Taken from Tony Flannery’s website: http://www.tonyflannery.com/the-fifteen-issues-of-the-synodal-process/ For those who might be interested, this is a list of the fifteen main issues that were highlighted in the synthesis presented at the…
The National Synthesis – reflects on Synod reports received by the national synthesis team, discerning the main themes that have emerged from the listening conversations, and collating them together to…
Vatican News reports: The Vatican publishes the official English-language version of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Constitution ‘Praedicate Evangelium’. As of now, the official text of the new Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium on the…
Press ReleaseRETHINKING PRIESTHOOD – OPENING UP IS NOT ENOUGH 30 June 2022 The feast day of “Peter and Paul”, 29 June, is traditionally the day when men, committed to life-long celibacy…
Now that the great feasts of Easter and the Sundays following it are behind us, we return to Ordinary Time. Green vestments are worn today; green is the colour of…
Friends of the morning: The pair of magpies continue to harangue the cat outside the house here. The cat lolls there nonchalantly, amused by the noisy interference. The cat subscribes…
Western People 14.6.2022 During the Covid lockdowns, the traditional obligation for Catholics to attend Mass was waived for two main reasons. One was that, in a pandemic, it was an…
The Pre-Synodal Assembly took place in Athlone on Sat 18 June 2022. It has been described as a national and historic occasion. Monica Morley interviews Brendan Hoban and Bishop Paul…
The All Hallows Trust will host a talk on the Feast Day of the Irish Martyrs Monday June 20th at 7.00pm in the John Hand Room, All Hallows College, Drumcondra,…
Opening CommentSince the beginning of time, God has always nourished his people. Today we celebrate our Creator’s kindness in giving us the Body and Blood of Christ to our food….
RTÉ report by Ailbhe Conneely https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0616/1305337-catholic-church-synod/ Representatives of Catholic dioceses across Ireland will meet tomorrow to discuss feedback from their parishes about the church, which will be compiled and sent…
We Are Church have devoted a lot of time to analysing the Synthesis Reports from the 26 dioceses. 3 summaries of their analysis are published on the We Are Church…
Irish Catholics want equality for women and inclusion for the LGBTQI+ community, but minority voices are clinging to traditional ways By Gerry O’Hanlon Mon Jun 13 2022 – 05:00 Irish Times…
(N.B. This page is still ‘in process’. With all diocesan reports accessible on the World Wide Web by June 13th, 2022, the page can still be updated to include submissions…
‘I happened to be standing.’ (Mary Oliver) For the birds: Nine ducks were sleeping at the side of the pond at the Tolka this morning. Another appeared as if on…
New Cardinals reflect a changing church Western People, 7.6.2022 In church circles, an old adage is: If you want to know what a pope reallythinks, then keep a close eye…
Today is Trinity Sunday. We worship God who creates, redeems and sanctifies: three persons, one God.
The Association of Catholics in Ireland has compiled a Directory of Synodality Synthesis submissions to date. It is still a work in progress. This is the link to the page:…
RTÉ reports: https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2022/0608/1303696-redemptorists-galway/ More than three centuries of an unbroken religious presence will come to a close in east Galway, with the departure of the Redemptorist Order from their monastery…
Very interesting article on Synodality from Garry O’Sullivan in The Irish Catholic: Synodality and its listening process has been like following a prescribed cocktail of drugs. There’s all the ‘uppers’…
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