John Shea: Epiphany’s Challenge 2024
Dear Bishops of Asia, The first session of the Synodal Assembly in Rome is now over. The second and final session will be held in Rome this coming October. Again, I…
Month: January 2024
Peadar O’Callaghan: In the wilderness with Rowan Williams
The books of Rowan Williams I find a huge challenge to read. He is very profound and one of the great thinkers in Western Christianity today and had Joseph Ratzinger…
Presider’s Page for 4 February (Ordinary Time 5)
As we Christians come together for worship, each of us brings worries, anxieties and fears. We gather them all together and entrust them to the one who heals his suffering people.
Julieann Moran: Synodal Pathway Update
Dear friends and colleagues,I have had several requests for summarised versions of the Synthesis Report that was published at the end of October following the month-long 16th Ordinary General Assembly…
Joan Chittister: Vision and Viewpoint, a weekly e-newsletter
Recommended by a member… God understands. Some disciples came to see Abba Poemen and said to him: “Tell us, when we see brothers dozing during the Divine Office, should we…
Seán Walsh: Hail Mary
Hail Mary There was this shrine, as I recall. Oh, well known it was, locally… We walked the three miles, there and back. Out the country. Summer’s day… Me still…
NCR Exclusive: Vatican’s abuse expert says ending priestly celibacy could prevent a ‘double life’
by JOSHUA J. MCELWEE One of the Catholic Church’s leading doctrinal officials has reiterated his unusual call for the global institution to consider ending its millennia-long requirement that priests remain…
Séamus Ahearne: THE SECRET OF GENIUS IS TO CARRY THE SPIRIT OF THE CHILD INTO OLD AGE, WHICH MEANS NEVER LOSING YOUR ENTHUSIASM. A. Huxley.
Malcolm Guite: A WhatsApp video appeared on my phone. It was of Malcolm Guite. He was reciting ‘Two Poems for Burns Night.’ The Feast of Robbie Burns was on the…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 30th Jan – Mon 5th Feb
Invitation to All Celebrating St Brigid Welcoming the Spring A Liturgical Celebration in Music and Drama With Children’s Choir Young performers and older musicians with unique sound instruments Monday 5thFeb…
Joe O’Leary on Fiducia Supplicans
Sermon on Fiducia Supplicans I feel rather guilty for the first time about something that happened more than 40 years ago. A priest acquaintance who has left the ministry to marry,…
Love is the only path to Christian unity, pope says
NCR article: 26 Jan 2024 Divided Christians will draw closer to one another only by loving God and loving their neighbors, serving one another and not pointing fingers in blame…
Brendan Hoban: Rome must move towards a People’s Church
Western People 23.1.2024 The title of last week’s RTÉ documentary, The Last Priests in Ireland, reflected the grim reality for Irish Catholics – no longer a perception or a wild…
READING IN LENT
Recommended by a member: Published in paperback, December 21, 2023, ‘Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith’ by Selina Stone, is the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book…
Video of We Are Church Zoom with Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ and Sr Denise Boyle on the Synod
Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ in dialogue with Sr Denise Boyle on 25 Jan 2024 – We Are Church Zoom: Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ in dialogue with Sr Denise Boyle about…
Séamus Ahearne: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” Robbie Burns.
GREAT SPORT: Ronnie O’Sullivan did it twice in a row. He won the last two tournaments. One was described by Ken Doherty, as ‘snooker poetry.’ Ronnie came from way back…
Brendan Hoban: Sharp practices are still part of Irish psyche
Western People 16.1.2024 There’s a story told (and it’s true) about a visit the late Cardinal Conway paid to Enniscrone golf club many years ago. An avid golfer, Conway was…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 23rd Jan – Mon 29th Jan:
Midnight deliveries as the storm abates. An observation is that when a storm comes slowly it lasts a long time and when it comes quickly it blows over fast. So,…
Chris McDonnell: A Gaza Story
… words from Gaza 2023- 2024. Gaza This October Monday, October 16th 2023 Hour by hourcountlessmunitions fallin an exchangeof fearsome fire. Smoke eruptsfrom shatteredBuildings hangingthrough the orangeglow of flame. This…
Presider’s Page for 28 January (Ordinary Time 4)
We come together to listen to God’s word and share the bread of life together. As God’s family here, we praise the one who has rescued us from sin and darkness, and brought us the hope of heaven.
Sean O’Conaill: “Take the Risk for Christ” and the National Vocations Office
Is God Calling You to be a Diocesan Priest? Come and See. Take the Risk for Christ.” This is what faces you when you click on the website of Ireland’s Catholic…
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