ACP Zoom guest speaker, Julieann Moran, General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway, will discuss where the Synodal Pathway (Ireland) and the Universal Synod are at present. Julieann has just returned…
As we gather, we are challenged to be hospitable, welcoming people. We worship the God who always has a welcome for us.Penitential RiteSupported by this divine care, we call to…
The beautiful story of the Good Samaritan is told again at today’s Mass, with its challenge to us to look after others, as the Good Samaritan did. We gather to…
John Wijngaards is founder of the UK-based Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research, writing in the Irish Times: Pope Francis has unleashed a synodal process of consultations in the Catholic Church. It offers…
Patients who die after 9pm at University Hospital Galway (UHG) may not get the ‘Last Rites’ because the HSE has stopped providing a 24-hours-a-day chaplaincy service at the West of…
Pope Leo XIV begins a new catechesis series on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, emphasizing that the Council’s teaching still serves as the guiding star of the Church’s…
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the Cardinals gathered for his first Extraordinary Consistory, and invites them to share their burden of pastoral care with each other as they seek…
This feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the last day of Christmas. At his baptism Jesus sees how much he is loved by God and is given the…
Pope Leo XIV opens the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals and recalls that Christ draws us to follow Him, warning that division in the Church scatters the faithful. By Deborah Castellano…
by Colleen DulleJanuary 7, 2026 Link to article: Jan. 7, 2026, was, in some ways, the beginning of the Leo XIV pontificate. Since the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV on…
Happy New Year from the Irish Synodal Pathway Dear Friends,As we begin this New Year, I want to wish you every blessing for 2026. I am deeply grateful for your…
‘Grounding’ – Baptism of the Lord, Sunday January 11 Jan 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s first consistory will have three sessions from tomorrow afternoon through Thursday. In the morning of January 8 at 7:30 a.m., he will concelebrate Mass with the cardinals…
Note: The monthly Healing Mass in Lady’s Island will be held this coming Wed at 3pm. You can tune in to live broadcasts daily at 10am or recordings by going…
Western People 30.12.2025 Early on in his novel, That They May See The Rising Sun, John McGahern has the main character, Rutledge, admit to the playful Jamesie that he’s feeling…
HOGMANAY AND FIRST FOOTING: My Scottish Past: I may not be Tall, Dark and Handsome and therefore deemed unsuitable to FIRST FOOT on Hogmanay, into the New Year. Being FAIR…
We gather to celebrate the first Sunday of 2020, with thankfulness for the year just gone. We ask God for continuing care and protection as face this New Year, not knowing what it will bring.
Thara writes: With the grace of God, I am grateful to share that I have written a new devotional book, “Daily Devotional for Women: Your 1-on-1 with Jesus”. It is…
Bernard Cotter has uploaded Presiders Pages to the ACP website for over ten years. His present book is geared at anyone who presides at a Sunday liturgy, and will also…
‘Interruption’ – Epiphany 2026
Western People 23.12.2025 For Christians everywhere, Easter is reputed to be the most important feast of the year. And, officially it is, but, truth to tell, in the public consciousness,…
…. But at a far deeper level the Church’s work will so often be, and indeed must be, quiet. Marriages, births, and deaths are marked with loving tenderness and care….
Sean Walsh I live in Dublin, Ireland. Sometimes. Most times I live in my head, quite unaware of my surroundings – if you know what I mean… If you succeed…
Liz (our Parish Sister) dropped in for a coffee. She is busy preparing everything for the Church Services. She is getting old and her body protests. The passion remains for…
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