Mercy Sisters Embrace the World of Podcasting
Mercy Sisters Embrace the World of Podcasting Six Mercy Sisters from the Western Province, Ireland have embraced the world of Podcasting. Drawing from their various life experiences as Teachers, Social…
Year: 2022
Feb 1st – Lá Fhéile Bríde – St Brigid’s Day
Born in at Faughart, near Dundalk, County Louth, in the middle of the 5th century, probably in the latter years of Saint Patrick’s ministry in Ireland, Brigid refused several offers…
Brendan Hoban interviews Church of Ireland Bishop Michael Burrows
Interview on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme by Brendan Hoban with Church of Ireland Bishop Michael Burrows, Bishop Elect for Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/church-of-ireland-bishop-michael-burrows-on-faith-alive-sun-30-jan-2022?si=a331dd8a6c1e4ab28a1c71e800850c6b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Chris McDonnell – La Croix: Two Lost Voices
Two lost voices Chris McDonnell 28 January 28 2022 Jim Forest November 1941 – January 2022 Thich Nhat Hanh October 1926 – January 2022 Within a few days of each…
Brendan Hoban: Misogyny is embedded in Ireland’s history.
Misogyny is embedded in Ireland’s history. Western People 25.1.22 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus is the title of a famous book by John Gray. It’s easier to…
Presider’s Page for 30 January (Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We gather as people loved by God, people called to pass on the love we have received. The love God has put into the world will never fail, but will last as long as humanity lasts. We praise God for the gifts lavished on us.
Bloody Sunday – 50th Anniversary
Poem written by Chris McDonnell in 1972 Birthday What sense can be made of hunched bone huddled by a wall, face flagged by a tied handkerchief fearful of poisoned…
Séamus Ahearne: A medley of disparate flavours!
A medley of disparate flavours! Rhubarb: ‘Total rhubarb.’ This was Boris Johnson’s exclamation and exasperation at the very idea that he might be involved in clearing the evacuation of the…
Brian Eyre: Celebrating the Eucharist with my wife
Celebrating the Eucharist with my wife In recent weeks a number of articles in the newspapers have spoken about the declining number of active priests in Ireland and that today…
Audio & Video: Seán McDonagh Zoom Thurs 27 Jan 2022
Almost 170 people tuned into the joint ACI/ACP Zoom presentation from Seán McDonagh last evening on Synodality, the Parish and Climate Change. Link to audio on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/sean-mcdonagh-synodality-the-parish-and-climate-change-thurs-27-jan-2022?si=a4c1ee2cc04f4e249838156ef23c0d4b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Link to video…
We Are Church Call on Pope Francis to open files of CDF
We Are Church Press Release Call on Pope Francis to open files of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) 26 January 2022 A decade ago in Ireland state…
National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration 2022
National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration 2022 The National Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration takes place in Dublin every year on the Sunday nearest to the 27 of January, in the Mansion…
This Evening at 8.00pm! – ACI and ACP Zoom presentation: Seán McDonagh on Synodality, the Parish and Climate Change
Synodality, the Parish and Climate Change Seán McDonagh SSC Supported by The Association of Catholic Priests Zoom – Jan 27th 2022 – 8.00 p.m. As the global climate crisis deepens, so does…
The work of Catholic priests lauded in the Seanad today
A nice tribute to the work of priests and religious like Fr Jason Murphy in the Seanad today. It follows an RTÉ Prime Time programme on suicide. Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/O0y9chPZcfo
Wed Jan 26 – Day of Prayer for Peace in Ukraine – Pope Francis
Pope calls for a day of prayer for peace over Ukraine situation Expressing concern over the increasing tensions that threaten peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis calls for Wednesday 26 January…
125 German Catholic priests, religious and lay employees publicly come out as L.G.B.T.
125 German Catholic priests, religious and lay employees publicly come out as L.G.B.T. America Magazine reports BERLIN (AP) — More than 120 employees of the Catholic Church in Germany publicly outed…
Presider’s Page for 23 January (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Catholic Schools Week begins today in Ireland. ‘Sunday of the Word of God’ is observed in the universal Church, and so, the Word of God is the focus at Mass, read by Ezra the priest in the Old Testament reading, and by Jesus in the Gospel. By his Word, God reassures the people of his closeness, especially in the Word made flesh, Jesus of Nazereth.
New group set up to provide clergy with a “safe space”
HARBOUR TEAM (press release) New group set up to provide clergy with a “safe space” A small group of experienced clergy from various denominations have been formed and taken the…
Christian Unity Week – Edinburgh Invitation…
While this is a genuine invitation due to the magic of Zoom and You Tube, it is also reassurance that the quest for Christian Unity is alive and well and…
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, teacher of mindfulness and nonviolence, dies at age 95
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, teacher of mindfulness and nonviolence, dies at age 95 National Catholic Reporter: Thích Nhất Hạnh, the Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the West and whose…
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