Pádraig J Daly New Poetry Book Launch

Tues 3rd Sept – Celebrate Life This week’s postings are excerpts from the Celebrate Life Liturgy held in Our Lady’s Island on Sunday 1st September: In recent times we have…

Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression Trumpism’s most revealing and defining moments…

The Church should trust more in ‘God’s Spirit’      Western People 17.5.2022 I’m not too sure what it’s a sign of but I’m growing more and more reluctant to expend…

A reflection by Soline Humbert for the Women’s Ordination Conference Retreat “Hidden Springs, Holy Radiance” 9 February 2025 [ see recording on YouTube ]  We have been gathering over the…

Chris McDonnell in the Catholic Times writes about Eating together, becoming one, a recently published book by Professor Tom O’Loughlin. Tom currently holds the chair of Historical Theology in the University of Nottingham and has recently retired as president of the Catholic Theological Association. In this book he addresses the complex issue of intercommunion amongst Christian churches.
“It is ironic that the very centre of nourishment within the Christian family has become the point of division between us, a matter of confusion rather than an occasion of joy and close companionship.”
“Yet too often we look for differences, we set up restrictive practices and discord takes the place of harmony. The advice from the priest over who may receive at weddings and funerals is but one telling example.”

Rev. Prof. Michael A Conway, Professor in Faith and Culture, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, speaking with Monica Morley on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme on  Sun 6 Feb 2022. Mayo-born Fr…