Year: 2021

The Meeting Place Chris McDonnell CT June 11 2021. There are many gathering places that offer natural opportunities for meeting one another, opportunities for the social contact that has been…

Boris and the Foxes!   The Feast of nature: Tony (one of the morning people) was ecstatic. He sat at the Tolka pond. The six cygnets were having breakfast pond-side….

Contemporary Challenges for Global Catholicism by Thomas P. Rausch, SJ Jesuit Father Karl Rahner was one of the first to recognize that the Second Vatican Council had transformed the western…

  TWO  BEAUTIFUL VOCATIONS  –  MATRIMONY AND PRIESTHOOD In the past it was said and maybe it is still being said today that when a priest gets married he leaves…

Paddy Ferry writes: My friend, Fr. Brian Logue, a native of Kincasslagh – yes, where Daniel comes from – just two miles from my home in Keadue, celebrated 60 years…

Diarmuid O’Murchu DIARMUID O’MURCHU WEDNESDAY, 9th JUNE (please note change from our usual Tuesdays) 14.00 BST 09.00 EDT   15.00 CET ROOT & BRANCH  are delighted to welcome our much…

Dr Sharon Tighe-Mooney  “Seeking Scripture – towards a new church” (Why I decided to no longer be affiliated to the Catholic Church) Followed by Q & A ZOOM Meeting 2.00…

A colleague in Germany prepared the following last evening on Cardinal Marx’s letter of resignation: (Background note: Cardinal Marx is one of those cardinals on the advice panel which the Pope summoned at…

The Church Has a Right to Protect its Assets Western People 1.6.2021 One of the unanswered questions now for anyone interested in the Catholic Church is: what are we going…

A Catechism of the Heart: A Jesuit Missioned to the Laity – 23 July 2020            by Benjamin James Brenkert  (Author), Robert Waldron (Contributor) This book is a deep cry…

Them and Us Chris McDonnell CT June 4th 2021 We live in an inclusive age, a time when you have to be careful with what you say and how you…

Seán McDonagh writes in The Tablet: Virtual Friends – Artificial intelligence and automation are transforming the way we live and work. Responding to the social, economic and religious impact these new technologies are…

Michael W. Higgins is principal of St. Mark’s and president of Corpus Christi Colleges, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. This article, An Extraordinary Synod, is available in the following link:…

Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell on the Feast of Saint Kevin 03. JUN, 2021 Mass celebrated in Saint Mary’s Pro Cathedral, Dublin, for the Metropolitan Chapter There is a deep…

A conversation about what a Catholic Synod is and how Synodality will apply in the Catholic Church. From Flashes of Insight with Joe Grayland – featuring: Cardinal John Dew Archbishop Mark Coleridge…

Pope Francis has updated Canon Law to criminalise sexual abuse: Thanks to Pádraig McCarthy (§1 below) for the link to the text of the Revised Book VI of the Code…

Green Sod Ireland is a Land Trust that Protects Land and its Biodiversity. To date Green Sod Ireland has been gifted in excess of 100 acres by visionary individuals and…

Dermot A. Lane is a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin. He is also a member of the ACP Advisory Team. His latest book, Theology and Ecology in Dialogue: The Wisdom…

 You’ve got a friend (James Taylor) A life in the day We watched and waited. The chicks appeared. Six of them. The Cygnets. In two days, they were out from…