Brendan Hoban: It’s back to the drawing board on Covid-19
It’s back to the drawing board on Covid-19 Western people 14.12.2021 With COVID-19, as the Barbara Streisand song has it, ‘There are lessons to be learned’. The demon of self-centredness…
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Church faces priest shortage as pandemic pause on retirements to end
Paschal Sheehy, RTÉ Southern Editor reports: The Catholic Church in Ireland is facing huge change, as an effective pause on retirements in response to the pandemic comes to an end….
Presider’s Page for 19 December (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
In less than a week’s time, this year’s Advent will draw to a close; we have just a few days left to prepare our souls for the birth of Christ. On this Sunday, we rejoice that the promise made to Mary by the Lord has been fulfilled.
Some Traditions of Christmas…
SOME TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS Christmas is Christmas because of one event – the Birth of Christ. There is a comprehensive list of Advent and Christmas customs in a booklet by…
Donald Cozzens RIP
America Magazine reports: Remembering Donald Cozzens, the priest who saw the sex abuse crisis coming—and worked to change the priesthood By Edward P. Hahnenberg I first met Donald Cozzens on…
Brendan Hoban on ‘The Letters of John McGahern’
A new insight into the life of John McGahern Western People 7.12.21 A favourite writer – of mine as of so many others – is the late novelist, John…
Tony Flannery: A Tribute to Frank Callanan
A Tribute to Frank Callanan Frank Callanan, a highly regarded Senior Counsel, has died at the relatively young age of sixty-five. I had the privilege of knowing Frank, and of…
Séamus Ahearne: dancing through life and the parish…
Wandering words around the Parish of Rivermount in Finglas I passed down by the Annunciation today (Finglas West). Most of the Church is demolished. It is quite emotional to see…
Presider’s Page for 12 December (Third Sunday of Advent)
We’re just halfway through Advent. Traditionally, today is called Gaudete Sunday, which means ‘a day for rejoicing.’ The reason for celebration is that the day of the Lord’s coming is nearer.
Patrick Kavanagh is the Catholic poet we should be reading this Advent
Paul Corcoran writes in America Magazine: In his lifetime, Patrick Kavanagh considered it a dubious honour to be reckoned the best Irish poet since William Butler Yeats; he took it to…
Ten Commandments for Church Reform by John Wijngaards – a review by Séamus Ahearne OSA
Ten Commandments for Church Reform by John Wijngaards. I read the book. John writes easily and clearly. It is a very refreshing reflection. Many of the characters who appear, were…
Christmas Para-Liturgy – Kevin McHugh MSSC
Kevin McHugh, MSSC, recently retired to Dalgan Park, Navan, writes: BACKGROUND I am Kevin McHugh, Columban Missionary, recently retired to Dalgan Park. After almost 40 years working in the Southern…
To augment Luca Badini’s Zoom: The Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research: Academic Statement on the Ethics of Free and Faithful Same-Sex Relationships
Reposting this from June 2021: In honouring women and men from the LGBTQ+ community during June (Pride Month), research from the Wijngaards Institute is presented again: Authors, contributors, and signatories…
Abortion legislation review underway by the Oireachtas Health Committee
The Oireachtas Health Committee is hosting a review into abortion legislation. It will hear from ‘service users, providers and the public.’ An independent chair is expected to be appointed in…
Joe Mulvaney: Dangerous Synodal Process?
Dangerous Synodal Process? Some commentators see very serious dangers in the upcoming synodal process. They distrusts the wisdom of majority voting in the synodal process and appear to believe that…
Church Without Clergy by Dr Harald Prinz
Church without clergyDr Harald Prinz From WE ARE CHURCH Austrian newspaper, translated by Colm Holmes There are situations in which history overtakes itself and developments unfold a dynamic that was…
Towards a Synodal Church sessions follow-up Zoom
Synodal Conversation Understanding the Theology of Synodality Tuesday 18th January 2022 @ 7.00pm on Zoom Companion – Rafael Luciani Rafael is a Lay Venezuelan theologian, appointed as Expert of the…
Presider’s Page for Wednesday 8 December (Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Mother of God)
Our preparations for Christmas always include Mary, the Mother of God. Today’s feast celebrates her conception free from sin, a miracle that displays God’s power for believers. We worship God, for whom everything is posssible.
SCRIPT + AUDIO – ACP Zoom: Papal Teaching on Same-Sex Relationships: A Battle Against Reality with Luca Badini Confalonieri
Audio of the ACP Zoom Presentation “Papal Teaching on Same-Sex Relationships: A Battle Against Reality” with Luca Badini Confalonieri on Monday 6th December 2021. Link to Audio: (Luca starts at…
THIS EVENING! – ACP Zoom: Papal Teaching on Same-Sex Relationships: A Battle Against Reality with Luca Badini Confalonieri on Monday 6th December 7.00pm
ACP Zoom Presentation “Papal Teaching on Same-Sex Relationships: A Battle Against Reality” With Luca Badini Confalonieri On Monday 6th December 7.00pm Zoom Meeting ID: 847 2449 8870 Passcode: 054304…
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