Presider’s Page for 17 July (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
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…
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Presider’s Page for 10 July (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
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…
The young Catholics who ‘joyfully embrace’ Church teaching
Sarah Mac Donald reports in The Tablet: Link to article: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/15745/the-young-catholics-who-joyfully-embrace-church-teaching?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tablet%20weekly%2009%20August%202022&utm_content=Tablet%20weekly%2009%20August%202022+CID_891f7016e216d0522b07a09deea37e53&utm_source=SxTabNews_v1&utm_term=Sarah%20Mac%20Donald%20reports Concerns have been “the acceleration of Catholics leaving the Church with young people being driven out in droves”. The…
Presider’s Page for 7 August (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We are challenged by today’s Gospel to stand ready for our Master’s return, in triumph at the end of time, or more immediately, in the least of his brothers and…
Bishop Fintan Gavin publishes pastoral letter transforming parishes in Cork & Ross into mission-centred faith communities
Putting out into deep waters (Lk 5:4) Transforming parishes together into mission-centred faith communities – A pastoral letter from Bishop Fintan Gavin for the faithful of the Diocese of Cork and Ross See…
Séamus Ahearne: Sport, Politics, Religion, Ecology and Indi…
‘And give us minds to comprehend driblets of Your design, awing us with skies and tides and glittering dust.’ (Pádraig Daly- A Small Psalter) Great Sport: The Meath girls did…
Rite & Reason: Is old ‘pay, pray and obey’ model of Catholic Church on way out?
Ursula Halligan, writing in the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/08/01/ritereason-is-old-pay-pray-and-obey-model-of-catholic-church-on-way-out/ Retreat to defensive, territorial and fearful approach to global synodal process must be resisted Ursula Halligan; Rite & Reason; The Irish Times; 1…
Reek Sunday: Annual Croagh Patrick Pilgrimage – homily of Archbishop Francis Duffy
Homily of Archbishop Francis Duffy for the Vigil Mass in Saint Mary’s Church, Westport, Co Mayo, Archdiocese of Tuam, ahead of the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage on Reek Sunday The Synodal…
Brendan Hoban: Every Faith Journey has its Twists and Turns
Every faith journey has its twists and turns Western People July 26, 2022 A reader suggests that I might answer a question that has obsessed him/her for some time:…
Presider’s Page for 31 July (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
God’s Word calls us to recognise the transience of life, to keep our eyes on what is lasting. Penitential RiteWe gather to ask God’s help and to praise God for…
JOHN CROTHERS, AUSTRALIA – NEW SONG…
The song is called “Rows and Rows of Men.” The title probably says it all. It’s had 1,600+ views since last Friday so it’s obviously striking a nerve. Here’s the…
Séamus Ahearne: A take on the ‘Divine Comedy’…
‘Now men go forth with jests and drolleries, to preach, and if but well the people laugh, the hood puffs out, and nothing more is asked. ’ (The Divine Comedy)…
Additional Commentary on the Feastday of Ss Anna and Joachim, Grandparents of Jesus
Pat Rogers has supplied additional commentary of Ss Anna and Joachim and the Protevangelium of James. Link: https://biblical.ie/page.php?fl=Apocrypha/ProtevangeliumJas
Resurrection Gifts by Fr Malachy Hanratty – Columban Missionaries
Intro from Malachy Hanratty’s new booklet Resurrection Gifts. Download available by clicking on link and scrolling to bottom of the page. https://columbans.ie/spirituality/resurrection-gifts-by-fr-malachy-hanratty/ Introduction The object of Vatican II was to…
Pope Francis sets off on ‘penitential pilgrimage’ to Canada
Vatican News reports: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-07/pope-francis-departure-apostolic-journey-canada.html Pope Francis departs from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Sunday morning to begin his 37th Apostolic Journey abroad, which will see him embrace the people of Canada….
Merging of parishes from November in Cashel amid dwindling priest numbers
The Irish Examiner reports: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40924976.html Half of the priests currently serving in the archdiocese will be over the retirement age of 75 within five years, warns Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly. The…
Archbishop Eamon Martin: “Our Synodal Pathway – Stepping Forward In Communion”
From the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/07/23/archbishop-eamon-martin-our-synodal-pathway-stepping-forward-in-communion/ Homily at the annual Mass and investiture of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Saint Patrick’s College Chapel,…
Presider’s Page for 24 July (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We can ask God for help whenever we need to, today or any day. We gather to worship God who is always concerned for us. [Today is World Day of…
ACP Statement: THE ACP FULLY SUPPORTS THE BISHOPS’ ADOPTION OF THE SYNODAL PATHWAY
THE ACP FULLY SUPPORTS THE BISHOPS’ ADOPTION OF THE SYNODAL PATHWAY The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) wishes to place on record our full support for the Irish Bishops’ adoption…
Brendan Hoban: Johnson’s refusal to say sorry really said it all
Western People 19.7.2022 There was a key moment in the House of Commons in the run-up to the resignation of Boris Johnson when Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, surveyed the…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘The smells of ordinariness, were new on the night drive through France: Rain and hay and wood on the air; made warm draughts, in the open car.’ (Seamus Heaney-Night Drive).
Boris (1) The politics of the UK intrigues me. I can’t quite grasp how the sober, staid, stolid British electorate could elect a Boris. I know his flamboyance is attractive….
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