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Theme: ‘Real Raw’ Palm Sunday 2025 Year C Link:

Brought to Heel CAIAPHAS So, Rabbi… I am told you have been scrolling?… JORAM Eh-hh… A little, yes. Here and there. A snatch of research – CAIAPHAS And what have…

The Synodal Pathway – Vatican Two for slow learners Gerry O’Hanlon S.J. (Letter to the Irish Times, 39.3.2025) gently reminded Diarmuid Ferriter that, in his column of March 21st assessing…

News release Meeting of the XVI Ordinary Council Vatican, 7 April 2025 The third meeting of the XVI Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod took place in…

In receiving these reflections you are invited to be part of a much bigger picture where each recipient is invited to pass them on to others, who in turn do…

Final Exit? LIGHT SMALL AREA TO ONE SIDE. SADOC, THE HIGH PRIEST’S BURSAR,  AT A SMALL TABLE, COUNTING OUT COINS. JUDAS STANDS A LTTLE WAY OFF, OBSERVING. SADOC  … twenty…

Evaluating Women’s Experiences: Share your voice…The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) and the World Women’s Observatory (WWO) is seeking the assistance of women who were actively engaged in the…

Theme: ‘Radical Restoration’ 5th Sunday Lent Year C 2025 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSXJSc1Di4

Letter to the Bishops and the People of God Did you know that the General Secretariat of the Synod (Cardinal Mario Grech) has sent a letter to all Bishops, and…

ACP Leadership Team member Tim Hazelwood speaking with Monica Morley on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme on the recent ACP press statement on C McGregor’s visit to the White House…

The 5th AMRI Webinar: A National Voice for Laity and Lay Mission in Ireland – The European Experience Tues 8 April 2025   7.00pm-9.00pm with guest speakers Josian Caproens (President),…

Tom Hamill was a priest, Biblical scholar, poet and musician, who grew up in Dundalk, Co Louth. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Armagh in 1964. After further studies…

Over 60 people graduated in the Killala Diocese Lay Leadership Graduation Class recently. A report from Monica Morley on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme:

The Wisconsin Catholic Charities case has implications for other religiously connected nonprofits, including hospitals, and for state unemployment systems. By Ann E. Marimow Supreme Court justices from across the ideological spectrum…

Note: A seminar entitled Healing the Inner Child by psychologist Donal Spring is scheduled to be held in the Edmund Rice Healing Centre in Callan, Co Kilkenny on Saturday May…

Western People 25.3.2025 When the history of the present time is written historians will agree that the key change that took place in the second Trump presidency will be the…

From Oval to a Higher Level Then a servant of Caiaphas –  an officer of the Temple Guard –  struck him across the face.  ‘Hear the sound of that blow, …

Letter to Irish Times Editor  29 March 2025 Pope Francis’s radical vision Sir, – There is a curious omission in Diarmuid Ferriter’s interesting assessment of Pope Francis (“Pope Francis has…

Upcoming Events in We Are Church Ireland Tina Beattie (Talks: Wed. April 2nd and 9th 2025) After many years as Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Roehampton in London,…

Gerry O’Connor Sunday Homily – 4th Sunday Lent Year C – Brimming: