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…
Year: 2023
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…
The Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, was cut down in an act of vandalism last week.
Chris McDonnell reflects: Sycamore Gap Standing in a sloping gap in a dry stone wall a sycamore tree spread its open hand shadow across the…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 3 Oct – Mon 9 Oct
Triggers – Some more material in relation to our reactions as this topic has such broad appeal. Tue 3rd Oct – Emotional Triggers It’s a familiar feeling when someone makes…
SPIRIT UNBOUNDED WORLDWIDE ECUMENICAL EVENT
8 – 14TH OCT 2023 ONLINE ALL WEEK 13 & 14TH OCT, LIVE, IN-PERSON AND ONLINE, ROME ITALY AND BRISTOL UK. Link with full details: WHY? In Spirit Unbounded we…
Soline Humbert: Pope Francis is wrong to declare female priests a ‘closed question’
Reprinted from The Irish Times Rite and Reason column. Link: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/10/01/pope-francis-is-wrong-to-declare-female-priests-a-closed-question/ Rite & Reason: Many Catholics who do not fit in a patriarchal, hierarchical, model of church feel a deep…
Ecumenical Prayer Vigil: Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby are expected at 5pm (CET)
Pope Francis has invited leaders of Churches from differentdenominations to join him in prayer on September 30 in order toentrust together to the Holy Spirit the work of the 16th OrdinaryGeneral Assembly of the Synod of the Catholic Church. Held in St Peter’s Square, this ecumenical vigil of prayer will be presided by Pope Francis, in the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and many…
Chris McDonnell: Dividing the Seasons
We have nearly reached the month of October, living our way through the Season that the Americans call The Fall, for obvious reasons. Taking a cup of coffee the other…
Séamus Ahearne: “I was a very reluctant priest.”
‘Yet stop I did: In fact I often do and always end much at a loss like this. Wondering what to look for, wondering too, when churches fall completely out…
A note from Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research
Today a British Sunday newspaper The Observer carried an article entitled ‘Alternative Catholic synod to push case for ordination of women priests ‘ in which the background to the Spirit Unbounded movement is reported.‘To underline…
Brendan Hoban: Driving habits must change – for all our sakes
Western People 19.9.2023 The memory of the summer months of 2023 could be summarised as a sandwich of two heatwaves interspersed with what seems in retrospect like an almost constant…
Synod to include pilgrimage for participants, prayer for migrants and refugees
Vatican News reports: At a press conference on Thursday confirming details about participation in the Synod and the schedule for the General Assembly, synod organizers revealed plans for a pilgrimage…
Pádraig Daly osa on Gabriel Daly RIP
GABRIEL (In memory of Gabriel Daly, Theologian. Teacher, Friend) The last day I called You talked of how your mother, a dentist, Treated three German soldiers during the war And…
THE COMMITMENT TO THE SAFEGUARDING OF CREATION OF THE XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
Vatican, September 19, 2023 On the eve of the publication of a “new” Laudato sì, the General Secretariat of the Synod intends to make its contribution to the conservation of creation…
Presider’s Page for 1 October (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
God’s love is displayed for us in the life and death of Jesus. We rejoice in this love, and celebrate the victory over sin and death won for us. As…
Presiders Page for 24 September (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time).
God’s ways are not our ways. God’s love and generosity are beyond our understanding. We acknowledge all God has done for us, and ask for the grace to grow into…
Jim Cogley – Reflections Tues 19 Sept – Mon 25 Sept.
How we react to certain events, situations and people can be a source of great difficulty for us all and at the same time our reactions can be our greatest…
Pope Francis: Without prayer there will be no Synod.
15 September 2023 In a letter addressed to bishops and eparchs from all over the world, Cardinal Mario Grech, General Secretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod, invites the…
Presider’s Page for 17 September (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Forgiveness is one of the great qualities of Christianity. We are challenged to forgive each other as readily as God forgives us. We celebrate God’s mercy, and ask for the…
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