Extract from Fr Iggy O’Donovan’s Easter Sunday Homily
(Extract from homily of Iggy O Donovan, Fethard, Easter Sunday.) All will have noted the recent controversies on the pandemic lockdown and the fact that churches are closed again this…
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Presider’s Page for 4 April (Easter Sunday)
This Easter morning we gather for a most unusual Easter celebration. Pandemic threatens to overwhelm, yet the Church insistently proclaims: Christ is risen! We still celebrate the central mystery of our faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He suffered on the cross and died for us, but now he has conquered death and fear! Filled with the spirit of Easter joy, let us proclaim the might and glory of God.
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He Is Risen!
He is Risen Happy Easter
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Chris McDonnell: Catholic Times column – Our Blue Watered Home
Our blue watered home Chris McDonnell CT April 02 2021 Seen from space our earth is largely covered by water, a blue film dotted with white cotton wool flowers…
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Brendan Hoban: Is Pope Francis afraid of a Church schism?
Is Pope Francis afraid of a Church schism? Western People 30.3.2021 A week , we’re told, can be a long time in politics. In the Catholic Church too. Last week…
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TRIDUUM – Chris McDonnell
Triduum ‘and high among the stars sweeps the white cloud of the Easter visitor’ I– Thursday Stripped to bare stone this empty place gathered the words of…
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Good Friday Poem – I See His Blood
I See His Blood I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes, His body gleams amid eternal snows, His tears fall from…
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Presider’s Page for 1 April (Holy Thursday)
The liturgy that begins this Thursday evening continues until we reach Easter. We are at the start of a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. We journey from the Last Supper to Gethsemane tonight, from there to Calvary tomorrow, and from the tomb to resurrection and new life at the Vigil of Easter Sunday.
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Statement: ACP Supports Synodal Pathway (+ leagan Gaeilge)
Following ACP Leadership Team and Advisory Team meetings yesterday the following statement has been issued: Association of Catholic Priests Welcomes Irish Bishops Synodal Pathway Holy Thursday, 2021 The Association of…
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Séamus Ahearne: Caught between the Suez and the Tolka…
‘Ever Given’ as a symbol There is trouble in Paradise: My body rhythms are confused. This Summer hour change, has knocked me out of kilter. It has affected others…
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Presider’s Page for 28 March (Palm Sunday)
Today’s liturgy gives a preview of the events we will celebrate between Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday: the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. These events are also the focus of this and every Sunday celebration. We ask for God’s help in understanding their significance.
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Tony Flannery – interview with Síle Seoige – podcast
Tony Flannery : Refusing to be Silenced – an interview with Síle Seoige This week my guest is Redemptorist priest and religious writer, Tony Flannery. Tony has gained a reputation…
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Bishop Paul Dempsey:…The deeper problem arises in the sphere of language, at best it is experienced as cold and distant, at worst hurtful and offensive…
Reflection by Bishop Paul Dempsey to mark Pope Francis’ ‘Amoris Laetitia Family Year’ 26. MAR, 2021 On 19 March 2021, the Feast of Saint Joseph, the Church celebrated five years…
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Brendan Hoban: Wishing a fair wind to the Synod
Church’s Great Council is finally back on track Western People 23.3.2021 As regular readers of this column will know, the Second Vatican Council has long been a telling reference point…
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Chris McDonnell: The Passing of Time
From Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali The passing of time Chris McDonnell CT March 26th 2021 This weekend sees the start of British Summer Time. During British Summer…
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The Best Catholics in the World – virtual book launch Thurs 25th March 7.00pm
The virtual launch of The Best Catholics in the World by Derek Scally will take place Thursday March 25th at 7.00pm. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95914878888
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Séamus Ahearne: Weeping Willows, Rachel Blackmore, Rome and Indi speaks…
More rumours of angels The Garden of Eden: David Hockney said that most people wouldn’t notice the ‘Garden of Eden’ if they were walking through it. The world is very…
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Úna Agnew SSL: Contribution to the Communicators for Women Religious Zoom Conference 21 March 2021
Úna Agnew’s contribution to CWR Provision of Service Zoom Conference 20 March 2021 Why I became interested in CWR, Communication for Women Religious I became interested in communication for women…
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UPDATED PRESS RELEASE – Irish Bishops call for Submissions for a New Lectionary for Ireland
Call for submissions on a new edition of the Lectionary for Mass for Ireland The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference considered a revision of the Lectionary for Mass during their Spring General meeting earlier this week. The Lectionary for Mass…
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A note of thanks…and request for prayers
Pat Rogers, who is responsible for our daily Homily Resource and Readings, has been a mainstay of our site for so long. It is easy to take him for granted….
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