Author: Liamy Mac Nally

Can Ireland learn from the German Synodal Path?7.30pm on Thursday 2nd of February 2023 In Germany an Assembly made up of EQUAL numbers of Clergy and Lay people has been discussing…

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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…

In small rural parishes, the loss of a priest through retirement or death is keenly felt, says Conor Capplis, with the Catholic Church slow to react to a problem they…

The young ones: Jacinda Ardern is resigning as PM New Zealand and as leader of the Labour Party. Her explanation is: ‘There was nothing left in the tank. There is…

TOWARDS A BEATITUDINAL CHURCH Thursday 19th Jan,19.00 London time R&B DIY are delighted to welcome Archbishop Scicluna. Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ofu6vpj8vEte-z3z-4BfCxkQj34vCqt94 Charles Scicluna, Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta, is essentially “the church’s top…

Western People 17.1.2023 Almost 250 years ago, when Dominick Bellew, a native of Co. Louth, arrived in Killala diocese in 1780, he was the first Catholic bishop to live in…

BY MICHAEL SEAN WINTER. Follow on Twitter at @michaelswinters Link to article: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/pells-posthumous-complaints-have-diminished-his-legacy January 18, 2023 Not since King Hamlet appeared to Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio on the battlements of…

BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 15 January Introduction (by the Presider) The Lord is our light and our help, so let us bring all our needs to God: For an end…

Dear Friends, In wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year, I am also conscious that we brought in the new year with the news of the death of…

(Paul Graham osa, The Furrow, November, whose Month’s Mind was yesterday.) A little thought on George Pell and Francis: “George Pell’s death symbolises the demise of a Church out of…

Western People 10.1.2023 There are stand-out moments in life that are forever embedded in memory: personal events like the deaths of those we love; notable historical events like the assassination…

We Are Church Zoom on Thurs 2 Feb 2023 @ 19.30-21.00GMT with: Professor Claudia Nothelle is a Member of the German Synodal Path Assembly. She is Vice-President of the Central Committee…

The embarrassment of American Politics: Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House on the 15th vote. He was stupid and insensitive to then go out and thank Donald Trump…

The Synodal Pathway in Ireland…Synodal Sunday video reflection for The Baptism of the Lord, 8th January 2023 Director of the Living Church Office in Down and Connor and Deputy Chair of…

Western People 29.12.2022 May you live in interesting times is a well-known wish. It has been called ‘the Chinese curse’ and though it presents as a blessing the opposite may…

The following article is taken from Tony Flannery’s website: http://www.tonyflannery.com/joseph-ratzinger-my-memories/ Joseph Ratzinger; My memories. JAN 01 As I sit down now to write my reflections on Benedict/Joseph Ratzinger, it is…

Farewell to Benedict XVI: ‘Humble worker in vineyard of the Lord’ The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican’s…

Bidding Prayers for 1st January 2023 (Feast of Mary, Mother of God) BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on New Year’s Day Introduction (by the Presider) God graciously blesses all of humanity, so…

With the divinest word the Virgin Made pregnant down the road comes walking if you’ll grant her A room in your abode.