Tony Flannery documentary on TG4 to be shown again this Wednesday 3rd July 2024 @ 9.30pm
Tony Flannery documentary on TG4 to be shown again this Wednesday 3rd July 2024 @ 9.30pm There are two lines at the end of the documentary that say: Iarradh ar…
Month: June 2024
Seán Ó Conaill: René Girard: The Creed Overcomes the World
Sean Ó Conaill: Retired teacher of high school history and author. Now editing here (personal website) and on acireland.ie – and campaigning for immediate implementation of Article 37 of Vatican…
Seán Walsh: Storm Trooper
STORM TROOPER Ah, years ago, now. I checked into an inner city hospital: gaunt, red-bricked, Victorian. Creaking all the way from Main Entrance to X Ray, Reception to Theatre, Canteen…
Brendan Hoban: Vague promises don’t wash with Irish voters
Western People 18.6.2024 In the end the results of the local and European elections were all about trust. Trust – and the lack of it. A sub-text is how sophisticated Irish…
Dr Paddy Ferry: Remembering Eunan O’Donnell
Eunan O’Donnell founded a secondary school in Dungloe back in 1956, which gave many young boys and girls the chance of a continued education which they otherwise would never have…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 25th June – Mon 1st July 2024
This weeks reflections about dealing with difficult emotions are a compilation of writings taken from several sources, one of them being Richard Rohr, combined with much of my own material…
Bishops’ statement on end of life care: Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes
Statement from the Irish Bishops Conference on proposed legislation on assisted suicide and euthanasia. Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes: “Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in…
Séamus Ahearne: I HAVE SPENT MY DAYS STRINGING AND UNSTRINGING MY INSTRUMENT, WHILE THE SONG I CAME TO SING REMAINS UNSUNG. (Tagore)
WHAT A HERO! Aidan O’Brien – was celebrated during the week (again). He achieved his 400th Grade One winners, at Ascot with Auguste Rodin. He then won the Gold Cup with Kyprios on Thursday. Afterwards, he was his own…
Presider’s Page 7 July (Ordinary Time 14)
As weak and sinful people, we gather to ask the Lord’s mercy. We know his grace is sufficient for us. Together, we praise and thank our God for the constant care we receive.
Presider’s Page 30 June (Ordinary Time 13)
As summer takes hold, we give thanks to God for all the gifts we enjoy. We rejoice in God’s saving power: death itself is in his hand and all the living depend on God alone.
Brendan Hoban: Pope Francis’ opponents keep pushing back
Western People 11th June 2024 Pope Francis gives interviews all the time. Generally on informal occasions he tends to favour delivering a few off-the-cuff remarks. Even when his words are misinterpreted…
Commonweal Magazine: More than Welcome
LGBTQ+ Catholics can transform the Church—if the Synod would listen. Nick Fagnant June 19, 2024 Last February, a sixteen-year-old nonbinary student named Nex Benedict died after an altercation with three…
Chris McDonnell: Is the cost too high?
The attack by Hamas on the state of Israel is less than a year distant, but the havoc of those weeks and months is immense. Tens of thousands of Palestinians…
Presider’s Page for 23 June (Ordinary Time 12)
The sight of people being rescued from ricketty boats in the Mediterranean brings home the plight of immigrants and refugees; seeing rescuers coming to their aid inspires us. God is master of the deep; Jesus stilled the storm. May all in need of help be saved through his power today. (On Father’s Day we pray especially for fathers.)
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 18 June – Mon 24 June 2024
Tues 18th June – Call and Empowerment On the 22nd of June 1980 I was ordained in St Patrick’s Church, Rosslare Harbour. Now forty-four years later I look back on…
Statement of the Summer 2024 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Taken from the Irish Bishops Conference Website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2024/06/12/statement-of-the-summer-2024-general-meeting-of-the-irish-catholic-bishops-conference Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Summer 2024 General Meeting. The…
Séamus Ahearne: AFTER THE ALGARVE – (This is) NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. (IT IS TOO COLD!)
PR- STV It is an intriguing and exasperating system. But it is quite impressive. It is not just the suspense but rather the respect for the representative aspect of an…
Brendan Hoban: US Devotion to Trump is simply a mystery
Western People 4.6.2024 For political eggheads the prospect of three elections – local, EU and general – is manna from heaven but for those who at best tolerate elections, not…
Chris McDonnell: Hermitage
HERMITAGE There is a stillness and solitude in the hour before dawn. In that darkness there is a time when we can open ourselves to listening to the Lord. No…
NCR Online: US bishops’ report on the Synod on Synodality enumerates tensions but finds hope
THOMAS REESE 10 June 2024 Areport from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on diocesan discussions about the Synod on Synodality released May 28 made clear how many issues are…
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