Wijngaards Institute’s tribute to its founder John (Hans) Wijngaard, 1935-2025
John (Hans) Wijngaards, (30 September 1935 – 2 January 2025)
Check link for tribute:
https://mailchi.mp/9e8bf7cb69d8/sad-news?e=3c5cccd6ee

John (Hans) Wijngaards, (30 September 1935 – 2 January 2025)
Check link for tribute:
https://mailchi.mp/9e8bf7cb69d8/sad-news?e=3c5cccd6ee

“The Women the Vatican Couldn’t Silence”
Mary McAleese and Sr. Joan Chittister in conversation at 2.00pm on Saturday, 02 November, 2019 in Trinity College Dublin.
We are Church Ireland are celebrating the awarding of Europe’s most prestigious Alfons Auer prize for Ethics to Mary McAleese!
Interesting article in The Irish Times by Áine Ryan last Sat, 25 Feb 2023. Since our offshore islands are usually seen as the last bastions of traditional life, you don’t…
New Ways Ministry: An Irish organization of Catholic priests has responded positively to the Vatican’s recent guidance about transgender people and the sacraments, with the priests group describing the guidance…
Sarah Mac Donald reports in The Tablet: Link to article: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/15745/the-young-catholics-who-joyfully-embrace-church-teaching?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tablet%20weekly%2009%20August%202022&utm_content=Tablet%20weekly%2009%20August%202022+CID_891f7016e216d0522b07a09deea37e53&utm_source=SxTabNews_v1&utm_term=Sarah%20Mac%20Donald%20reports Concerns have been “the acceleration of Catholics leaving the Church with young people being driven out in droves”. The…
A Witness for Justice Chris McDonnell April 1st, 2022 La Croix International Dan Berrigan’s signature on the flyleaf of ‘Tulips in the Prison Yard’. Back at the end of April,…
Seamus Ahearne is reflecting on life as it goes on all about us. “To look around is essential. To see. The birds. The buds. The wind. The hills. The air. The underground. The people. Gratitude. Appreciation. God-moments and Good-moments. Our attention has to be on what we have and what we have been given.”