Maynooth University in conjunction with Messenger Publications invites you to register for the WEBINAR BOOK LAUNCH of We Remember Maynooth: A College Across Four Centuries Edited by Salvador Ryan and…
The following are two recent emails received and shared here in good faith. The first relates to the recent press coverage of negative comments on social media following streaming Masses….
Audio of Tony Flannery’s interview with Monica Morley on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme, following the publication of his latest book, From the Outside. https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/tony-flannery-faith-alive-sun-8-nov-2020 Signed copies of Tony Flannery’s new book…
Pope Francis’ support for same-sex civil unions – a challenge to Church practice Waterford News and Star newspaper column from Liam Power Pope Francis’ recent remarks on support for…
REPORT ON THE HOLY SEE’S INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND DECISION-MAKING RELATED TO FORMER CARDINAL THEODORE EDGAR MCCARRICK (1930 TO 2017) http://www.vatican.va/resources/resources_rapporto-card-mccarrick_20201110_en.pdf
ACP Leadership member Tim Hazelwood spoke at the recent AGM on issues affecting priests during the Covid lockdown. Isolation and social media abuse are among the issues of concern, both…
Getting back to ‘normal’ is not what we need The main thing we know about these strange COVID times is how little know. We don’t know when the storm will…
‘Full many a flower is born to blush unseen……’ ‘The Cure at Troy’ (inspired by the Trojan War’s last days) Séamus Heaney “Believe that a further shore; Is reachable…
by Michael J O’Loughlin From the beginning of his campaign, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. framed his quest for the White House as “a battle for the soul…
At this time of year, our deceased relatives and friends are often in our minds. Our faith tells us that we needn’t grieve over them like people with no hope. We remember them with love, and entrust them to God’s care.
Fr John Gribowich writes in the National Catholic Reporter, Nov 7, 2020: Bob Dylan explores death to self in ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ …Once again, the singer-songwriter does not disappoint,…
Having read Tony’s book and in particular his engagement with the CDF I would make the following observations. Perhaps they amount to no more than naive idealism but here goes….
Brian Eyre writes: Recently I read the interview with Cardinal Mario Grech in La Civilta Cattolica. I found it excellent… Here are his words. – It would be suicide if…
An Inappropriate Spiritual Communion The current Spiritual Communion being used in Irish churches during lockdown is a misleading theology and deeply unbiblical in saying “…come at least spiritually into my…
A month to remember those who shaped us Western People 3.11.2020 As I write these words, the tree shedding its leaves outside my window reminds me that November is here….
A note from Colm Holmes, We Are Church Ireland: Fr Tony Flannery gave a wonderful talk to an international audience of over 100 on Zoom on 2 November 2020. He…
National Catholic Reporter: The Vatican Secretariat of State has sent an explanatory note to nuncios around the world insisting that when Pope Francis spoke about civil unions, he was not…
A Light Touch Sheer Lunacy: I walked in good company this morning; a full moon. Covid didn’t get a mention in our conversation. Plantar fasciitis did try to intervene and…
On All Saints Day and today, we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today we pray for all souls, for the faithful departed still on the journey to their heavenly home.
Today and tomorrow we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each one is. Today’s feast celebrates the saints in heaven, holy men and women of every time and place: we hope some of our people are among them.
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