Month: February 2026

Western People 3.2.2026 Around the time I was ordained in 1973 a major survey on religious practice in Ireland was published. Its main finding was that over 90% of Irish…

Day of Prayer for Temperance Opening CommentToday’s readings ask for decisions, challenging Christians to choose the right path. We gather to worship God, who can help us in all our…

Note: Upcoming Wood You Believe Healing Seminar with Jim Cogley & Luba Rodzhuk: *Edmund Rice Centre, Callan – Responding to your Call – Discovering your Purpose, Embracing your Destiny Sat…

‘Staging’ 5th Sunday Year A – 8 Feb 2026

Witnessed Published on Saturday 7th February 2026 by Seán Walsh Bell! The bell! Why doesn’t he – ? Or call out – Leper! Leper! ‘Coming towards us even as we…

REGISTER HERE to get the Zoom Link.https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fBAYF8h9Qjm2HnSzG12tIw#/registrationThe Conversation will be followed by a Questions & Answers session.

International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking Opening CommentOver these Sundays, we listen to what Jesus taught in his Sermon on the Mount. In today’s liturgy, we hear…

IS BAD NEWS THE ONLY GOOD NEWS AROUND? There is a gnawing feeling in my bones. It is a darkness. It is a dullness. It is the sourness of expression…

Michael Duggan 05 February 2026, The Tablet  (You may be required to register to view this article on The Tablet website) Link: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/home-truths-mother-and-baby-homes-in-ireland/ The Children’s Home in Tuam is perhaps the…

John O’Brien’s new book Transformative Renewal in the Catholic Church  will be launched in The Parish Hall Kimmage Manor on Wed Feb 11th starting at 5.45-6.15 and continuing until ca 8…

The Dicastery of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments releases a decree on Tuesday, February 3, in which Pope Leo XIV inscribes the Doctor of the Church, St….

Pope Leo XIV meets with David Ryan, a former student at Blackrock College in Ireland, and listens to his story of the abuse he and his late brother, Mark, endured…

Note: Coming Wood You Believe Healing Seminar with Jim Cogley & Luba Rodzhuk: Edmund Rice Centre, Callan – Responding to your Call – Discovering your Purpose Embracing your Destiny Sat…

Western People 27.1.2026 In the summer of 2010, that’s 15 years ago this summer, the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) was founded after a meeting of a small group of…

Western People 20.1.2026 Two weeks, before Christmas, a Vatican announcement indicated that Pope Leo XIV had appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks to succeed Cardinal Timothy Dolan as Archbishop of New York….