Year: 2025

The ACP Leadership regrets to note the death of Pádraig McCarthy, Dublin, RIP. Pádraig was a regular contributor to the ACP website. To quote one colleague: Pádraig quite often took…

Very informative interview on St Colmcille on RTÉ Radio 1 today with Dermot Whelan on the Oliver Callan Show – On the feast of Saint Colmcille we find out from…

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A retreat will be given by Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk in An Tobar, Ardbraccan Retreat Centre in Navan. This will begin on the evening of Monday 30th June and…

This article was recommended by an ACP member. (RNS) — Pope Leo’s election also offers hope, because he reminds the world that religious conviction need not serve nationalist power. (RNS)…

Western People 3.6.2025 The more books I buy and don’t get to read, the more I return again and again to the books I treasure. The practice has shaped a…

Pentecost Sunday: ‘Moved’ Pentecost Year C 2025

In an urgent appeal for peace and solidarity, Irish bishops have called on the faithful to dedicate this Friday, 6 June, as a day of prayer and fasting. The plea…

 by Gerry O’Hanlon There is a challenge to sustain the encounter and the participative nature of synodality, grounded in respectful listening, for long enough to arrive at the point where…

THE TOLKA:  My local heron chats in an offhanded way, with me, every morning, down by the Tolka. S(he) does tire rather quickly of conversation, as  Breakfast is more important…

Speaking by phone with President Vladimir Putin, Pope Leo XIV urges Russia to take a step that favours peace, underlining the importance of dialogue. By Vatican News On Wednesday afternoon,…

There will be a Healing Mass in Our Lady’s Island this coming Wednesday at 3pm. Also for those interested in doing some serious inner work over a number of days…

Western People 27.5.2025 As I write, the headline on the front page of today’s Irish Times reads: ‘Pressure builds on Israel to halt Gaza offensive’. Yesterday evening, a series of…

Caravaggio, once viewed askance, has emerged as the central painter of his period. Perhaps Michel Foucault, similarly, is now emerging as the central French thinker of his time, thanks to…

Down to Earth Two men in white suddenly at their side: “What are ye like?! Standing there staring at the sky? Eye straining?… Ye watched His ascent until He was…

By Robert Mickens Published: May 30, 2025 Link to article: https://www.ucanews.com/news/wednesdays-with-francis/109181 Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel, which were the lens through which he viewed the…

NEWS RELEASE – 30.05.2025 –  ENG – ESP –  FRA – ITA (Original)Registrations Now Open for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies  The Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies will take place in the Vatican from 24 to 26 October…

This week’s theme: ‘Watchfulness’ Ascension Year C 2025

PILATE’S WIFE DEEP IN THOUGHT… ZARA, HER MAID-IN-WAITING, ENTERS. ZARA            My Lady?… So forlorn?… WOMAN       Ah, Zara… I was a long way away… What now? ZARA:           They have…