The first lecture I heard in French, in 1967, spoke of the ‘dechristianization’ of the Bordeaux region, a new and shocking word for me. Since then, year after year, visiting…
Association of Catholics in Ireland Zoom – Rewilding Church:Creating Spaces to Nurture Faith with Patricia Higgins Zoom – Thurs June 1st at 8.00 p.m. Could the image of ‘rewilding’ offer…
Bidding Prayers for 21 May (Ascension of the Lord) BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 21 May Introduction (by the Presider) With confidence, we bring our prayers before God, the Most High:…
Western People 8.5.2023 President Michal D. Higgins hits the nail on the head with his intervention on our obsession with economic growth. ‘Many economists remain stuck’, he said, ‘in an…
An escapee: I have absconded or escaped. The beach belongs to me. The waves speak. The birds do a flypast. The sun welcomes me. The gentle breeze envelops me. The…
The Tablet Rome correspondent Christopher Lamb will bring together experts from Sri Lanka, Australia and Manila to discuss: “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission” – where are the synodal…
ROOT & BRANCH NEW SHOOTS international grassroots forum for an inclusive, just & safe Church.hello@rootandbranchsynod.org No. 97 16/05/2023 Today! IT’S OUR CHURCHWHAT WE CAN DO…
Vatican News by Linda Bordoni Volodymir Zelensky’s car was escorted into the Vatican just minutes after 4 pm local time on Saturday, and the Ukrainian President was welcomed into the…
On 10-11 May, the 15th Ordinary Council* of the General Secretariat of the Synod met in Rome to discuss the Instrumentum laboris: the working document for participants in the first session…
Gerard O’Connell reports in America Magazine Italian media is reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could visit Rome and meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, May 13,…
Western People 2.5.2023 Dear America, From the distant years of my earliest childhood, America seemed oddly close to me. I put it down to two factors. One was that three…
By Gerard O’Connell, America Magazine There are “new, but of course, confidential” developments in the Holy See’s mission to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the…
Don’t know much about Theology? Discover everything you ever wanted to know…. but were afraid to ask! Dr Fáinche Ryan Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Followed by Q & A…
‘Take the Risk for Christ’ is the theme for Ireland’s Year for Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood 2023 – 2024 Bishop Cullinan celebrated the televised Mass on RTÉ One on…
Chris McDonnell We have lost the voice of a good man, the writer, teacher, priest and family man, Michael Winter, who died in hospital last Sunday morning after a brief…
The Edinburgh Newman Association. Last Thursday evening Fr.Gerry O’Hanlon SJ spoke at our Edinburgh Newman Association on the Synod and “Where are we at on the Synodal pathway?” I now…
Western People 25.4.2023 One of the remarkable changes in Irish church life in recent years is how seldom priests are now transferred (or, as we used to call it, ‘moved’)…
By Lisa Zengarini of Vatican News Pope Francis’ Apostolic journey to Hungary kicked off on Friday morning with the arrival of the papal aircraft at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport…
Gerard O’Connell reports in America Magazine: For the first time in the history of the synod, Pope Francis has given women the right to vote and has also made a…
An RTÉ report by Kagweni Micheni: A group of 21 women are travelling to Dublin to show their appreciation for Irish nuns who taught them in Cameroon during the 1980s….
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