While the synodal process is starting to transform the Church in Ireland, priests are often those most resistant to change. FROM THE START of his pontificate, it has been evident that…
Western People, 26.3.2024 In today’s papers (as I write) there’s a report on an investigation by the Garda Anti-Corruption Unit into the activities of a Garda unit based in the…
This is the link to the America magazine article: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/04/02/pope-francis-benedict-ganswein-interview-book-247617 Link to The Tablet article: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/24212/the-successor-a-papal-past-and-present?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Tablet%20newsletter%204%20April%202024&utm_content=The%20Tablet%20newsletter%204%20April%202024+CID_fef7696c29da052676375c572b15a35c&utm_source=SxTabNews_v1&utm_term=Austen%20Ivereigh
WAC Zoom Thurs 18 April @ 7.30pm with Bishop Brendan Leahy The Zoom will be in three parts: Free admission – to register click on the link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/synod-2024-tickets-861425405577?aff=oddtdtcreator
Colleen Dulle, April 02, 2024 The quarterly meetings of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinal Advisors generally do not garner much attention, but since last year’s synod, they have made headlines…
In his widely reported recent Chrism Mass homily, the Archbishop of Dublin,Dermot Farrell, put the word chaplain in inverted commas, as in: “The ‘chaplain’ who is a mother can minister…
DON’T TAMPER WITH THE TIME! The clock and nature are in dispute. Nature refuses to accept the changed hour. The heron protests and doesn’t appear. The swans are unsure and…
Opening Comment Even though Easter Week is now behind us, today’s liturgy is still filled with the joyful effects of Jesus’ resurrection. We continue to celebrate that great event for…
Note: The Family Tree Seminar in Our Lady’s Island scheduled for Fri 17th May in filling up fast so to ensure a place please book asap. For more details go…
He is Risen! Happy Easter! The One Green, blue, yellow and red- God is down in the swamps and marshes Sensational as April and almost incred- ible the flowering of…
JUDAS RELENTS At the start of 2016, Pope Francis on clericalism – Celebrating Mass in Santa Marta, he cited the return of the remorseful Judas to the Sanhedrin – and…
I return this Easter (2024) to an issue that refuses to hide its face, the continuing fall in the number of priests serving our parishes. We should be considering this…
Audio of Tony Flannery’s talk in Galway on Wed 27 Mar 2024 – The Future of Catholicism. Tony writes: This talk was my first in some considerable time, and dealing…
O King of the Friday whose limbs were stretched on the cross, O Lord who did suffer the bruises, the wounds, the loss, we stretch ourselves beneath the shield of…
Who Set The Table? Were there women at The Last Supper? If not, who set the table? Who laid out the cutlery The cups and plates? Who made sure the…
This Easter morning we 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 is risen! Filled with the spirit of Easter joy, we proclaim the might and glory of God.
We gather around the Easter candle, celebrating the Lord’s resurrection. With that light to illumine our way, we remember how God has cared for humanity from the dawn of time. The readings from both testaments remind us what happened at the highpoints of our history.
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.
NCR Online: THOMAS REESE 25 March 2024 After raising expectations with his Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis is punting on a number of controversial issues that the synod process invited…
Holy Week ceremonies will be available online at ourladysisland.ie Holy Thursday 7.30 Good Friday 3pm Holy Sat 7pm Many thanks and a happy Easter, Jim C Entering the way of the…
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