Seán Ó Conaill: The Church Needs a Whistle Blower’s Charter
“The question has to be asked as to why what is best, what demands hard work, is not the calling of every single person who takes on the job of…
Year: 2025
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Brendan Hoban: New Government gave open goal to rivals
Western People 4.2.2025 Everything costs something. And elections are no different. The transition from the last government to the next seemed – after a satisfying election for Fine Gael (FG)…
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Gerry O’Connor, CSsR and ACP Leadership – weekly homily, Sunday 9 Feb 2025
Sunday’s Homily is the 5th Sunday of the Year (C) – Tittle ‘Craft for Mission’: Link to homily:
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Séamus Ahearne: All through my life, the new sights of nature, made me rejoice like a child. (Marie Curie).
A Quiet Day: It was Bank Holiday Monday with St Brigid. She is a fine woman who has improved with age, and has been modified to fit most agendas….
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Commonweal Magazine: Faith in the Streets – An interview with Martin Scorsese
Antonio Spadaro February 5, 2025 Moderators: Mr. Scorsese, please tell us about your faith. What was your experience like, from childhood to today? Martin Scorsese: When I was growing up, my parents…
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Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 4 Feb – Mon 10 Feb 2025
Tue Feb 4th – Reflections on Postings It is now five years since the word Covid first found its way into our vocabulary and then in the blink of an…
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Presider’s Page for 9 February (Ordinary Time 5)
Everyone who believes God’s word is called to pass on the Good News. Like many who have gone before us, including the prophet Isaiah and the apostles Peter and Paul, we may not feel up to the task. But God helps us every day.
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership – weekly Sunday homily – 4th Sunday (C) 2025
Homily for the 4th Sunday of the year, 2 Feb 2025 – Title is ‘Presentation’.
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Brendan Hoban: A healthy realism is a good friend in old age
Western People 28.1.2025 A few weeks ago, tickets for the Irish Life Dublin Half-Marathon were thrown open to the public, and less than two hours later their website announced that…
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The Journal: Most bishops in America wouldn’t have had the courage to speak to Trump like that — but one did
Fr Tony Flannery is a priest who has stood his ground in the past. He says Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is to be commended for standing up to Trump this…
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Episcopalian responds to Trump’s comments on Bishop Budde
President Trump, 1. Much like those who do not want you to be president, you do not get to decide whether a bishop’s office is legitimate. She was chosen by…
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Michael Longley, poet, 1939-2025
Printed in tribute to Michael Longley 27 July 1939 – 22 Jan 2025. May his gentle soul rest in peace. Ceasefire 1Put in mind of his own father and moved…
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Presider’s Page for 2 February (The Presentation of the Lord – Candlemas)
It’s forty days since we celebrated the birth of Jesus at Christmas. Today we remember his Presentation in the Temple. This feast is also called Candlemas; candles are blessed because today Jesus was revealed in the Temple as the light of all peoples.
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Séamus Ahearne: ‘It was unbelievable. I was naked, I had no hair, and I had a number on my arm.’ Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. She played the Cello.
Burns Day. Thursday was the 25th January. It was Burns Day. I should have been in Scotland for a Burns Supper. His wit, his carelessness, his take on the foibles…
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America Magazine: JD Vance suggests U.S. bishops only care for immigrants to protect ‘their bottom line’
Maria Wiering – OSV News, January 26, 2025 (OSV News) — Vice President JD Vance questioned the motives of the U.S. bishops’ criticism of President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies…
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Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 28th Jan to Mon 3rd Feb 2025
Tues 28th Jan – The Curse of Perfectionism When we think back on the religion of our childhood much teaching centered around the pursuit of perfectionism. As a child serving…
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National Catholic Register: How Many Roads? Bob Dylan’s Path to Faith and Encounter With John Paul II
The Prodigal Poet’s lyrics explore themes of salvation, damnation and the eternal quest for truth. By Luke Larson Last December’s Oscar-nominated film A Complete Unknown tells the story of how the budding…
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Seán Walsh: The Trap
A little bit of drama… THE TRAP EMPTY SPACE… ARENA. “IN THE ROUND” OR A STAGE IN A HALL… 0R TO ONE SIDE IN A CHURCH… JESUS IS NEITHER SEEN…
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Brendan Hoban: Finding hope in Francis’ opposition to Trump
Western People, 21.01.25 It’s a busy time. Hard to keep up with everything. First, a new government with more of the same though garnished with some unexpected dressing in the…
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Online Posting Delay – apology
Apologies for delays in postings the last couple of days. We were ‘stormed out’ and are still without power in many parts of the west. In prayerful thanks to all…
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