Presider’s Page for 3 January (Second Sunday of Christmas)
Opening Comment We gather to celebrate the first Sunday of 2021, moving with gratitude into a new year of God’s grace. We thank God for the vaccines developed to protect…
Year: 2021
Statement from Tony Flannery
Press Statement from Tony Flannery 3rd January 2021 In the last while two senior members of the Catholic Church have made statements about the position of women in the…
Seán McDonagh – Making Peace With Nature
Seán MacDonagh’s article from The Tablet 30 Dec 2020: The year ahead: the environment “Humanity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal. Nature always strikes back – and it is already…
ACP statement on RTÉ’s New Year’s Eve programme
Association of Catholic Priests statement on RTÉ’s New Year’s Eve Programme Saturday 2nd January 2021 The ACP, on behalf of its member and Christians of all denominations, would like…
Brendan Hoban: final Western People column of the year
Covid-19 thrives when people are selfish Western People 29.12.2020 It was a conversation about selfishness. Grandparents and their adult children were talking about that unending topic – ‘Young people today’….
Presider’s Page for 1 January 2021 (New Year’s Day)
Happy New Year! On this first day of the Year of Our Lord 2021, we acclaim Mary as Mother of God and ask her to mind us and those we love during this new year. We pray that the world may be freed from COVID-19 through a global programme of vaccination. And as this is also World Peace Day, we pray for peace.
Bob Dylan: “Money doesn’t talk, it swears…”
A member subscribes: There are times when I think all our efforts at calling for reform in the church are really at an amateur level when compared with those who…
Séamus Ahearne on New Year’s Day…
Janus: Looks to the past. Looks to the future Hidden language: The Tolka. The river was slurping. Or gurgling. Or maybe even gargling. I think it was probably spluttering. Each…
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