Presider’s Page for Mission Sunday, 18 October (Ordinary Time 29)
As God’s family in this place, we gather to worship. We offer our love, our support and our prayers to all the Christian communities throughout the world.
Year: 2020
Tony Flannery’s new book ‘From the Outside’ – Zoom Launch Wed 21st Oct @ 7.30pm
From the Outside by Tony Flannery Zoom Book Launch on Wednesday 21st October 2020 @ 7.30pm by Emeritus Professor Tom O’Loughlin University of Nottingham Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89709892024?pwd=a2FzdVdIOUdhS2x0cWZ1cUxnVG9oUT09 Meeting…
Chris McDonnell’s ‘Catholic Times’ column: A Roof Tile to Wear.
Head coverings come in many shapes and sizes, as do the terracotta tiles that roof houses. This week’s words are built round the various tiles we wear on our heads…
‘Let’s not return to policing theologians ‘ – NCR editorial
If fidelity oaths seem like something out of the Crusades, contemporary Catholics might be surprised to hear that the Vatican is still requiring some theologians and pastors to sign them….
Séamus Ahearne ponders on ‘mission’ while Indi allows us a glimpse of her listening to radio!
Our Mission Today A sliver of moon: These mornings, a sliver of a moon stares at me. Thoughts of the ‘hammer and sickle’ come to mind. (The solidarity aspect rather…
Was the bishops’ intervention wise? asks Brendan Hoban in his weekly Western People column
Was the bishops’ intervention wise? Western People 13.10.2020 During the Great Famine (1945-52) much play was made of the slogan ‘Property should support poverty’. In other words, landlords (the property…
‘The Confessors’ on RTÉ 1 Mon 12th Oct
The Confessors Documentary that speaks to a selection of Irish priests, urban, rural and chaplains discuss the sins they’ve heard that have impacted and stayed with them. They also discuss…
The Irish Times view on churches in the pandemic: taking a toll on the faithful
The crisis is hitting the churches hard, but it would be difficult to justify an exemption from restrictions for places of worship… Ireland’s four Catholic Archbishops made an unrealistic request…
Audio for Zoom on German Church by Fr Bernd Hagenkord SJ, with (rough) transcript
Fr Bernd Hagenkord SJ – ACP Zoom presentation Tues 6 Oct 2020 What can the Irish Church learn from Germany? The introduction was by host Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership…
Gerry O’Hanlon SJ speaking about ‘Fratelli Tutti’ on Midwest Radio’s ‘Faith Alive’ programme
Gerry O Hanlon SJ speaking on Fratelli Tutti on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme on Sun Oct 11th 2020 with Monica Morley and Brendan Hoban. “It’s a nice insight into it and…
Presider’s Page for 11 October (Ordinary Time 28)
We gather as fellow-pilgrims at this Sunday’s Eucharist, all journeying to the great banquet of heaven. In our Communion today, we get a taste of what is to come, which will sustain us when we walk in the valley of darkness.
Margaret MacCurtain obituary: Pioneering historian and campaigner
From the Irish Times: President leads tributes to nun, educator, feminist and human-rights activist. Margaret MacCurtain May 17th, 1929-October 5th, 2020 The distinguished historian, educator, feminist and human-rights activist, Dr Margaret…
Podcast: Pádraig Ó Tuama on the sacramentality of language
America magazine posted this link to Pádraig Ó Tuama’s podcast. Our lives are shaped by language, even if most of us are not poets. But it helps to talk to one…
‘Fratelli Tutti’ – Four Theologians Take a Deeper Look…
America Magazine reports the following: (AM) Editor’s note: As part of our larger coverage of “Fratelli Tutti,” the latest encyclical letter from Pope Francis, America asked a number of theologians and…
Teaching is a vocation says Chris McDonnell in his Catholic Times column
Teaching is a vocation Chris McDonnell CT October 09 2020 There are over forty occasions in the four Gospels where Jesus is referred to as teacher, a title of some…
Pope’s intention for October: that women have greater leadership roles in the Church
Pope Francis releases a video message accompanying his prayer intention for October, the missionary month, in which he calls for the promotion of greater integration of the lay faithful, especially…
Séamus Ahearne asks, “Where is God during Covid-19?”
Where is God during Covid-19? Cogar-Mogar: The sun is reluctant and grumpy, as it gets out of bed these mornings. It knows it has to get up at some stage,…
Brendan Hoban looks at the ACP 10 years on…
ACP has proved its worth during past decade Western People October 6, 2020 It’s been a short ten years for the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP). In June 2010,…
Aidan Hart wonders what it would take to revive a parish community?
Why Parish? Now in even deeper crisis, our Irish church will need ‘all hands’ in all parishes to get to grips with renewal. But what would it take to revive…
Password for ACP Zoom Presentation this Evening (Tues 6th) at 7.00pm
MEETING ID & PASSWORD for ACP Zoom Presentation What can the Irish Church learn from Germany? with German Jesuit FR BERND HAGENKORD SJ on TUES 6th OCT 2020 at 7.00pm…
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