David J. Murnaghan: Reformation – Then (16th Century) and Now (21st Century)
John Hus was strong in his denunciation of the corruption of the clergy, which echoed the convictions of many devout men and women. He seemed to have had no desire…
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Synodal Pathway Update from Julieann Moran
Third Intercontinental Massive Online Course Please find the details of the next Intercontinental Massive Online Course (MOOC). This time the MOOC will address the theme Toward a Constitutively Synodal Church. All the…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 9 Jan – Mon 15 Jan 2024
Tue 9th Jan – Homelessness One of the speakers at our Annual pilgrimage in Our Lady’s Island a few seasons back was Fr Peter Mc Verry, the founder of the…
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith: Press release concerning the reception of ‘Fiducia supplicans’
05 January 2024 The following is the English text of a statement released on Thursday, 4 January, by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that clarifies the application…
Seán Walsh: Wise Men or Fools?
Wise men – or fools?! I would see for myself – and about time, too!There, standing at the entrance, all quiet within.Family… Indeed, you might say, a holy family –the…
Presider’s Page for 7 January (Baptism of the Lord)
Today we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord: it’s the last day of the Christmas season. The baptism of Jesus marked the end of his quiet years in Nazareth and the start of his public ministry.
Seán Walsh: Out of Palestine
They’re gone – left the stable at first light, urgently. …
Séamus Ahearne: ‘We have entered our goodbye time in the world. Whatever happens next, will happen without us.’ (Old believers – A Small Psalter, Pádraig Daly osa)
SUNDOWN SERVICE: Yesterday afternoon (31st December), we had our Sundown Service. It was a Goodbye to 2023 and a welcome to 2024. It is always a very reflective occasion. We…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 2 Jan – Mon 8 Jan
Belated New Year Greetings to you all and best wishes. Just a few ‘serious’ questions to begin 2024 and thank you for your kindness in passing them on. I get so…
Towards Catholicism in Numbers by Tim Kinnear
This webpage presents resources that take steps towards developing Catholicism in Numbers. The Catholic Record Society seeks to develop this project in collaboration with researchers and others who wish to share…
New Year Plea to End War
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests 31 Dec 2023 The reality of the war in Gaza continuing right through Christmas must have been somewhere in the minds of most…
Chris McDonnell: No Room at the Inn
No room at the inn Then plenty of straw. And contented stock. A woman in blue a man leaning on a staff, well-lit, neat and tidy with a baby wrapped…
Presider’s Page for 31 December (Holy Family)
On this first Sunday after Christmas Day, we honour the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. We entrust our families to their patronage, and pray for all who have been part of our families, those still alive and those whom we hope have joined the great family of God in heaven.
Séamus Ahearne: ‘Cut from the green hedge a forked hazel stick; That he held right by the arms of the V: Circling the terrain, hunting the pluck; Of water, nervous, but professionally.’ The Diviner (Seamus Heaney).
DELIRIUM: There is something mysterious and delightful about Stephen’s Day. Boxing Day. The old phrase from the distant past comes back: It is a ‘Dies Non.’ In the usual hurly…
Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church Bethlehem, Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 – Christ Under the Rubble
A Liturgy of Lament (full transcript below) Link to Rev Munther Isaac’s sermon: We are angry… We are broken… This should have been a time of joy; instead, we are…
Jim Cogley: Reflections (Based on Christmas Homily) Tues 26 Dec-Mon 1 Jan
Greetings to you all and hope you had a lovely Christmas. In response to some emails requests received for a copy of the Christmas Homily I have edited it slightly in order…
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 2023
FROM THE ACP LEADERSHIP TEAM With the divinest word, the VirginMade pregnant, down the roadComes walking, if you’ll grant herA room in your abode.John of the Cross Thank you for…
Séamus Ahearne: Who can disbelieve a world drenched in miracle?
(Pádraig Daly – Glimpsing More) Christmas is busy; is full of memories; is childlike; is friendship-shared; is a bridging feast in winter; is nostalgic; is a packed church; is a…
Brendan Hoban: Powerful forces stir within us at Christmas
19.12.2023 Christmas is, well, Christmas. It demands our attention. It insists that we defer – even if only once a year – to liturgies, religious and personal, that we sense…
Jo O’Sullivan: Running Community Events in a Parish
There was a time when the Parish Priest oversaw/ ran all activities that had the name “Parish” in their titles. Pastorally-minded priests recognised that church, a COMMUNITY of faith, involved…
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