Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action
Pax Christi International warmly invites you to celebrate our annual Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action. It is a time to observe how nonviolence connects all our work for justice and…
Year: 2021
Root & Branch Synod – Videos available
OUR ROOT & BRANCH Inclusive Lay-led Synod 5 – 12th Sept, 2021 Our deepest gratitude to our amazing speakers and panellists in an unparalleled week of offerings, talks and discussions. And…
ZOOM: We Are Church to host Bishop Paul Dempsey on Synodaility
We Are Church will host a Zoom with Bishop Paul Dempsey National Synodal Assembly Tues 12th October @ 7.30pm To Register €5 – details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/national-synodal-assembly-bishop-paul-dempsey-tickets-166954676933
The Deep End: A Journey with the Sunday Gospels in the Year of Luke
The Deep End: A Journey with the Sunday Gospels in the Year of Luke by Tríona Doherty and Jane Mellett. Foreword by Dermot A. Lane Join us for an Online…
Funeral Mass of Geraldine Flannery RIP – role of AB Michael Neary
Discussion on ‘Faith Alive’ on Midwest Radio Sunday 19 Sept 2021 – Brendan Hoban and Monica Morley. https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/geraldine-flannery-rip-funeral-mass-mwr-19-sept-2021-brendan-hoban-monica-morley
Presider’s Page for 19 September (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We gather to remember the passion and death of Jesus, and to celebrate his resurrection with joy. He calls us to move beyond rivalry and conflict, to be true followers of the Christian way.
La Croix International: The Spirit in the Assembly
The Spirit in the Assembly Preparing for the Synod of Bishops’ gathering on synodality By Austen Ivereigh | United States The most far-reaching event in the Catholic Church in my…
The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins meeting Pope Francis in Rome
A clip of President Higgins meeting Pope Francis in the Vatican today. https://youtu.be/fOZ70pr7upU
In America: Bishop Stowe – Catholics deserve to know if their priest is unvaccinated
America Magazine reports: Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M.Conv., last month asked that diocesan employees working at the Catholic Center in the Diocese of Lexington, Ky., vaccinate themselves against Covid-19, extending a mandate that…
Soline Humbert – On consulting the faithful: one woman’s experience
On consulting the faithful: one woman’s experience. The present appeal to the faithful to contribute at diocesan level to the Synod of Bishops has led me to reflect back and…
Tony Flannery on his sister Geraldine’s death and funeral
From Tony Flannery’s Blog on Sept 12: http://www.tonyflannery.com/geraldines-death-and-funeral/ Geraldine’s death and Funeral It is now two weeks since my sister Geraldine Flannery succumbed to the debilitating effects of a…
Presider’s Page for 12 September (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
In our journey through life we walk the path Jesus walked, so it is hard for us to escape suffering, no more than he could. We remember his suffering and death, knowing that it brought him glory and that it will do the same for us.
Mike Harding on life in St Bede’s College, Manchester…
Regular ACP online contributor Paddy Ferry has recommended the following article by Mike Harding in the Irish Times. Mike Harding is a folk musician, stand-up comic, broadcaster and poet who lives…
Pope Francis – latest apostolic trip
Link to Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html Links for speeches taken from https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/09/12.html [B0557] Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the…
Dr Mary McAleese – Root and Branch Synod Bristol
Root and Branch Synod Bristol Friday September 10 at 2.00 pm Opening keynote address by Dr. Mary McAleese “No Synodality Without Freedom of Speech– Canon law must acknowledge the human…
Fr Bernárd Lynch – abuse lawsuit dropped
Fr Bernárd Lynch was accused by person/persons unknown just as he was to receive an Award in 2019 from President Michael Higgins. Bernárd Lynch has not been charged with any…
Séamus Ahearne: Churches and foxes and herons and heroes…
Much ado about nothing The Fox and the Heron: I sometimes meet two herons at the Tolka River in the mornings. They are never together and maintain an appropriate distance…
Brendan Hoban on Dedalus and the ties that bind us to the Catholic Church
The ties that bind us to the Catholic Church Western People 7.09.2021 James Joyce, probably Ireland’s most lauded novelist, famously rejected Catholicism, the religion of his youth. In the autobiographical,…
Listening to the Faithful: Vatican releases Synod Preparatory Document
From Vatican News: Listening to the Faithful: Vatican releases Synod Preparatory Document The General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops presents the base text and “vademecum” – or handbook – to…
Vatican won’t say if women can vote in upcoming Synod of Bishops
Nicole Winfield – Associated Press in America Magazine reports: ROME (AP) — Vatican officials declined on Tuesday to say if women would be able to vote on concrete proposals about the…
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