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Can Ireland learn from the German Synodal Path?7.30pm on Thursday 2nd of February 2023 In Germany an Assembly made up of EQUAL numbers of Clergy and Lay people has been discussing…
Year: 2023
Dublin Review of Books: The Catholic Church
by Fergus O’Donoghue Article recommended by Pádraig McCarthy. Link to article:
RTÉ: New Bishop of Ossory ordained in Kilkenny
Updated / Sunday, 22 Jan 2023 23:33 Linkt to article: https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2023/0122/1350229-bishop/# By Ailbhe Conneely Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent Bishop Niall Coll has been ordained as the Bishop of Ossory at the…
The Irish Examiner: ‘First the banks, then post offices … now rural Ireland is losing its priests’
In small rural parishes, the loss of a priest through retirement or death is keenly felt, says Conor Capplis, with the Catholic Church slow to react to a problem they…
Presider’s Page for 22 January (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light: Jesus, the light of the world, walks among us, preaching a message of repentance. We gather to listen to…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.’ (Goldsmith)(And Indi’s back!)
The young ones: Jacinda Ardern is resigning as PM New Zealand and as leader of the Labour Party. Her explanation is: ‘There was nothing left in the tank. There is…
Root and Branch Zoom: Archbishop Scicluna, Thurs 19 Jan 7.00pm
TOWARDS A BEATITUDINAL CHURCH Thursday 19th Jan,19.00 London time R&B DIY are delighted to welcome Archbishop Scicluna. Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ofu6vpj8vEte-z3z-4BfCxkQj34vCqt94 Charles Scicluna, Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta, is essentially “the church’s top…
Brendan Hoban: The job of a modern bishop is not an easy one
Western People 17.1.2023 Almost 250 years ago, when Dominick Bellew, a native of Co. Louth, arrived in Killala diocese in 1780, he was the first Catholic bishop to live in…
NCR Report: Pell’s posthumous complaints have diminished his legacy
BY MICHAEL SEAN WINTER. Follow on Twitter at @michaelswinters Link to article: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/pells-posthumous-complaints-have-diminished-his-legacy January 18, 2023 Not since King Hamlet appeared to Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio on the battlements of…
Presider’s Page for 15 January (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Christmas Season ended last Sunday, and we have entered Ordinary Time, moving slowly from winter to spring. The season of Lent begins on the 22nd February, in five weeks…
Bidding Prayers for 15 January (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 15 January Introduction (by the Presider) The Lord is our light and our help, so let us bring all our needs to God: For an end…
Synodal Path Update…from Julieann Moran
Dear Friends, In wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year, I am also conscious that we brought in the new year with the news of the death of…
Séamus Ahearne: “What has happened is that a certain kind of God has gone absent, leaving open the possibility of experiencing God in a new way.”
(Paul Graham osa, The Furrow, November, whose Month’s Mind was yesterday.) A little thought on George Pell and Francis: “George Pell’s death symbolises the demise of a Church out of…
Brendan Hoban: Benedict was unsuited for modern papacy
Western People 10.1.2023 There are stand-out moments in life that are forever embedded in memory: personal events like the deaths of those we love; notable historical events like the assassination…
We Are Church Zoom: Can Ireland learn from the German Synodal Path?
We Are Church Zoom on Thurs 2 Feb 2023 @ 19.30-21.00GMT with: Professor Claudia Nothelle is a Member of the German Synodal Path Assembly. She is Vice-President of the Central Committee…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander.’ (Thomas Merton)
The embarrassment of American Politics: Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House on the 15th vote. He was stupid and insensitive to then go out and thank Donald Trump…
Presider’s Page for 8 January 2023 (Baptism of the Lord)
This feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the last day of Christmas. At his baptism Jesus sees how much he is loved by God and is given the…
Presider’s page for Friday 6 January (Epiphany / “Nollaig na mBan”)
On this feast of the Epiphany we celebrate the revelation of who Christ is. The visit of the Magi from foreign lands reminds us that Jesus came as the Saviour…
Synodal Pathway Update…
The Synodal Pathway in Ireland…Synodal Sunday video reflection for The Baptism of the Lord, 8th January 2023 Director of the Living Church Office in Down and Connor and Deputy Chair of…
Brendan Hoban: Gratitude is the key to a life of happiness
Western People 29.12.2022 May you live in interesting times is a well-known wish. It has been called ‘the Chinese curse’ and though it presents as a blessing the opposite may…
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