We Are Church: The Prague Meeting and the Road Ahead with Julieann Moran…
The Prague Meeting and the Road Ahead JULIEANN MORAN General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway in Ireland Followed by Q & A 7.30 pm Wednesday 8th of March 2023 (join…
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Brendan Hoban – The last thing the Church needs is more rules
Western People 23.2.2023 It’s strange how suddenly out of nowhere, something I read more than 20 years ago suddenly crosses my mind. Fr Daniel O’Leary, a priest who worked in…
Presider’s Page for 26 February (First Sunday of Lent)
We celebrate the first Sunday of Lent. All over the world today, men and women are beginning a period of preparation for their baptism at the Easter Vigil. Like them,…
Seán Ó Conaill writes: Jesus renounced covetousness – and political power
What if the third temptation of Jesus – as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew for the first Sunday of Lent – the temptation to desire ‘the kingdoms of the…
Bidding Prayers for 26 February (First Sunday of Lent)
BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 26 February Introduction (by the Presider) As we begin the lenten journey, let us remember all those in need: The Presider prays for the dead: For those…
Synodal Pathway Update…
From Julieann Moran General Secretary: “Living Synodality Now” a one-day symposium “Living Synodality Now” is a one-day symposium on the synodal pathway and its implications for faith life in contemporary Ireland….
Séamus Ahearne: ‘I wish I was as sure about anything as s(h)e is about everything.’ (Macaulay supposedly)
The Baftas and Joan Baez Martin McDonagh made his wry comment at the Baftas. ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ won the ‘Outstanding British Film’ of the year. He said that Rosie…
NCR Online Report: L.A.’s ‘peacemaker’ Bishop David O’Connell dead at 69
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in L.A.’s inner city, has died. He was…
Presider’s Page for 19 February (Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Loving the enemy and praying for those who make life difficult are two marks of a Christian, or so Jesus teaches us today. We gather, aware of how difficult love…
Brendan Hoban: Irish people must rise above the racist tide
Western People 14.2.23 There are times when I cannot help but feel huge pride for my country. Once was when the then Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, resisted pressure to cap the…
Synodal Pathway Update – Ireland
Dear Friends, With today’s email, I invite you to get a comfy chair and make yourselves a nice cup of tea or coffee, as I have a number of resources…
After synodal assembly Europe’s bishops pledge to ‘work tirelessly’ to enlarge Catholic tent
Sarah Mac Donald reports: NCR Online (link below) “Something special happened here,” Archbishop Eamon Martin, president of the Irish bishops’ conference, said at the close of a continental assembly of…
Association of Catholics in Ireland Zoom: ‘Turn Away From Sin, Repent and Believe in the Gospel’ with Archbishop Eamon Martin
“Turn away from sin – repent and believe in the Gospel.”What does this mean for us in 2023?Archbishop Eamon MartinZOOM – 16th Feb 2023 – 8.00 pmWith the world facing…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘My prayer is the prayer of the street: Of addicts berating the dark, of crows descending for discarded suppers.’ (Glimpsing More -P Daly.)
Off the air: My fingers are twitching; It must be stress. The phone is down. The printer is silent. The internet is dead. The broadcasting is off. I am excommunicated….
Prague Synod Update: Synodal Continental Assembly of Prague, the commitment of the bishops
Synodal Continental Assembly of Prague, the commitment of the bishops The bishops of the European continent have undertaken to develop further “a synodal Church,” following the indications of Pope Francis,…
Brendan Hoban: Some ‘Catholics’ are just not very nice people
Western People 7.2.2023 In a memorable article last week in The Irish Times, Salvador Ryan, who teaches history in Maynooth College, wrote that he wasn’t so sure he liked Christians…
Presider’s Page for 12 February (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Today’s readings ask for decisions, challenging Christians to choose the right path. We gather to worship God, who can help us in all our choices.Penitential RiteTo prepare ourselves for the…
Synodal Pathway Update
Latest News from the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland Dear Friends, Greetings to you from the Continental Assembly of the Synod in Prague. I do hope some…
PRAGUE: European Continental Assembly: final remarks
We have experienced four days of listening and dialogue based on the resonances aroused by the Working Document for the Continental Stage within the Churches from which we come. As the European…
Prague: Synod Update: The unity of the Church can only be understood in relation to diversity
Presiding the Holy Mass in Prague Cathedral, attended also by delegates of the Czech National Stage of the synodal process, Cardinal Mario Grech discussed in his homily the relationship between unity and…
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