Brendan Hoban: The need for hope in our troubled world
Western People 25.2.2025 Recently I chanced on an article I wrote back in 2013 in The Furrow journal – the year Pope Francis was elected pope. I called it ‘Disenchanted…
Month: March 2025
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Presider’s Page for 9 March (First Sunday of Lent)
The 40-day pilgrimage to Easter that began on Ash Wednesday is just a few days old. We pray that God, who sustained Jesus in his 40 days of temptations and suffering, will support us on our journey also.
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Joseph S. O’Leary: Happy Lenten Thoughts
Many people think of Lent as a season of paralysing depression. But it should rather be welcomed it as a time of renewal, in which Grace flows more freely. Brooding…
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Jim Cogley Reflections – Tues 4 March – Mon 10 March 2025
Note: A seminar entitled Personal and Ancestral Healing will be held in Lady’s Island Community Centre on Saturday 8th March from 10am to 4pm. Cost €40 with refreshments included. Facilitators…
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Vatican News: Pope suffers two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency
Pope Francis has suffered two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency caused by an accumulation of mucus, which was aspirated both times, according to the Holy See Press Office. By Vatican…
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Presider’s Page for Ash Wednesday (5 March 2025)
Welcome to the season of Lent. Today we begin the journey of penance and reflection that will bring us to the celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter time. On Ash Wednesday, we pray for the grace to keep Lent faithfully.
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Séamus Ahearne: The king of Bombast
Blenheim Palace lost its golden toilet. Churchill must be shattered. This work of art was called America. It was a fully functional toilet, and apparently used by one of the…
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