Séamus Ahearne on The Doc, Tír na nÓg, Indi and her interest in baptism…
Tír na nÓg The 7th son of the 7th son: The Doc has died. He was the seventh son of the seventh son. He was one of the characters of…
Month: September 2020
Francis wants bishops who are pastors first – Brendan Hoban’s weekly Western People column
Francis wants bishops who are pastors first Western People, Sept 8th 2020 Maureen Kelly, a native of Ballycastle, is a Mercy Sister, in Lima, Peru. She spent most of her…
Gender Balance – It seems that most Irish Catholics have seen the light for gender balance, justice for women and the urgent need for power sharing…
GENDER IMBALANCE – SICK CHURCH One hundred years since brave women won the vote, Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels rightly attempts to achieve gender balance in the College of…
Women proclaim the word – what’s happening in one German diocese.
The German diocese of Osnabrück has prepared a special Women Preaching event (13-17 September 2020). The diocese has prepared a series of videos to help prepare women to preach. The…
Francis’ Government: What is the driving force of his pontificate?
This article is recommended by Soline Humbert – “I think it gives a good insight into Pope Francis’ approach to reform.I found it very informative and food for thought, others…
Presider’s Page for 6 September (Ordinary Time 23)
We gather as God’s family, concerned for each other, supporting one another in sadness and joy. The challenge of living as part of the Christian family is laid out for us in today’s readings.
“All brothers”: Pope Francis to sign new encyclical on Oct. 3 in Assisi
Pope Francis will sign a new encyclical after Mass celebrated in the Basilica of St. Francis on 3 October. The ceremony will take place without the faithful present, in respect…
Séamus Ahearne’s regular column features old friends – the Heron, Priests, the Mirror, News and of course Indi…
Who cares for the carers? Avoid the mirror: I had to check on the Facebook video of last weekend’s Mass. Edinburgh had some technical hitch. (Not that I know anything…
How will the Church survive with no money? Brendan Hoban’s Weekly Column in The Western People
How will the Church survive with no money? Western People September 1st 2020 Not too many people know this but Dominick Bellew, bishop of Killala, from 1780 to 1813, lost…
Pope calls for day of prayer, fasting in solidarity with Lebanon
Pope calls for day of prayer, fasting in solidarity with Lebanon One month after a massive explosion at a fertilizer storage facility tore through Beirut and reopened Lebanon’s old wounds,…
Feast day of St Phoebe (also) today
See comments in Today’s Homily Resource (above). Colleen Gibson’s article from the Global Sisters Report: … Phoebe appears in Paul’s letter to the Romans, in which he exhorts the Romans:…
Art of Living and Dying
An online workshop where you can learn practical tools for dealing with suffering related to aging, serious illness, and the end of life.
Pastoral Care for ethnically-mixed couples: Declan McSweeney forwarded a letter which is being published with his permission.
I would urge Catholic priests to look at the issue of pastoral care for ethnically-mixed couples, where one is white Irish and the other an immigrant of a different skin…
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