Presider’s Page for 4 June (Trinity Sunday)
Opening CommentWe are invited to reflect on the mystery of God on this Trinity Sunday, as we gather to worship the One who creates, redeems and sanctifies, three persons, one…
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Presider’s Page for 11 June (‘Corpus Christi’)
Opening CommentToday’s liturgy invites us to reflect on God’s care for the family of faith, especially through the gift of divine nourishment on our pilgrimage through life. Christ gives us…
Bidding Prayers for 21 May (Ascension of the Lord)
Bidding Prayers for 21 May (Ascension of the Lord) BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 21 May Introduction (by the Presider) With confidence, we bring our prayers before God, the Most High:…
Brendan Hoban: We must not be defined by economic growth
Western People 8.5.2023 President Michal D. Higgins hits the nail on the head with his intervention on our obsession with economic growth. ‘Many economists remain stuck’, he said, ‘in an…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE I WAS RUDELY INTERRUPTED….’.. (Sometimes associated with the renewal of the BBC after the War….. but not quite correct!)
An escapee: I have absconded or escaped. The beach belongs to me. The waves speak. The birds do a flypast. The sun welcomes me. The gentle breeze envelops me. The…
The Tablet webinar: Wed 17 May 2023 – 7.00-8.00pm BST – ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission’ with Christopher Lamb.
The Tablet Rome correspondent Christopher Lamb will bring together experts from Sri Lanka, Australia and Manila to discuss: “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission” – where are the synodal…
Root & Branch Zoom today 8.00pm…It’s Our Church and It’s Up To Us
ROOT & BRANCH NEW SHOOTS international grassroots forum for an inclusive, just & safe Church.hello@rootandbranchsynod.org No. 97 16/05/2023 Today! IT’S OUR CHURCHWHAT WE CAN DO…
Pope Francis gives Ukrainian President a sculpture of an olive branch
Vatican News by Linda Bordoni Volodymir Zelensky’s car was escorted into the Vatican just minutes after 4 pm local time on Saturday, and the Ukrainian President was welcomed into the…
Presider’s Page for 14 May (Sixth Sunday of Easter)
Opening CommentEach Sunday in Easter time, we celebrate the gifts we have received in Baptism and Confirmation. We rejoice that the Spirit is our Advocate, who continues to support us…
Draft Working Document for the Synod on Synodality approved
On 10-11 May, the 15th Ordinary Council* of the General Secretariat of the Synod met in Rome to discuss the Instrumentum laboris: the working document for participants in the first session…
Reports: Zelensky could visit Pope Francis in first papal meeting since beginning of war
Gerard O’Connell reports in America Magazine Italian media is reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could visit Rome and meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, May 13,…
Brendan Hoban: America’s friends have reasons to be worried
Western People 2.5.2023 Dear America, From the distant years of my earliest childhood, America seemed oddly close to me. I put it down to two factors. One was that three…
Pope Francis’ secret Ukraine-Russia peace mission, explained
By Gerard O’Connell, America Magazine There are “new, but of course, confidential” developments in the Holy See’s mission to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the…
We Are Church meeting with Dr Fáinche Ryan, TCD
Don’t know much about Theology? Discover everything you ever wanted to know…. but were afraid to ask! Dr Fáinche Ryan Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Followed by Q & A…
Inviting Debate on the Year of Vocations – The Editor, Letters, ACP
‘Take the Risk for Christ’ is the theme for Ireland’s Year for Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood 2023 – 2024 Bishop Cullinan celebrated the televised Mass on RTÉ One on…
Presider’s Page for 7 May (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
Opening CommentToday’s liturgy puts the life-giving words of Jesus before us. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, the one in whom we can place all our trust….
A good man
Chris McDonnell We have lost the voice of a good man, the writer, teacher, priest and family man, Michael Winter, who died in hospital last Sunday morning after a brief…
Edinburgh Newman Association: Fr Gerry O’Hanlon’s address: Synodal Pathway – Where Are We Now?
The Edinburgh Newman Association. Last Thursday evening Fr.Gerry O’Hanlon SJ spoke at our Edinburgh Newman Association on the Synod and “Where are we at on the Synodal pathway?” I now…
Brendan Hoban: Few priests to change around now
Western People 25.4.2023 One of the remarkable changes in Irish church life in recent years is how seldom priests are now transferred (or, as we used to call it, ‘moved’)…
Presider’s Page for 30 April (Fourth Sunday of Easter)
Opening CommentThe fourth Sunday of Easter is often called Good Shepherd Sunday, because the readings are about the care we receive from Christ, our true shepherd. Today is also the…
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