Brendan Hoban: Gap widens between the Haves and Have Nots
Western People 10.10.2023 Budgets are not what they used to be. Once they were significant, even formulaic occasions with their own set rubrics and liturgies. A high point was the…
Month: October 2023
Presider’s Page for 15 October (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We gather as fellow-pilgrims at this Sunday’s Eucharist, all journeying to the great banquet of heaven. In our Communion today, we get a taste of what is to come. Penitential…
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Séamus Ahearne: ‘I never saw sad men who looked, With such a wistful eye, Upon the little tent of blue, We prisoners called the sky, And at every careless cloud that passed, In happy freedom by.’ The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Oscar Wilde)
Hamas and the Israelis The papers last weekend avoided a mention of the Hamas invasion of Israel on the front pages. They obviously thought they had more important issues to…
America Magazine Podcast: Why Pope Francis is insisting on synod secrecy
First, Gerry highlights the opening address by Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich. As the chief rapporteur, Cardinal Hollerich plays a crucial role in framing the synod’s discussions and synthesizing various elements….
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 10 Oct 23 – Mon 16 Oct 23
Revealing Statements Tues 10 Oct – Sight and Insight Sometimes we make statements that are spontaneous, unrehearsed, seldom reflected upon or even remarked at. Yet they can contain a treasure…
Seán Walsh: WALKABOUT…
WALKABOUT I leave the church by the main entrance, one hand on the railing, careful on the steps leading down to a safer level. The air fresh, balmy – an…
Brendan Hoban: Church is finally listening to its grassroots
Western People 3.10.23. It was an evening in October 1988, at a gathering of Killala clergy in a Westport hotel. We were discussing whether, as a diocese, we should adopt…
Chris McDonnell: The thirst of prayer
Water is fundamental to life on Earth. We can go for many days without food, not without some considerable discomfort of course, but not life-threatening. Without water, the risk to…
Presider’s Page for 8 October (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
There are reassuring sentiments for us in God’s Word, with Paul reminding us that there is no need for us to worry. If there is anything we need, we can…
“Laudate Deum”: the Pope’s cry for a response to the climate crisis
Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. We’re not reacting enough, he says, we’re close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that…
Pádraig McCarthy: Catholic Synods in Ireland
The Catholic Church in Ireland has had little experience of a Synod in the past 100 years. Anyone under 70 is too young to have any memories of such an…
Synod General Assembly: Listening across our divides
Vatican News reports: The 16th General Assembly of the Synod kicks off in the Vatican with an emphasis on listening as the core element in seeking to discern the voice of…
America Magazine Analysis: The synod is not Vatican III. It’s Pope Francis’ implementation of Vatican II.
Gerard O’Connell October 04, 2023 As I watched the procession at the opening of the Synod on Synodality start from the bronze doors of the apostolic palace this morning, Oct….
Pope at opening Mass for Synod: Let us walk with the Holy Spirit
Link to Synod Opening Mass: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/pope-at-opening-mass-for-synod-let-us-walk-with-the-holy-spirit.html Pope Francis presides at the Holy Mass in St Peter’s Square for the Opening of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of…
Synod Meditations with Fr Timothy Radcliffe, Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers.
Links to Meditation given by Father Timothy Radcliffe during the Retreat for the Members, Fraternal Delegates, the Special Invitees to the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 1st…
The Vatican Briefing podcast: Francis opens a synod that could change the Catholic Church
From NCR Online – Link: https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican-briefing-podcast-francis-opens-synod-could-change-catholic-church?utm_source=NCR+List&utm_campaign=b105b7fcf2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_10_02_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6981ecb02e-b105b7fcf2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D “The Vatican Briefing” is a new podcast from the National Catholic Reporter, featuring two respected Vatican journalists and experts: Joshua J. McElwee and Christopher White. As Pope…
Brendan Hoban: Gardaí cannot be allowed to remove the boss
Western People 26.9.23. I suspect I’m not the only one who finds the Garda plebiscite on Commissioner Drew Harris as more than a bit weird. It’s not just the extraordinary…
Pope Francis responds to dubia submitted by five cardinals
(Note on the five cardinals: German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, American Cardinal Raymond Burke, Mexican Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah and Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen. All five…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.’ (Mary Oliver).
A HOLY MAN: We had a huge funeral last Wednesday/Thursday. Tony had to be in the church overnight (Oliver Plunkett’s) for his last vigil. He was a Holy man; a…
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