Fr Tadhg Furlong RIP
The death has occurred of Rev. Tadhg Furlong Cappawhite, Tipperary Rev. Tadhg Furlong PP (Cappawhite, Co. Tipperary) November 27th 2023 unexpectedly at his residence. Predeceased by his parents Thomas and…
Year: 2023
Presider’s Page for 3 December (First Sunday of Advent B)
Advent begins today; the season is at its shortest this year. During these first two weeks, the Church focuses on the end of time, when Christ will come in glory. Then, for the last week of Advent, we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ.
Euronews: A Catholic crisis: why priests in Ireland are fading into history and not being replaced
In what was one of Europe’s most religious countries, mass attendance has dropped severely, Irish priests find themselves working far past retirement age, and only a small number of apprentices…
Martin Kennedy: The ashes of Fintan Farrell
Many people are waiting for the outcomes of the global Synod in Rome. Its first session was held this October, and its concluding session will be in October 2024. So,…
Jig Cogley: Reflections Tues 28 Nov – Mon 4 Dec
By the way, all books in the Wood You Believe series are available on line and if you are ordering some for Christmas presents please do so asap to ensure…
Vatican’s Transgender Guidance “Very, Very Positive” Step, Say Irish Priests
New Ways Ministry: An Irish organization of Catholic priests has responded positively to the Vatican’s recent guidance about transgender people and the sacraments, with the priests group describing the guidance…
Brendan Hoban: We’re paying a price for the loss of religion
Western People 21.11.2023 After the Covid lockdown, a father was questioned by his daughters as to what he missed most during the long months of isolation. He thought for a…
Brendan Hoban: Pastoral solutions to pastoral problems
Western People 14.11.2023 It appears that the experience of participants in the recent October synod created something of an unlikely buzz in Rome. Usually, synods are fairly predictable in their…
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
This letter has been written by Dr Mary McAleese, Former President of Ireland, key speaker at the recent Spirit Unbounded Lay-led Assembly, and by fellow key Voices, Dr Luca Badini Confalonieri, Executive…
Tony Flannery: SYNODALITY: WHERE ARE WE AT, AND WHAT OF THE FUTURE.
As it gradually became evident during the earlier years of the pontificate of Pope Francis that he was determined to restore the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, and that…
Synodal Pathway – more videos and interviews…
“the success of the Synodal Pathway will be dependent on the parishes throughout our 26 dioceses…” Julieann Moran and Fr Éamonn Fitzgibbon discuss a recent research report which calls for…
‘Rather than saying that the Church has a mission, we affirm that Church ‘is’ mission.’
Sean O’Conaill argues that without official rejection of a mistaken medieval understanding of ‘redemption’ the call to mission is futile. Those are just two of 110 occurrences of the word mission in…
Presider’s Page for 26 November (Christ the King)
Today we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. At the end of time, this king will come in glory to judge the living and the dead. He will ask how we treated the hungry and thirsty, the stranger, the naked, those sick or in prison.
Séamus Ahearne: EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT A NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING (Roger Whittaker)
A QUIET HOUSE: The children are in bed. All is quiet. It is Saturday evening. I had been to Bewleys (it had been ten years since I was there, at…
Jim Cogley – Reflections Tues 21st Nov – Mon 27th Nov
Tues 21st Nov – Religious or Spiritual? Photo Credit: Oisín Brennan This is one of the most often heard statements of our age that, ‘I’m not religious, I don’t go…
My years as a Catholic priest were a long winter of discontent – until Pope Francis arrived
Rite and Reason column in the Irish Times by Brendan Hoban. Rite & Reason: There is now a new springtime of hope and promise Link to article: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/11/19/my-years-as-a-catholic-priest-were-a-long-winter-of-discontent-until-pope-francis-arrived/ In the…
Newman Meeting – Ecumenism and the Synodal Church – 21st November 2023.
From Paddy Ferry: Dear Members and Friends, We are delighted to forward a reminder of the details of our November 2023 meeting, “Ecumenism and the Synodal Church”. Our speaker, Mgr….
We Are Church: Link to Synod Symposium Zoom on 15 Nov
Our Synod Symposium on 15 November 2024 had 4 excellent speakers: They made some interesting points: * Cynical exercise poorly conceived * Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas * What is…
‘No other profession would ask people to work beyond 75’: Parish priests under ever-increasing workload as vocations drop
Sarah Mac Donald – Irish Independent The declining fortunes of the Catholic Church in Ireland is making itself felt on its overworked and stretched priests, many of whom are working…
USA: National Study of Catholic Priests
The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America is conducting a National Study of Catholic Priests. The study entailed a census of bishops, a nationally representative survey of Catholic…
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