Month: December 2025

Western People 23.12.2025 For Christians everywhere, Easter is reputed to be the most important feast of the year. And, officially it is, but, truth to tell, in the public consciousness,…

…. But at a far deeper level the Church’s work will so often be, and indeed must be, quiet. Marriages, births, and deaths are marked with loving tenderness and care….

Sean Walsh I live in Dublin, Ireland. Sometimes. Most times I live in my head, quite unaware of my surroundings – if you know what I mean… If you succeed…

Liz (our Parish Sister) dropped in for a coffee. She is busy preparing everything for the Church Services. She is getting old and her body protests. The passion remains for…

Tues Dec 30th – Key Words As we approach the end of another year I remind myself of the three key words that have been central to my life for…

Dignitatis Humanae (1965), the Vatican II declaration on  religious liberty, offers, in just one sentence, a consistent deductive theology that supports the Creed, illuminates the past and can shape the future….

Theme: ‘Fidelity’ Holy Family 2025 – Sunday 28 Dec 2025

Christmas Greetings from the ACP The ACP Leadership – Tim Hazelwood, Roy Donovan and Gerry O’Connor – would like to extend Christmas Blessings to all members, contributors and visitors to…

Christmas Greetings from the ACP The ACP Leadership – Tim Hazelwood, Roy Donovan and Gerry O’Connor – would like to extend Christmas Blessings to all members, contributors and visitors to…

‘Reshaped’ Christmas Day 2025

Tuesday 23rd December – Speaking our Truth Speaking our truth is not an easy matter while not speaking it is not good for us in the long-term. When we feel…

Western People 9.12.25 It’s now generally accepted that for Catholics ‘the way of being Church in the future’, as Pope Francis described it and as Pope Leo has confirmed, is…

Pope Leo XIV convenes his first Consistory of Cardinals, which will take place on January 7-8 and will be marked by prayer, support, and counsel for the Pope. Vatican News…

These are interesting days. Advent is such an evocative time if it isn’t taken over by the razzmatazz of Christmas. I do wish that we could all open our Advent…

Pope Leo XIV accepts the resignation of Cardinal Vincent Nichols and appoints Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, in Great Britain. Vatican News – link: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-12/pope-leo-xiv-britain-richard-moth-new-archbishop-westminster.html File photo…

As Pope Leo XIV accepts the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and appoints Archbishop Ronald Hicks to shepherd the Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop Hicks tells Vatican News that the…

Archbishop Eamon Martin has said Ireland is “in some ways lost” and in need of a renewed spiritual conversation, expressing hope that Pope Leo XIV could visit Ireland as part…