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
14 July 2026 – Tuesday of Week 15
14 July 2026 – Tuesday of Week 15 Optional Memorial: St Camillus de Lellis 1550-1614, converted aged 25, priested, ministry to the sick, founded hospitals. Patron of nurses, hospitals and th sick. e1st Reading: Isaiah 7:1-9 During a national crisis people must first turn to a deeper faith in God In the days of Ahaz son...
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James Alison: Open letter to my more conservative Catholic sisters and brothers in the wake of the Group 9 Synodal Report
Link to article: https://jamesalison1.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-my-more-conservative Introduction If you have ever heard of me before, you will know that for some thirty years I have been in public disagreement with what passes…
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Fr John Heagle: A prisoner of conscience is dying, and the world is silent
Link to article: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55401 Fr John Heagle, coordinator of Priests Against Genocide USA, writes: Silence is not always golden. Often, it is simply complicity with injustice. This is certainly the…
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Jim Cogley’s Reflections: Tues 14 July – Mon 20 July 2026
You can tune in to live broadcasts usually daily at 10am or recordings by going to Our Ladys Island Webcam For ordering books at lowest prices go to jimcogley.com Tues…
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Seán Ó’Conaill: No Humility Without Humiliation
“We should, therefore, look to the Gospels to outline for us the journey of conversion we are required to undertake, learning little by little to make Jesus’ practices our own.”…
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Séamus Ahearne: Home thoughts from Finglas…
THE TAPESTRY OF OUR LIVES: The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London. It will go on display in September. It is a ‘power-point’ display of the Norman conquest of England…
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Preview of the August edition of The Messenger
The sterling work of Jesuit agencies in war-torn countries across the Middle East makes sombre, yet inspiring, reading in the August Messenger. Michael Zammit SJ outlines how the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) provides emergency…
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Letter to Pope Leo from Be The Change…
8 July 2026 Pope Leo XIV Secretariat Of The Pope 00120 Vatican City Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Members Level 1 Piazza Pio XII 10 00120 Vatican City Dear Pope Leo &…
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team, weekly Sunday video homily
‘Recharging?’ 15th Sunday Year A 12 July 2026
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Soline Humbert: “Optional memorial: Saint Maria Goretti, stabbed to death in defence of her virtue”.
I winced when I read these words on the ACP liturgical resource for the 6th of July. What “virtue” exactly are we talking about? How is it possible to still…
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Presider’s Page for 16 July 26 (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We gather as pilgrims on a journey, asking God to keep us steadfast until we reach our eternal home. In the Spirit, let us worship God who cares for us…