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
4 August 2026 – Tuesday of Week 18
4 August 2026 – Tuesday of Week 18 emorial: St John Vianney 1786-1859. Known as the Curé d’Ars. Patron of priests. 1st Reading: Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 After the exile the Israelites will return home to their land The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:...
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Jim Cogley’s Reflections: Tues 4 Aug – Mon 10 Aug 2026
On Wednesday next there will be a special healing mass in Lady’s Island at 3pm where we will have a visit and blessing of the relic of St Brigid. This…
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SÉAMUS AHEARNE: ‘ALL TOGETHER NOW’ IN CURRAGHMORE:
PRIESTHOOD, MINISTRY, KINGDOM: My niece sent me something my sister Helen had written some years back. Helen is not well these times. So it was very moving to read her…
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The Tablet – Michael Duggan: The children of Tuam
Michael Duggan 30 July 2026, The Tablet The remains of 99 children have now been recovered from the site of the notorious former mother-and-baby institution in Tuam, Co. Galway. All…
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily
18th week in Ordinary Time, Sunday 2 August 2026 – Multiplication
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Pope Leo appoints Bishop Ger Nash as Bishop of Ossory
29 Jul 2026 Bishop Ger Nash, Bishop of Ferns, and newly appointed Bishop of Ossory (Catholic Communications Office archive) His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Gerard Nash to…
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Tony Flannery: What direction is Pope Leo leading the Church?
In the almost fifteen years now since I was suspended from ministry as a priest, I have regularly complained about the lack of due process in the dealings with my…
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Colin Sheridan: For Mayo and its people, nothing will ever feel like this again
After 75 years of longing, Mayo’s triumph was a collective exhale for the generations gone who never knew an All-Ireland victory of their own Article from the Irish Examiner 28…
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Presider’s Page for 2 August 2026 (Ordinary Time Week 18)
Opening CommentGreat wonders are proclaimed in today’s Liturgy. God’s love and God’s care for humanity are made manifest. Penitential Rite To prepare ourselves to listen and share, let us recall…
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Brendan Hoban: Gratitude to those who kept the dream alive
Western People, 28.7.26 ‘The Championship’, someone wrote, ‘has romance sewn into its centre’ and last Sunday, Mayo people, at home and across the world, felt the texture of that wisdom….
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Séamus Ahearne: Politics…church…soccer…and Mayo for Sam!
ANDY BURNHAM: Andy Burnham claimed that the the three major influences on him were: Everton FC, the Labour Party and the Catholic Church. Now it is rather interesting that he…