Presider’s Page for 2 July (13th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We’re told in today’s readings that hospitality is a gift that brings a great reward. As we gather to thank God for the many gifts we’ve received, we ask for…
Month: June 2023
Colleen Dulle, America Magazine: The most important takeaway from the synod (so far) is something you’ve never heard of
After a two-year process of listening to Catholics around the world and then synthesizing the results of those listening sessions in continental assemblies, last week the Vatican’s synod secretariat finally…
Audio Link to ACP Zoom with Julieann Moran on the Synod Update
The Zoom took place on Tues 27 June 2023 with Julieann Moran, General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway, who discussed where the Synodal Pathway (Ireland) and the Universal Synod are…
Brendan Hoban: A refreshing book about a remarkable life
Western People 20.6.23 Recently, listening to a Sunday morning programme on RTE Radio One, I was captivated by an interview with an elderly Dublin woman. Peig McManus is 84 years…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘Where does the temple begin, where does it end? There are things you can’t reach, but you can reach out to them, and all day long. The wind, the bird flying away. The idea of God. And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.’ Mary Oliver
Maurice and the Missal: Bishop Maurice Taylor died on 14 June 2023. He was 97. He had been bishop of Galloway (Scotland). He was ordained at Fatima House, Coodham (it…
Chris McDonnell: Changing Years
Each passing year brings change. Moving from the early days of infancy to our arrival at a time of old age we are in a culture of altered circumstance, little…
Passcode for ACP ZOOM: Synodal Pathway – What’s Next? with Julieann Moran, Tues 27 June 2023 @ 7.00pm. All welcome.
ACP Zoom guest speaker, Julieann Moran, General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway, will discuss where the Synodal Pathway (Ireland) and the Universal Synod are at present. Julieann has just returned…
A note from the General Secretariat of the Synod…
Dear friends,Last Tuesday, 20 June, the General Secretariat of the Synod was finally able to present the Instrumentum laboris (IL), the working document that will animate the work of the XVI Ordinary…
ACP ZOOM: Synodal Pathway – What’s Next? with Julieann Moran, Tues 27 June 2023 @ 7.00pm. All welcome.
ACP Zoom guest speaker, Julieann Moran, General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway, will discuss where the Synodal Pathway (Ireland) and the Universal Synod are at present. Julieann has just returned…
Presider’s Page for 25 June (12th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We have nothing to be afraid of, we’re told in today’s Gospel. God knows every one of our needs. We gather in prayer, united by our faith, to thank God…
Book Launch: Song of the Goldfinch by John F Deane
Song of the Goldfinch is a memoir tracing John F. Deane’s faith from his childhood and early adulthood as a strict Roman Catholic through his life as an internationally acclaimed writer…
Brendan Hoban: Census reveals resilient loyalty to religion
Western People 13.6.2023 Much attention has predictably been given to the finding of last year’s Census that the number of people in the Republic who describe themselves as ‘Catholics’ has…
Séamus Ahearne: “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” ― Flannery O’Connor
Socrates and Boris: I am very neglectful. My friend hasn’t had a visit for such a long time. He sits down in the Botanic Gardens looking thoughtful but somewhat forlorn….
Instrumentum Laboris for Synod 2021-2024
Link: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/06/20/0456/01015.html#en A note from Julieann Moran… Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to share the Instrumentum Laboris. This is the official working document for the first session of the 16th Ordinary…
ACP ZOOM: Synodal Pathway – What’s Next? with Julieann Moran, Tues 27 June 2023 @ 7.00pm. All welcome.
ACP Zoom guest speaker, Julieann Moran, General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway, will discuss where the Synodal Pathway (Ireland) and the Universal Synod are at present. Julieann has just returned…
Presider’s Page for Sunday 18 June (11th Sunday in Ordinary Time & Fathers’ Day)
As people loved and chosen by God, we gather to listen and share, before being sent out to live what we believe.Penitential Rite: The Gospel challenges our faith, so we turn…
Book Review by Joe O’Leary: Catherine Cornille, ed. Atonement and Comparative Theology: The Cross in Dialogue with Other Religions. New York: Fordham University Press, 2021.
Reviewed by Joseph S. O’Leary, The Japan Mission Journal 77 (1983):139-44. This book brings a wholesome enlargement of perspective on discussion of the Atonement, engaging with Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism,…
Liam Power writing in The Waterford News & Star: Will the proposed changes to the abortion legislation lead to a more progressive regime?
Dr Marie O’Shea’s recently published report, on the effectiveness of the State’s abortion legislation, called for widespread changes in the provision of abortion services. Recommendations include the end of the…
We Are Church Zoom – New Documentary Film: Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion) ZOOM: 7.30pm on Wednesday 21 June 2023
ZOOM: 7.30pm on Wednesday 21 June 2023 Click here to register for your FREE ticket for the ZOOM screening Q&A to follow the ZOOM screening Wonderfully Made – LGBTQ+R(eligion) is…
Pádraig McCarthy: Joe Humphreys writes a piece on philosophy each Thursday in the Irish Times. It goes under the title Unthinkable.
Link to article in The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2023/06/08/lessons-for-the-catholic-church-from-the-census-2023-get-out-of-schools-chase-the-lost-sheep/ His piece on 8 June ponders the Census 2022 results on the religious makeup of our population. Among many other things, he…
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