, Co Galway, also founded two churches on Áran in Galway Bay. 1st Reading: Ephesians 5:21-33 Love between spouses mirrors Christ’s love for the church Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your...
Read MoreBrendan Hoban: Carers deserve more from this rich country
Western People 15.10.2024 It goes something like this. You wake up. It’s the middle of the night. You are in your own home, but you don’t know where you are….
Next Week! ACP AGM Wed 6 Nov 2024
Join us, all welcome, at the AGM in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone, Wed 6 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Is the Synodal process running into sand? Michael Conway and Gerry O’Hanlon invite us to…
Jim Cogley: Reflections: Tues 29 Oct – Mon 4 Nov 2024
Tue 29th Oct 24 – Falling Last week I had a fall that could have been very serious and put me out of action for a very long time. Coming…
Links to commentaries on the Synod after its conclusion in Rome
The following is a selection of links to various Catholic news groups and their Synod coverage: America Magazine: https://www.americamagazine.org/ New Ways Ministry: https://www.newwaysministry.org/ National Catholic Reporter: https://www.ncronline.org/ The Tablet magazine:…
Synod Assembly Newsletter Issue 13
We conclude the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops with a grateful heart and, at the same time, with the awareness that we are all now called…
Root & Branch: Outside the Synod Zoom, Thurs 14 Nov @ 8.00pm
14th November, 8pm London timeCome and join us to find out Why are we OUTSIDE THE SYNOD? “The main protagonist of the Synod is the Holy Spirit,” says Pope Francis.We hope, pray,…
Synod: Final Document Published
Julieann Moran: Greetings to you all from Rome! The final document from the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod has been published this evening and is available below. I…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR – weekly Sunday homily
Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team with his weekly Sunday homily: ‘Forged’ – Sunday 27th Oct 2024 – 30th Sunday of the year. Link ot homily:
NCR Online: Former doctrinal chief calls Father Gustavo Gutierrez ‘one of the great theologians of our time’
Junno Arocho Esteves Rome — October 23, 2024 Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez is pictured in 2007 on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Father Gutiérrez, known…
Séamus Ahearne: LEARN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SILENCE WITHIN YOURSELF. (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross)
SOMETHING OF THE WEEKEND THAT WAS MISSION: The earlier hours (Saturday morning, 19th October) were spent trying to put some outline shape on this Mission time. I meandered in my…