Year: 2026

Anything Can Happen Seamus Heaney 1939 – 2013 Anything can happen. You know how JupiterWill mostly wait for clouds to gather headBefore he hurls the lightning? Well, just nowHe galloped…

Members of We Are Church will join a protest in Dublin against the visit of President Trump. The No Welcome for Trump National Protest will take place outside the Hugh…

‘Forgiveness As Journey’ – 24th Sunday Year A – 13 Sept 2026

Taken from Tony’s blog: https://www.tonyflannery.com/cherish-wisdom-allow-doctrines-to-develop-what-i-have-learned-in-the-past-fifteen-years/ It is now almost fifteen years since I was forbidden to exercise priestly ministry, and I am on the verge of my eightieth birthday. The…

File photo of Cardinal Pizzaballa holding a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday, in Jerusalem (ANSA) ‘Within Your Gates’ forum explores Jerusalem’s vocation to reconciliation and peace The Latin Patriarch…

The General Secretariat of the Synod on Tuesday released the Final Report of Study Group No. 6 on the review, from a synodal and missionary perspective, of the documents on…

The Nativity of the Virgin MaryA neglected tradition Tina BeattieSep 8Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (the Theotokos) today, 8th September. Last Sunday, I was…

Dear Cardinals and Members of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Could it be that Gabriel Daly, O.S.A. in “How can this Man give us his Flesh to eat?” is a prophet…

Wood You Believe The Journey of Enlightenment A Pathway of Transformation Retreat Facilitated by Fr. Jim Cogley Director of Pilgrimage at Our Lady’s Island With Luba Rodzhuk This retreat will…

                                                     (Promoting open discussion and…

ELECTRIC PICNIC AND CROKE PARK:  I struggled this weekend with a Sentry; with Conflict Resolution; and with Treating people like a Pagan, or a Tax Collector! So I tried to…

‘Mutual Responsibility’ 23rd Sunday Year A – 6 Sept 2026

Our annual Pilgrimage season in Lady’s Island is still in full swing. You might like to pay a visit or bring a group for an afternoon or evening. If you…

Link to Christian Brothers’ Statement Link to Newspaper Advertisement details Tony Flannery’s comment on the issue, which also appeared in the Irish Times Follow-up Irish Times article: Survivors experience Christian…

A ruling by the Superior Court of Quebec in Canada finds that Cardinal Marc Ouellet was “falsely accused” of sexual assault in connection with a class action against the Archdiocese…

Western people 25.8.2026 Who (or what’s) a Catholic? Once we had no problem answering that question – and I’m old enough to remember it well. A Catholic was someone who…

At the end of his mission to Moscow, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, speaks to Vatican News about his journey….

A HOUSE AND A HOME:  • I called in to see Christy. His garden is magnificent. The car always looks as if it should be in a Showroom. The house…