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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Throughout these summer months, trees, plants and grasses grow and flourish.Our faith is also to grow and flourish during these Sundays of Ordinary Time. The green vestments worn signify continuing growth in faith.
• Today is celebrated as Father’s Day, so in the Mass we remember and pray for the fathers of our community.
Note: Following some cancellations a few spaces have become available for the Wood You Believe Retreat that will focus on healing both at a personal and ancestral level scheduled for…
Western people 28.5.2024 As a young man, the spiritual writer, Henri Nouwen was travelling around Ireland. In Donegal, he witnessed an ‘Irish’ burial, watching it over a stone wall. What…
How does the pope’s “No” to women deacons fit with the role of women on the agenda of the October Synod May 31, 2024 • For immediate releasePriests’ association asks…
Who is not familiar with the problem of male clericalism in the Catholic Church!? It is repeatedly mentioned by Pope Francis and never missed in any document that reflects the sensus…
Pentecost 2024 Dear President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), In this interim time of the working Synodal Assembly of Bishops, millions of Catholics have…
Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) will host Adult Faith Development for the 21st Century Diarmuid O’Murchú ZOOM – Thu June 13th – 8.00 pm Although formal religion seems to…
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