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
18 May 2026 – Monday of Week 7 of Easter
18 May 2026 – Monday of Week 7 of Easter Optional Memorial: St John 1, pope and martyr, the first Bishop of Rome to visit Constantinople. Involved in Arian controversies and imprisoned, died in 526. 1st Reading: Acts 19:1-8 In Ephesus, followers of John the Baptist become full members of the church While Apollos was...
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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…
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Vatican News – Pope to ecumenical movement: We can give life to a new world of peace
On the first day of the ecumenical, global prayer movement, “Thy Kingdom Come”, Pope Leo sends a video message to participants, encouraging them in their mission of sharing the Gospel…
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily
‘Beyond Anxiety’ Ascension Year A – Sunday 17 May 2026
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Julieann Moran: Synodal Pathway Update
Working Groups Take Forward Synodal Pathway Priorities Link to video of Julieann Moran speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV4lF9EeeUE We’ve reached another important moment on the Irish Synodal Pathway. Following on from our original…