Year: 2025

Ireland has just 13 new priests this year. Can the Catholic Church save itself? With vocations at a record low, Ireland is relying on priests shipped in from abroad. In…

by Judith Sudilovsky – OSV News Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, attends a press conference in Jerusalem July 22, 2025, after a trip to the Gaza Strip where he…

Taking up Francis’ desire “that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and his summons to care for the poor”, Pope Leo XIV issues his first…

9 October 2025 – Issue 230Catholic Communications Office, Maynooth Archbishop Martin: shed light on the scale of missing people in Ireland and abroad 07/10/2025 “We place our hands and our struggles in…

Sunday 12 October 2025 – 28th Sunday Year C Theme: Truth and Tenderness

Catching Up on the Synodal Journey: News, Reflections and Next Steps 🕊️ Dear friends in faith, So much is happening in our Church these days, it feels like I’m constantly racing to…

PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE AND EDMUND COLLEDGE OSA: Patricia Routledge has died. When I asked at Mass if people knew who she was; most faces lit up, and in unison, Hyacinth Bucket…

Western People 30.9.2025 The presidential election is leisurely stumbling toward a conclusion as, to use a biblical reference, ‘the sheep’ (those deemed entitled to compete in the upcoming election) are…

Note: A Seminar on Healing – Finding Freedom from Personal and Ancestral Trauma will be given by Jim Cogley on Sat 18th Oct from 10am to 4pm in the Edmund…

Soline Humbert’s book launch on 1 October 2025 in Trinity College, Dublin. Speakers at the launch included Michael Kirwan SJ, Phil Dunne (MC), Ursula Halligan, Gerry O’Hanlon SJ and Soline…

The Holy See Press Office announces that Pope Leo XIV signed his first Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te on Saturday morning. The document will be presented on Thursday, 9 October, at…

Bishop Sarah, the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, will be the first woman to hold the office.  Link to story (reprinted below): https://www.churchofengland.org/media/press-releases/rt-revd-and-rt-hon-dame-sarah-mullally-dbe-become-106th-archbishop-canterbury His Majesty The King has approved the nomination of…

Dear Member Diary Date: ACP AGM Wed 5 Nov 2025 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone. All members are invited to attend our AGM in Athlone. It will run from…

This document is aimed at providing a wider context to the Gaza genocide for priests and clergy. The aim is to highlight the 8th October as the second anniversary of the…

Sunday 5th October 2025 – 27th Sunday of the Year (C) Theme: Courageous Beginning Link:

Note: A Seminar on Healing -Finding Freedom from Personal and Ancestral Trauma will be given by Jim Cogley on Sat 18th Oct from 10am to 4pm in the Edmund Rice…

Training Courses and Programmes Two important training opportunities on synodality are opening this October and November. Both online courses (with CEG also offering an in person workshop) are designed to…

September 24, 2025 Several of us watched Cardinal Dolan’s recent FOX interview, where he referred to Charlie Kirk as “a modern-day St. Paul.” The Cardinal praised Mr. Kirk’s conviction and…

Western People  23.9.2025 We live in strange  times. While a permanent feature of life in every century and in every decade is to be convinced that ‘the world is in…