Download and open this file to see a Power Point presentation of the AGM 2022, compiled and presented by Gerry O’Connor CSsR. It includes Tim Hazelwood’s Care of Priests presentation…
From Australasian Catholic Record 99/3 (2022): 321-332
Western People 18.10.2022 It was, I think, Taoiseach Seán Lemass (1959-66), who popularised the practice of juggling ministerial appointments to ensure that competence or training wasn’t aligned with departmental responsibility….
The Gospel story of the Pharisee and the tax collector is read on this year’s Mission Sunday. Those who are humble before God make the best witnesses to the Gospel:…
Members of the clergy will be able to act as witnesses to the signing of decision-making assistance agreements, so it would be important that this is drawn to their attention…
Will COP27 confront the current global climate crisis in Egypt? Fr. Seán McDonagh The first Conference of the Parties to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took…
Cherish family; Cherish your life: Hamish O’Flaherty spoke of his father. He then said that all of us should be grateful. That we should cherish our Families and Community. That…
Click on the link below for audio of the ACP AGM 2022, held in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Wed 19 Oct 2022. The guest speaker was Julieann Moran, General…
The following has been received from Paddy Ferry… This, below, is from Fr. Jim Martin tonight telling us of Fr. Albert Nolan’s death. I first became aware of Albert from…
Association of Catholic Priests ACP AGM Wed 19th Oct 2022 Radisson Blu, Hotel, Athlone, 2.00-5-00pm. In person! All welcome. Snapshot Survey of Priests – numbers, churches, parishes… Julieann Moran on…
Press Communiqué from the General Secretariat of the Synod Original text: ITALIAN This morning, at the end of the Sunday Angelus, the Holy Father announced that the upcoming 16th Ordinary…
If you want results, pray without ceasing, says Jesus. God will listen and help. Penitential RiteAs we prepare ourselves for this celebration, let us call to mind God’s generous mercy…
In the face of appalling suffering, secularism fades away and we turn toward a humble, loving church for comfort. Irish Times article: In these dark days of the soul when…
An emotional swamp: Amber Barrett from Milford, spoke eloquently after the Ireland V Scotland match. Her goal mattered. But it was her connection with Creeslough that was special. The gutsy…
Western People 4.10.2022 I’ve spent much of the last ten years researching the Great Famine (1845-52) in the diocese of Killala. Last year, the first of a two volume history,…
What is it like to be a woman in ministry in Ireland? Why do they do it and what are the joys, challenges, and everyday realities of this way of…
The Algarve and the Tolka: The Algarve is a memory. A distant one at that. The home front grabbed me immediately. This little parish of 70,000 is avaricious. It gobbles…
The Gospel gives the story of the ten lepers, of whom only one came back to thank Jesus. We praise and thank God who continues to do great things for…
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