Year: 2025

Your prayers are asked for the full recovery of Canon John Murray, who was struck on the head with a bottle as he prepared to say 10.30am Mass in St…

The priest was also amused to have lent his surname to Fr Ted Crilly of the sitcom Father Ted Link to article: https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2025/08/02/fr-oliver-crilly-obituary-scholar-who-overhauled-the-churchs-publishing-and-attempted-to-negotiate-an-end-to-the-1981-hunger-strikes/ Sat Aug 02 2025 – 19:00 Born July…

I came into the airport in Nagasaki from Korea over 30 years ago. The blue plastic coverings over many buildings struck me (after bad storms.) As we drove into the…

Video homily for Sunday 10 Aug 2025 – ‘Modern Anxieties’ 19th Sunday Year C

Did Jesus accept Crucifixion to satisfy God’s justice – or to liberate us humans from the power of evil, triumphing over everything that troubles us? This ancient question may be…

Western People 29.7.2025 When did you last say your prayers? It’s a cheeky question to ask, I know. Because, like the question – have you stopped beating your wife? –…

Note: A Wood You Believe retreat on Healing & Awareness will be given by Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk in Mt St Annes Retreat Centre Portarlington from Monday evening 15th…

Letter to the bishops                                                     …

Several people have recommended this article in the current edition of The Irish Catholic by Fr Martin Delaney. Link to article: (subscription required) https://www.irishcatholic.com/bishops-should-consult-parish-before-moving-clergy

Pope Leo paves the way for St John Henry Newman to be formally declared a “Doctor of the Church”. By Alessandro De Carolis Link to article: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/st-john-henry-newman-set-to-become-newest-doctor-of-the-church.html One of the…

The theme is ‘Fleeting’ – on the 18th Sunday Year C 2025 Link:

‘Now if you want to take some pictures of the fascinating witchesWho put the scintillating stitches in the britches of the boysWho put the powder on the noses of the…

On the morning of the start of the Conclave in Rome, pink smoke billowed above one of the hills in Rome accompanied by song and prayer. Global advocates including Miriam Duignan, Executive…

Note: A Wood You Believe retreat will be given by Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk in Mt St Annes Retreat Centre Portarlington from Monday evening 15th Sept to Thurs 18th….

Western People  22.7.2025 I wasn’t aware until quite recently who Rosie O’Donnell was. And even though she starred in the film Sleeping in Seattle, her name didn’t ring a familiar…

Sunday 17th Sunday (Year C) 2025 Theme: When Empathy Dies. Link:

Article from Caritas: What Caritas sees: On Thursday 17 July, Israeli forces callously attacked the Holy Family Church in Gaza, where 600 civilians had sought sanctuary and safety, and Caritas…