Author: Liamy Mac Nally

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

Association of Catholic Priests The ACP critical of the way Nuns are being portrayed 8 January 2025 For the past two centuries nuns (sisters) educated people in their schools, and…

The ACP wishes to bring to your notice that Marie Keenan is standing in the forthcoming Irish Seanad elections, one of twelve candidates in the NUI constituency. Full list: https://www.nui.ie/elections/seanadelection2025/candidatesprofiles_2025.asp Marie…

Pope Francis appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla, an Italian-born religious sister from the Consolata Missionaries, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, along…

Is a word searching for somewhere to be used! Or someone to be used about. That word fits neatly into yesterday. I shouldn’t take pleasure in such events, or in…

Happy New Year and every good wish for 2025.! Apologies for not getting to send out my columns over the past few weeks. Christmas is that kind of time! But attached now are…

McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will lead an archdiocese still bruised by a sexual abuse and mismanagement scandal. By Michelle Boorstein, Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli The…

Hi everyone, In response to a huge interest in the area of regression that was sent out some months ago the following reflections were written. I hope you find them insightful…

We Are Church Ireland invites you to join a series of talks to be delivered by the theologian Diarmuid Ó Murchú on the subject of Being Adult People of God in the…

New Leaf A priest from the Redemp’trists gave us the School Retreat  at the beginning of Lent. Hell or Heaven for starters, then the mercy of God that knows no…

The ACP wishes to bring to your notice that Marie Keenan is standing in the forthcoming Irish Seanad elections, one of twelve candidates in the NUI constituency. (Full list: https://www.nui.ie/elections/seanadelection2025/candidatesprofiles_2025.asp)…

Miriam Duignan, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the The Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research (WICR) has informed Tony Flannery, Patron of The WICR of the death of the Institute’s…

Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP leadership Team, Weekly Sunday Homily – Epiphany 2025, 5 Jan – Core Values:

Article from Tony’s blog and The Irish Times. Link to article on Tony’s blog: I was sanctioned for speaking in favour of female priests and changing the church’s teaching on…

Weekday transmissions of services take place at 10am (this week Monday Thursday & Friday). A Pray in Vigil Mass for the New Year will be at 11.30pm on Tuesday and…

MEMENTO MORI: We are frequent visitors to a Nursing Home (Ardmore, CareChoice) in Finglas. The Staff are ever so good. It is a difficult environment. We have Mass there every few weeks. The…

Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership, Sunday Homily – ‘Honour’ Holy Family 2024:

NO COMMENT! I think our ACP site would now qualify for a place in any Garda Station where an interrogation was taking place: ‘No Comment.’ There has been a real…

Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership Team, Christmas Day Homily – 25 Dec 2024 – Messy Frailty Link to homily:

from the ACP Leadership Team: Gerry O’Connor, Tim Hazelwood and Roy Donovan. Christmas Eve Remembered Patrick Kavanagh I see them going to the chapelTo confess their sins. Christmas EveIn a…