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Séamus Ahearne: “No man (or woman) is an island.” John Donne
THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY 24TH FEBRUARY: Three years of Russian madness in Ukraine is marked today. The US joined Russia to vote against the UN Resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of the…
Presider’s Page for 2 March (Ordinary Time 8)
Words matter. What we say has an effect on others, for good or ill. God’s word to us is spoken in Jesus, the Word made flesh, in whose name we gather this and every Sunday.
Tony Flannery: Bishop Willie Walsh RIP
Bishop Willie Walsh, or ‘Willie’ as we normally referred to him – he was the most unclerical of bishops – has died at the age of ninety, having lived a…
Jim Cogley Reflections: Tues 25th Feb – Mon 3rd Mar 2025
Note: A seminar entitled Personal and Ancestral Healing will be held in Lady’s Island Community Centre on Saturday8th March from 10am to 4pm. Cost €40 with refreshments included. Facilitators –…
Update: Pope at Gemelli Hospital, respiratory crisis in the morning
Pope Francis, although in more pain, spent the day sitting in an armchair. Blood transfusions were necessary and prognosis remains guarded. Vatican News 21/02/2025 Doctors: Pope responding to treatment but…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership Sunday Homily
Gerry O’Connor: 7th Sunday Ordinary Time Year C 2025 – the theme is Scope Link
Synod Update: Irish Synod welcomes progress of universal Synod’s ten study groups
From: https://catholicnews.ie/irish-synodal-pathway-welcomes-progress-of-universal-synods-ten-study-groups/ 19 Feb, 2025 | Church, News, Synod, World Coordinators and secretaries of ten Study Groups, set up in March 2024 by Pope Francis following the First Session of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly…
Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe, Willie Walsh RIP
20 Feb 2025 Bishop Willie Walsh, Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe Statement of Bishop Fintan Monahan on the death of Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe, Willie Walsh RIP There is profound sadness…
Soline Humbert: St Brigid of Kildare
A reflection by Soline Humbert for the Women’s Ordination Conference Retreat “Hidden Springs, Holy Radiance” 9 February 2025 [ see recording on YouTube ] We have been gathering over the…
CruxNow: U.S. bishops sue Trump administration over funding freeze
By John Lavenburg 19 Feb 2025, National Correspondent NEW YORK – Citing the violation of multiple laws and Congress’s authority to control government spending as outlined by the Constitution, the United…
Presider’s Page for 23 February (Ordinary Time 7)
Loving the enemy and praying for those who make life difficult are two marks of a Christian, or so Jesus teaches us today. We gather, aware of how difficult love can be, yet united by the saving mercy of God, on which we rely.
Brendan Hoban: Trump’s bullying must not go unchallenged
Western People 11.2.2025 50 years ago, in the summer of 1975, in the bicentenary year of the United States of America, I spent six glorious weeks in sunny California. It…
Vatican News: Pope’s complex clinical picture requires longer hospitalization
The Holy See Press Office releases an update on Pope Francis’ health as he is treated for a respiratory infection in hospital, noting that his complex clinical picture requires an…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 18th Feb – Mon 24th Feb 2025
Note: A seminar entitled Personal and Ancestral Healing will be held in Lady’s Island Community Centre on Saturday8th March from 10am to 4pm. Cost €40 with refreshments included. Facilitators –…
Notice: Edinburgh Newman Association
The next meeting of our Edinburgh Newman Association is on Monday evening, February 17th at 7.30pm. Our guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Scott McKenna. Scott has been a Church…
Pope Francis appoints Bishop Kevin Doran as Bishop of Achonry
From Irish Catholic Bishops website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2025/02/16/pope-francis-appoints-bishop-kevin-doran-as-bishop-of-achonry/ 16 Feb 2025 Bishop Kevin Doran is Bishop of Elphin and Bishop of Achonry (Catholic Communications Office archive) StatementHis Holiness Pope Francis has appointed…
Marie Keenan: A note of thanks to the ACP
A Note of Thanks for the Irish Association of Catholic Priests I wish to acknowledge my enormous gratitude to the Irish Association of Catholic Priests for endorsing my recent campaign…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership Weekly Homily – Sunday 16 Feb 2025
Sunday 16 Feb 2025 – ‘Reversing’ 6th Sunday Year C
Vatican News: Pope Francis supports U.S. Bishops in migrant advocacy
Pope Francis addresses a letter to the bishops of the United States, expressing his support for their efforts to protect the rights and dignity of migrants. By Vatican News Link…
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