Putting out into deep waters (Lk 5:4) Transforming parishes together into mission-centred faith communities – A pastoral letter from Bishop Fintan Gavin for the faithful of the Diocese of Cork and Ross See…
‘And give us minds to comprehend driblets of Your design, awing us with skies and tides and glittering dust.’ (Pádraig Daly- A Small Psalter) Great Sport: The Meath girls did…
Ursula Halligan, writing in the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/08/01/ritereason-is-old-pay-pray-and-obey-model-of-catholic-church-on-way-out/ Retreat to defensive, territorial and fearful approach to global synodal process must be resisted Ursula Halligan; Rite & Reason; The Irish Times; 1…
Homily of Archbishop Francis Duffy for the Vigil Mass in Saint Mary’s Church, Westport, Co Mayo, Archdiocese of Tuam, ahead of the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage on Reek Sunday The Synodal…
Every faith journey has its twists and turns Western People July 26, 2022 A reader suggests that I might answer a question that has obsessed him/her for some time:…
God’s Word calls us to recognise the transience of life, to keep our eyes on what is lasting. Penitential RiteWe gather to ask God’s help and to praise God for…
The song is called “Rows and Rows of Men.” The title probably says it all. It’s had 1,600+ views since last Friday so it’s obviously striking a nerve. Here’s the…
‘Now men go forth with jests and drolleries, to preach, and if but well the people laugh, the hood puffs out, and nothing more is asked. ’ (The Divine Comedy)…
Pat Rogers has supplied additional commentary of Ss Anna and Joachim and the Protevangelium of James. Link: https://biblical.ie/page.php?fl=Apocrypha/ProtevangeliumJas
Intro from Malachy Hanratty’s new booklet Resurrection Gifts. Download available by clicking on link and scrolling to bottom of the page. https://columbans.ie/spirituality/resurrection-gifts-by-fr-malachy-hanratty/ Introduction The object of Vatican II was to…
Vatican News reports: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-07/pope-francis-departure-apostolic-journey-canada.html Pope Francis departs from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Sunday morning to begin his 37th Apostolic Journey abroad, which will see him embrace the people of Canada….
The Irish Examiner reports: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40924976.html Half of the priests currently serving in the archdiocese will be over the retirement age of 75 within five years, warns Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly. The…
From the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/07/23/archbishop-eamon-martin-our-synodal-pathway-stepping-forward-in-communion/ Homily at the annual Mass and investiture of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Saint Patrick’s College Chapel,…
We can ask God for help whenever we need to, today or any day. We gather to worship God who is always concerned for us. [Today is World Day of…
THE ACP FULLY SUPPORTS THE BISHOPS’ ADOPTION OF THE SYNODAL PATHWAY The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) wishes to place on record our full support for the Irish Bishops’ adoption…
Western People 19.7.2022 There was a key moment in the House of Commons in the run-up to the resignation of Boris Johnson when Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, surveyed the…
Boris (1) The politics of the UK intrigues me. I can’t quite grasp how the sober, staid, stolid British electorate could elect a Boris. I know his flamboyance is attractive….
Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin are looking for LGBTQ+ people to participate in a research study about the effects of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE)…
Many parishes face dire financial emergency Western People 11.6.2022 Some years ago, a Catholic prelate proclaimed, ‘The Church can’t be run on Hail Marys’. It was a frustrated response…
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