Cherry Blossom: I drove down a street to meet a family in preparation for a funeral. The street is always very crowded with parked cars. Children can appear from anywhere…
Michael Seán Winters reports in NCR Online Link to article: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/most-defining-characteristic-francis-papacy-synodality?utm_source=NCR+List&utm_campaign=643eb4a3d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_03_03_09_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6981ecb02e-643eb4a3d7-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D March 6, 2023 In assessing the pontificate of Francis at the 10-year mark, we have looked at his self-understanding…
Now that we are ten days into the season of Lent, our goal is clarified in today’s liturgy. The Gospel of the Transfiguration reminds us that we are destined for…
From America Magazine, by Robert W McElroy Link to full article (which is printed below): https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/03/02/mcelroy-eucharist-sin-inclusion-response-244827 In January, America published an article I wrote on the theme of inclusion in the life…
Synodal Sunday for Second Sunday of Lent5th March 2023 For the second Sunday of Lent, Fr Kieran O’Mahony, OSA reflects on the Transfiguration of Jesus and the Synodal Pathway. Fr…
BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 5 March Introduction (by the Presider) Let us bring our prayers to God, who loves justice and right: The Presider prays for the dead: For those who have…
By Soline Humbert (Article in The Synodal Times) “The tragic irony of course is that Pope Francis’ favourite metaphor for the Church is that of a field-hospital. But for me…
The death of Fr. Brendan Hoban (Columban Fathers), late of Westport Road, Castlebar, Korea, Australia and Dalgan Park, Navan, is deeply mourned in the community. He died last Friday in…
A three-minute video reflection by Seán Walsh. Wee Nudge: (It will take a few seconds to load…)
Interesting article in The Irish Times by Áine Ryan last Sat, 25 Feb 2023. Since our offshore islands are usually seen as the last bastions of traditional life, you don’t…
The Prague Meeting and the Road Ahead JULIEANN MORAN General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway in Ireland Followed by Q & A 7.30 pm Wednesday 8th of March 2023 (join…
Western People 23.2.2023 It’s strange how suddenly out of nowhere, something I read more than 20 years ago suddenly crosses my mind. Fr Daniel O’Leary, a priest who worked in…
We celebrate the first Sunday of Lent. All over the world today, men and women are beginning a period of preparation for their baptism at the Easter Vigil. Like them,…
What if the third temptation of Jesus – as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew for the first Sunday of Lent – the temptation to desire ‘the kingdoms of the…
BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 26 February Introduction (by the Presider) As we begin the lenten journey, let us remember all those in need: The Presider prays for the dead: For those…
From Julieann Moran General Secretary: “Living Synodality Now” a one-day symposium “Living Synodality Now” is a one-day symposium on the synodal pathway and its implications for faith life in contemporary Ireland….
The Baftas and Joan Baez Martin McDonagh made his wry comment at the Baftas. ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ won the ‘Outstanding British Film’ of the year. He said that Rosie…
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in L.A.’s inner city, has died. He was…
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…
Western People 14.2.23 There are times when I cannot help but feel huge pride for my country. Once was when the then Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, resisted pressure to cap the…
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