Western People 3.9.2024 Patsy McGarry, a proud native of Ballaghaderreen, has followed his recent retirement as the Religious Correspondent of the Irish Times, with a compelling retrospective account of his…
Link to Gerry’s homily for this Sunday, 23rd Sunday of the Year (B):
Coldplay and Oasis and Niall Horan and Taylor Swift: The Concert: Swooning. Overwhelmed. Magical. Those who could describe the experience used such words and for most times, were incapable of…
Dear Bishops of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, A while ago, I wrote to Cardinal Hollerich, enclosing an article from Crux (8/14) (Article printed in previous post on this site – Ed)…
Ngala Killian Chimtom Aug 14, 2024, Africa Correspondent YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg in South Africa is warning men will be held accountable for the abuses…
IN THE WINGS And here! Here’s one for you! Doesn’t one of the men Mammy lets into our pub of a Sunday write plays? PLAYS! I heard her tellin’ Fanny…
(Updated with link to Tony’s presentation) Last weekend I attended the conference organised by Root and Branch in Leeds, entitled Empowering Ourselves. In the past fifteen years I have attended…
God’s healing power was seen in the ministry of Jesus, and continues in the sacraments, in advances in medicine and in the work of the caring professions. Today we pray for strength, trusting that God will continue to show compassion to the whole world.
After more than 13 hours aboard the papal flight, Pope Francis lands in Jakarta, as he sets forth upon his 45th Apostolic Journey abroad, and longest thus far of his…
Tues 3rd Sept – Celebrate Life This week’s postings are excerpts from the Celebrate Life Liturgy held in Our Lady’s Island on Sunday 1st September: In recent times we have…
Breaking with the customs of time It was the title of Edna O’Brien’s (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) fourth novel, August is a Wicked Month, first published in 1965…
Irish Times, 1 Sept 2024 – Rite & Reason: If we fail to realise our personal potential on Earth, surely it becomes a possibility in the afterlife The Christian death…
Western People 27.8.2024 I may be wrong but I suspect that few of my readers took in the recent Electric Picnic, Ireland’s biggest outdoor festival. Just over a week or…
Pepe Mujica, Uruguay’s spartan former president and plain-spoken philosopher, offers wisdom from a rich life as he battles cancer. A decade ago, the world had a brief fascination with José…
The Documentary The Last Priests is being shown again on RTÉ 1 television on Sunday 1st September in the evening at 11.05 pm.And The Last Nuns on Sunday 8th, also…
Gerry O’Connor, CSsR and ACP Leadership team: ‘Big Picture’ Homily for 22nd Sunday Year B 1 Sept 2024. Link:
Each year from September 1 to October 4 Catholics join Christians worldwide in celebrating the Season of Creation. Find out how you can get involved in 2024. Link to website, which includes Season…
NCR Thomas Reece Pope Francis has made perfectly clear that he is opposed to ordaining women as deacons. Although I disagree with him, I accept that we are not going…
Renata Steffens August 15, 2024 The Diocese of Kilmore is having to rearrange and redistribute priests due to the declining number of available priests in the diocese. “There are simply…
As we move from summer to autumn, we praise God who sustains us all year round. We ask for help with new undertakings and perseverance with continuing projects, knowing that nothing will work well without God’s grace.
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