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Presider’s Page for 18 May (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
We gather to praise God who raised his son Jesus from the dead. We celebrate this victory over sin and death, and pray for enthusiasm as we try to pass on the Good News.
Then and Now
Chris McDonnell in The Catholic Times contrasts the picture of nurses celebrating in 1945 at the end of World War 2 to current images of, often young, hospital staff clad in PPE, administering comfort and care to their patients in the ICUs of our hospitals.
Getting real about Vocations
Brendan Hoban in his Western People column invites and challenges us to come up with realistic solutions to the ever growing shortage of priests in Ireland.
World Youth Day
Links to the pope’s visit to WYD in Portugal: https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html Link to RTÉ summary: https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0806/1398398-pope-francis-portugal/
The future of the Catholic Church – Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Dublin speaking on RTÉ Radio
The future of the Catholic Church – Archbishop Dermot Farrell speaking with Claire Byrne on RTÉ Radio 1 Tues 16 Aug 2022 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22133357/
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 22 Aug – Mon 28 Aug 2023
A Pilgrim’s Perspective – Tue Aug 22nd Arrival in Our Lady’s Island (Tessa Gallagher) When I look up at the pale blue skies I notice a few drifting clouds. They…
