Today and tomorrow we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today’s feast celebrates the saints in heaven, the holy men and women of every time and place: we hope some of our people are among them.
‘Keeping Vigil’ All Saints Day Year A – 1 Nov 2026
Western People 27. 10. 2026 Just over a week or so ago 300 delegates from all corners of Ireland gathered in the North West Hotel in Gormanston, County Meath for…
There is a crisis of generational transmission of the Catholic Christian faith in this era – a crisis that defies the catechetical models we have inherited. This frank admission by…
Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive presenter Monica Morley spoke with Gerry O’Hanlon, SJ, in the wake of the Gormanston National Irish Synodal Assembly and issues raised at the meeting …
Upcoming Autum Seminars: An Tobar Spiritans, Navan Fri 6th – Recovery from Loss Sat 7th November – Personal and Ancestral Healing Bookings: 087-7640407 Facilitators: Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk Spaces…
THE GOBÁN SAOR AND HIS SON: SHORTEN THE ROAD. I drove down to Dungarvan yesterday (25th October). My sister is in a Nursing Home. The body creaks after the double…
The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) warmly congratulates the Irish Catholic bishops on their immediate and positive response to the recent Irish National Synodal Assembly meeting, which took place, with…
Western People 20.10.26 More than 45 years ago – on January 23rd, 1980 to be exact – my first column was published in the Western People. The then owner of…
(This article appeared in the Connacht Tribune newspaper. It was a topic of discussion on RTÉ Radio 1 Lifeline programme today. Link to the radio discussion today: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/liveline/episodes/4bdbd7b4-56b0-4bc5-88ce-b4ec00ea4b76/) It was…
Our Editorial Director reflects on the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new document entitled “Venite ad Me: Considerations on the Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change.”…
The Headline on Saturday’s London Times to a Comment article, by Max Hastings was: Fakers tussle for seats at Trump’s table of lies. He writes: ‘The US has fallen into…
The Church is still aching from the terrible act of violence committed against the liturgy in English little more than a decade ago. Here at the very heart of the…
‘Enough’ 30th Sunday Year A – 25 Oct 2026
21 Oct 2026 – link to article on the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for…
The following correspondence has come into my possession from a diocese in Munster where it has been distributed amongst the priests. Its origins seem to be the Munster Bishops yet…
There’s a reminder of the two great commandments in today’s celebration: we are called to love God and our neighbour: friend, visitor and stranger alike. Penitential RiteLet us call to mind…
On the 400th anniversary of the consecration of St Peter’s Basilica, a new film explores the faith, history and archaeology at its heart. The trailer premiered at the Rome Film…
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