Words of Welcome…in various languages
Following on from Bernard Cotter’s multilingual ‘welcome notes’ in today’s Presider’s Page Pádraig McCarthy forwarded a few more handy hints – words of welcome…


Following on from Bernard Cotter’s multilingual ‘welcome notes’ in today’s Presider’s Page Pádraig McCarthy forwarded a few more handy hints – words of welcome…


The Report has been published. It is some 800 pages long. It covers England and the devolved Nations – Scotland, Wales and N Ireland. It cost circa £100 million. I…
Salvador Ryan writes in the Irish Times: Might Covid and 2020 mark a final rupture in history of Irish Catholicism? Devotion has become fixated on Sunday Mass – but will…
This is the link for the ACP AGM Wed Oct 28th via Zoom, agenda listed below. The welcome and introductory remarks are not included. Please note, a candle was lit…
There was a time when the Parish Priest oversaw/ ran all activities that had the name “Parish” in their titles. Pastorally-minded priests recognised that church, a COMMUNITY of faith, involved…
A Poem by Michael Maginn I have rarely felt the need of one in more than thirty years of pastoral ministry, but if our Shepherds want to wear a soutane…
NCR online article by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said the Second Vatican Council so shaped his theological and pastoral vision that perhaps he has not been as explicit as…