Author: Liamy Mac Nally

14th November, 8pm London timeCome and join us to find out Why are we OUTSIDE THE SYNOD? “The main protagonist of the Synod is the Holy Spirit,” says Pope Francis.We hope, pray,…

Julieann Moran: Greetings to you all from Rome!  The final document from the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod has been published this evening and is available below. I…

Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team with his weekly Sunday homily: ‘Forged’ – Sunday 27th Oct 2024 – 30th Sunday of the year. Link ot homily:

Junno Arocho Esteves Rome — October 23, 2024 Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez is pictured in 2007 on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Father Gutiérrez, known…

SOMETHING OF THE WEEKEND THAT WAS MISSION: The earlier hours (Saturday morning, 19th October) were spent trying to put some outline shape on this Mission time. I meandered in my…

Thomas Reese The study groups appointed by Pope Francis to deal with controversial topics removed from the synod’s agenda made their interim reports to the synod on Oct. 3. The decision of…

Join us, all welcome, at the AGM in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone, Wed 6 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Is the Synod running into sand? Michael Conway and Gerry O’Hanlon invite us to…

Thank you for passing them on. Because of  your doing so they now have a huge circulation and a life of their own. Many who are pursuing a deeper journey receive them…

Journey Time Out of all this must come laughter and the gradual drying of tears, fears diminish as the finish, slow to show at first is seen -after all this…

‘Resilience’ 29th Sunday Year B 2024

This article is taken from THE SYNODAL TIMES OCT 18 By TIMOTHY RADCLIFFE This article was first published by Observatore Romano in Italian and was translated by the Synodal Times….

by Michael Sean Winters October 18, 2024 Link to article: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/synod-wrestles-core-issues-governance?utm_source=NCR+List&utm_campaign=bf0fc8c5c3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_10_17_10_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6981ecb02e-bf0fc8c5c3-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D Most of the synodal proceedings are behind closed doors, and the pope has asked participants not to speak to…

The Eucharist – what do we believe … and what difference does it make? Fáinche Ryan Zoom – Thursday Oct 31st, 2024 – 8.00 p.m. The Second Vatican Council reminded…

News from the Universal Synod (Midway Point) The second assembly of the universal Synod on synodality is now at its halfway point and there has been much news coming from…

AN OASIS OF TRANQUILITY: Glencomeragh House and Grounds has appeared in the News. ‘Tread softly. You tread on my dreams.’ My mother and family lived as immediate neighbours to that…

Today is the feast day of St Teresa of Avila the Great Spanish mystic. It was Pope Paul VI who in 1970 finally granted the Title of Doctor of the…

I am greatly saddened by the news of the death of the Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Donal Murray. Bishop Donal was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dublin on…

Professor Dr John WijngaardsOct 14th, 2024 Link to article: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/50855 Professor Dr John Wijngaards writes: During these opening days of the latest Roman session of the synod, Bishop Anthony Randazzo of…

There are growing concerns that the Waterford diocese has become a ‘test case’ for hardline factions in the Catholic Church in Ireland. A ROMAN CATHOLIC diocese in the south-east has…

Tues 15th Oct – Growing in Self-Esteem Lots of phrases come to mind when we consider the nature of self-esteem – the degree to which I love myself (in a…