Séamus Ahearne: LITTLE THOUGHTS PEEPING OUT OF LONG SENTENCES.
THE REFERENDUM: Politicians are astute. They test the wind. They read the signs. They tune in to the lurking messages of the electorate. They have their surgeries. They have the…
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Global Sisters Report: Q&A with journalist and filmmaker Dearbhail McDonald
BY KIMBERLEY HEATHERINGTON 12 March 2024 Ireland’s nuns are vanishing. Once boasting a peak number of 13,400 members — in the 1960s — Irish female religious orders today count fewer…
Presider’s Page for Sunday 17 March (Lá Fhéile Pádraig, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent)
In the heart of Lent, we keep the feast of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. We mark the day by praising God the creator, who sustained Patrick, and who sustains the Church, in good times and bad.
Brendan Hoban interview with Rev Alex Morahan, C of I, United dioceses of Tuam, Limerick & Killaloe.
Brendan Hoban recently interviewed Rev Alex Morahan, an Anglican priest in Ballina, Co Mayo for Faith Alive on Midwest Radio. His ministry “began in the RC context, in which he…
Brendan Hoban: America’s nightmare could become its reality.
Western People , 5.3.2024 When the novelist Philip Roth wrote The Plot Against America in 2004, alternative history fiction was not regarded as a very credible literary formula. Roth imagined…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 12 March – Mon 18 March 2024
Tue 12th March – Happiness While beginning to write some postings on the subject of happiness I feel that the term is misleading and we need to define what we…
We Are Church Statement on 11th Anniversary of Pope Francis’s Election
Press Release 12 March 2024 Pope Francis’ course of reform must continue We Are Church on the 11th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis on 13 March 2024 On…
Julieann Moran: Synodal Pathway Update…
Knock: We had a splendid turnout for our second round of training on Friday and Saturday at Knock Shrine. Once again, we were blessed with a great mix of representatives…
Seán Walsh: New Leaf
NEW LEAF A priest from the Redemp’trists gave us the School Retreat at the beginning of Lent. Hell or Heaven for starters, then the limitless mercy of God… Frank Muldoon…
John Shea OSA: “A Paradigm of the Fully Human.”
Epiphany’s Challenge 2024 Dear Bishops of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, I am sending you a current letter to Pope Francis and one to the members of his Council of…
Presider’s Page for 10 March (Fourth Sunday of Lent / Laetare Sunday / Mothers’ Day)
This Sunday we come to the midpoint of Lent. The season is half over, and the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus is nearer to us. On this midway Sunday, it is traditional to honour mothers, praying for those still with us and remembering those who have died.
Irish Bishops Call for Gaza Ceasefire
Today, on the second day of the Spring General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Maynooth, bishops call for an urgent and complete ceasefire in Gaza, and an…
Fr Donal Roche is new Dublin Auxiliary Bishop
Press Release – Tuesday 5 March 2024, Feast of Saint KieranEmbargoed until 11.00am: Newsdesks, Photodesks and Religious Affairs CorrespondentsPope Francis appoints Father Donal Roche as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin…
Jim Cogley: Reflections – Tues 5th March – Mon 11th March 2024
Please note: The Seminar on Healing the Family Tree scheduled for Sat March 23rd in OLI is now fully booked and there is a waiting list. Another event will be…
Seán Walsh: Pilate Under Pressure – a clip
Seán Walsh writes: A short scene from my new drama, Pilate under Pressure, a two hander in several scenes, a rehearsed reading open to the public on Tuesday, March 26,…
Radio interview: Austin Ivereigh
Austin Ivereigh is a great friend of Pope Francis – having written his two Biographies. He has also just written a new book entitle First Belong to God – On Retreat…
Brendan Hoban: Sorry is still the hardest word for Sinn Féin
Western People 27.2.2024 It would be gratuitous not to congratulate Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Féin (SF) and Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on their day in the…
Chris McDonnell: Alexi Navalny March 1, 2024
A Russian funeral Alexei Navalny March 1, 2024 “You were not afraid. We are not afraid.” At the closed gates of the church -the Ikon of the Mother…
Séamus Ahearne: “Spring is far more than just a changing of seasons; it’s a rebirth of the spirit.” Toni Sorenson
SPRINGTIME: One of our schools (St Malachy’s) comes across for Mass on the First Fridays. It is both surprising and lovely to have them. (At their request). Today (1st March)…
A sudden blast of snow in Dublin this morning…
Reflection from Pádraig MacCarthy The weight of a snowflake “Tell me the weight of a snowflake,” a robin asked a wild dove. “Nothing more than nothing,” was the answer. “In…
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