Séamus Ahearne: Caught between the Suez and the Tolka…
‘Ever Given’ as a symbol There is trouble in Paradise: My body rhythms are confused. This Summer hour change, has knocked me out of kilter. It has affected others…
Month: March 2021
Presider’s Page for 28 March (Palm Sunday)
Today’s liturgy gives a preview of the events we will celebrate between Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday: the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. These events are also the focus of this and every Sunday celebration. We ask for God’s help in understanding their significance.
Tony Flannery – interview with Síle Seoige – podcast
Tony Flannery : Refusing to be Silenced – an interview with Síle Seoige This week my guest is Redemptorist priest and religious writer, Tony Flannery. Tony has gained a reputation…
Bishop Paul Dempsey:…The deeper problem arises in the sphere of language, at best it is experienced as cold and distant, at worst hurtful and offensive…
Reflection by Bishop Paul Dempsey to mark Pope Francis’ ‘Amoris Laetitia Family Year’ 26. MAR, 2021 On 19 March 2021, the Feast of Saint Joseph, the Church celebrated five years…
Brendan Hoban: Wishing a fair wind to the Synod
Church’s Great Council is finally back on track Western People 23.3.2021 As regular readers of this column will know, the Second Vatican Council has long been a telling reference point…
Chris McDonnell: The Passing of Time
From Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali The passing of time Chris McDonnell CT March 26th 2021 This weekend sees the start of British Summer Time. During British Summer…
The Best Catholics in the World – virtual book launch Thurs 25th March 7.00pm
The virtual launch of The Best Catholics in the World by Derek Scally will take place Thursday March 25th at 7.00pm. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95914878888
Séamus Ahearne: Weeping Willows, Rachel Blackmore, Rome and Indi speaks…
More rumours of angels The Garden of Eden: David Hockney said that most people wouldn’t notice the ‘Garden of Eden’ if they were walking through it. The world is very…
Úna Agnew SSL: Contribution to the Communicators for Women Religious Zoom Conference 21 March 2021
Úna Agnew’s contribution to CWR Provision of Service Zoom Conference 20 March 2021 Why I became interested in CWR, Communication for Women Religious I became interested in communication for women…
UPDATED PRESS RELEASE – Irish Bishops call for Submissions for a New Lectionary for Ireland
Call for submissions on a new edition of the Lectionary for Mass for Ireland The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference considered a revision of the Lectionary for Mass during their Spring General meeting earlier this week. The Lectionary for Mass…
A note of thanks…and request for prayers
Pat Rogers, who is responsible for our daily Homily Resource and Readings, has been a mainstay of our site for so long. It is easy to take him for granted….
Presider’s Page for 21 March (Fifth Sunday of Lent)
In just over ten days time, the Easter Triduum will begin, at sunset on Holy Thursday. Today we pray for all the believers all over the world for whom Easter brings renewal: may we be fit and ready to make a new start when this Lent is over.
Academic Statement on the Ethics of Free and Faithful Same-Sex Relationships
Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research Introduction “Catholic moral teaching on [homosexuality] will be intellectually marginalized to the extent that it avoids engaging with the experiences of the people and the…
ACP Statement on the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) claiming the Church cannot bless same-sex unions.
Association of Catholic Priests Statement on the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) claiming the Church cannot bless same-sex unions. 18th March 2021 The ACP believes that the…
Brendan Hoban: Pope Francis, bridge-builder…
Building a bridge from the past to the future Western People 16.3.21 The pope, someone said to me last week, looked ‘well shook’ after his visit to Iraq. And he…
Chris McDonnell: The Seattle Stations of Joan Brand-Landkamer
A Passover Journey-the Seattle Stations Chris McDonnell CT March 19th 2021 One of my pastimes on a holiday by the sea is to spend a couple of hours beachcombing. Depending…
Brian Eyre: CELEBRATING MASS IN MY OWN HOME
CELEBRATING MASS IN MY OWN HOME Brian Eyre I am an Irish catholic married priest. After receiving the dispensation from celibacy my wife and I got married in the Catholic…
Joe O’Leary – Book Review: Tony Equale’s ‘Arius and Nicaea: Science and Religion in a Material Universe’
Book Review by Joe O’Leary Theological revisionism is a dangerous investment, and fearless critical negativity can easily lead to shipwreck with regard to faith (cf. 1 Tim 1:19). Tony…
Bilingual Presider’s Page for Wednesday 17 March (Lá Fhéile Pádraig Naofa)
Today, we pause from our lenten penances to honour Patrick, our national apostle. In our celebration of this solemn feast, we worship God, creator, redeemer and sanctifier, who brought our ancestors into the Christian fold through the preaching of St Patrick.
[In this year’s Mass we remember especially the irish diaspora, those exiled abroad, and especially those members of our families who would love to be at home with us today.]
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig dhaoibh!
St Patrick’s Breastplate 1. I bind unto myself today the strong Name of the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three. 2. I…
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