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
20 May 2026 – Wednesday of Week 7 of Easter
20 May 2026 – Wednesday of Week 7 of Easter Optional Memorial: St Bernardine, born in Siena 1380, became a Franciscan, travelled through Italy, promoted devotion to the Holy Name and to St Joseph, died in 1444. 1st Reading: Acts 20:28-38 Paul’s final advice to the church leaders: shepherd the church of God [Paul said...
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Pádraig O’Hora and Irish climbing team summit Mount Everest
(How lovely to celebrate Mayo in this way! – Ed) RTÉ Link – Updated / Wednesday, 20 May 2026 09:31 Team Ireland, including former Mayo footballer Pádraig O’Hora, reached the…
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“The God I grew up with was all about hell and punishment” – Fr. Iggy O’Donovan
Speaking on Brendan O’Connor’s show on RTÉ Radio 1, Fr. Iggy O’ Donovan reflects on the papacy of his old Augustinian classmate, Pope Leo XIV, a year into office, including…
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Vatican News: Cardinal Grech at Katholikentag: ‘Questions should not discourage us’
Cardinal Mario Grech speaks to Vatican News at the 104th Katholikentag, a major gathering of German Catholics, saying that the Church in the country “gives me great confidence, great hope”….
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Jim Cogley’s Weekly Recollections: Tues 19 May – Mon 25 May 2026
Wood You Believe – Seminar, Healing of Childhood Trauma and Abuse Born out of immense suffering in the Christian Brothers Order and arising from revelations of Sexual Abuse within their…
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Presider’s Page for 24 May 2026 (Pentecost Sunday)
Today is a Day of Prayer for the Church in China Opening Comment (Mass During the Day)Today we celebrate ‘the great beginning of the Church,’ the day the Holy Spirit first…
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BRENDAN HOBAN: School divestment needs flexible approach
Western People 12. 05.2026 Once bishops could be seen but not heard, apart from the regular interventions of the famous bishop of Cork, Connie Lucey, an outspoken and combative character…
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L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO: Paola Franchina – I am catholic, but not an echo
LINK TO ARTICLE I am a woman in the Catholic Church. Why, as a woman, do I choose to remain so, despite the marked, and at times subtle, imbalance of…
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Pope Leo XIV to visit France in September this year (and Spain next month – schedule released)
Pope Leo XIV will make an Apostolic Journey to France on 25-28 September this year, marking the first official papal state visit to the country in 18 years. Vatican News…
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Irish Synodal Pathway represented at global forum on Catholic Church renewal
Irish Synodal Pathway represented at global forum on Catholic Church renewal Ms Julieann Moran, General Secretary of the Irish Synodal Pathway (Catholic Communications Office archive) The General Secretary of the Irish…
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June edition of the Sacred Heart Messenger now available
The June Messenger brings us to the midpoint of the year – an opportunity, as Margaret Naughton observes, to pause and remember as well as to look forward to and plan. The…