Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily

Bartimaeus He sat by the roadside in squalor and darkness, a cloak about frail shoulders, empty bowl to hand… Just another blind beggar. ‘Sensed crowds gathering… caught snatches of chatter,…

Link: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2026/01/22/bishops-holy-land-parents-are-a-witness-to-peace-for-forgiving-after-suffering-child-loss-in-conflict/ Mr Sean Farrell, CEO of Trocáire; Bishop Paul Dempsey, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin; His Beatitude Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa ofm, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem with Reverend Dr Gary Carville,…

The Holy See Press Office releases an update on Pope Francis’ health as he is treated for a respiratory infection in hospital, noting that his complex clinical picture requires an…

An interesting address by Dermot Farrell, Bishop of Ossory, at the Conference with Laity and Priests in the Diocese of Ossory;
“Pope Francis is constantly putting his synodal vision of the church before us. The question he is asking, and that we should ask ourselves, is what kind of church is God calling the priests and all Catholics to be in the longer term – perhaps less self-referential and more a community of missionary disciples, less clerical and more synodical, “……

“We have fallen off a cliff edge in regard to vocations to the priesthood.   Many speak of a crisis in this regard…….This time of reduced numbers may well afford us an opportunity to be creative and to reimagine the institutional church.”

Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team on this Sunday’s Homily, 26th Sunday – ‘Hell’ Link to homily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqD0770RGEA

We Are Church Ireland is hosting a live webinar on Thursday, 25 January from 7pm until 8.30pm.  Sr. Denise Boyle will be in dialogue with Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ who…