Month: April 2025

Taken from Jim Cogley’s Reflections With every joy and blessing this Easter ACP Leadership Team: Tim Hazelwood, Roy Donovan, Gerry O’Connor.

“The biggest source of stress for most humans is fear of the negative reactions of other people.” So declared neuropsychologist Ian Robertson in the Irish Times (April 15th 2025). He was…

CRINGING:Embarrassment – is it? It is more than that. It has to be shame. What America has done. It was once assumed that America was the lead nation of the…

Easter Sunday Morning 2025 video homily. Title ‘Love Alive Forever’:

The Holy Saturday Vigil Homily 2025. The title is ‘Last Word’:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IijawBu2PUE

Picture from https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2015/04/03/a-selection-of-irish-sculpture-depicting-the-crucifixion-from-early-and-late-medieval-ireland/ O King of the Friday O King of the Friday Whose limbs were stretched on the cross O Lord who did suffer The bruises, the wounds, the…

PILATE’S WIFE STANDS, HOLDING A SMALL, ORNAMENTAL DISH…  CALLING:          Zara?..    Zara!.. ENTER ZARA…          Coming, my lady… I was fetching water for your – WOMAN:    Such a commotion! ZARA: …

8th April 2025 Rome wasn’t built in a day. So the word goes. And Catholic Rome doesn’t move very far in a day, a year or even a lifetime. It’s…

The Good Friday Video Homily 2025. The title is ‘Summons’.

Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’ a small exhibition of oil paintings (10) by Peadar O’Callaghan will take place in Cobh library, Co Cork.

The next meeting of our Edinburgh Newman Association is on Thursday evening, May 1st at 7.30pm. We are delighted to welcome to Edinburgh the eminent Irish scholar Rev. Dr. Kieran…

Video homily for Holy Thursday 2025. The Title is ‘Sustaining Grace’.

Note: A seminar entitled Personal and Ancestral Healing will be held in Lady’s Island Community Centre on SaturdayMay 31st from 10am to 4pm. Cost €40 with refreshments included. Facilitators –…

A member recommended this article from the Irish Catholic series Relentless Ministry, first published 27 Feb 2025.

Western People 1.4.2025 People of my vintage will remember a time in Ireland when priests were so plentiful that in very busy parishes with teeming congregations multiple priests were needed…

Theme: ‘Real Raw’ Palm Sunday 2025 Year C Link:

Brought to Heel CAIAPHAS So, Rabbi… I am told you have been scrolling?… JORAM Eh-hh… A little, yes. Here and there. A snatch of research – CAIAPHAS And what have…