A Little Gesture

Diarmuid Martin  Archbishop of Dublin, spoke recently at Saint Michael’s Church of Ireland, Limerick, on the ‘The Church of the Future’. His words have been widely reported and are on the Dublin Diocese’s website.
“My hope is that the future of the Church in Ireland will be one where we truly learn from the arrogance of our past and find anew a fragility which will allow the mercy and the compassion of Jesus to give us a change of heart and allow others through a very different Church to encounter something of that compassion and faith for their lives.”

The following is a selection of links to various Catholic news groups and their Synod coverage: America Magazine: https://www.americamagazine.org/ New Ways Ministry: https://www.newwaysministry.org/ National Catholic Reporter: https://www.ncronline.org/ The Tablet magazine:…

Updated / Sunday, 22 Jan 2023 23:33 Linkt to article: https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2023/0122/1350229-bishop/# By Ailbhe Conneely Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent Bishop Niall Coll has been ordained as the Bishop of Ossory at the…

From the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/07/23/archbishop-eamon-martin-our-synodal-pathway-stepping-forward-in-communion/ Homily at the annual Mass and investiture of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Saint Patrick’s College Chapel,…

Colm Holmes, spokesperson for We Are Church Ireland, draws our attention to an article on www.newwaysministry.org by Deacon Ray Dever from Florida. Deacon Dever attended the World Meeting of Families in Dublin last year. He assisted at the Papal mass. He is the father of a Transgender daughter and a Bisexual daughter.
In this New Ways Ministry article he asks “Is there Hope?” about the Vatican’s new document on Gender.