Year: 2026

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…

Amplified Wounds – 22nd Sunday – 30 Aug 2026

Western People, 18.8.2026  Gradually in the Catholic Church in Ireland we’re coming to a number of crisis points that are determined by the long-predicted and now emerging level of a…

Note: There is a delay with book orders being delivered as the person responsible is currently out of the country and will be back beginning of September. Our annual Pilgrimage…

As the excerpt goes: “In order to address pastoral needs in the Church, it must be remembered that conformity with Christ is a more fundamental criterion of doctrinal development that…

Source: Priests Against Genocide UK and Ireland Link to article A group of Catholic priests ministering across the United Kingdom and Ireland, writing on behalf of the international network Priests Against…

‘Leadership’ 21st Sunday Year A 23 August 2026