Brendan Hoban: The job of a modern bishop is not an easy one
Western People 17.1.2023 Almost 250 years ago, when Dominick Bellew, a native of Co. Louth, arrived in Killala diocese in 1780, he was the first Catholic bishop to live in…
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NCR Report: Pell’s posthumous complaints have diminished his legacy
BY MICHAEL SEAN WINTER. Follow on Twitter at @michaelswinters Link to article: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/pells-posthumous-complaints-have-diminished-his-legacy January 18, 2023 Not since King Hamlet appeared to Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio on the battlements of…
Presider’s Page for 15 January (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Christmas Season ended last Sunday, and we have entered Ordinary Time, moving slowly from winter to spring. The season of Lent begins on the 22nd February, in five weeks…
Bidding Prayers for 15 January (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 15 January Introduction (by the Presider) The Lord is our light and our help, so let us bring all our needs to God: For an end…
Synodal Path Update…from Julieann Moran
Dear Friends, In wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year, I am also conscious that we brought in the new year with the news of the death of…
Séamus Ahearne: “What has happened is that a certain kind of God has gone absent, leaving open the possibility of experiencing God in a new way.”
(Paul Graham osa, The Furrow, November, whose Month’s Mind was yesterday.) A little thought on George Pell and Francis: “George Pell’s death symbolises the demise of a Church out of…
Brendan Hoban: Benedict was unsuited for modern papacy
Western People 10.1.2023 There are stand-out moments in life that are forever embedded in memory: personal events like the deaths of those we love; notable historical events like the assassination…
We Are Church Zoom: Can Ireland learn from the German Synodal Path?
We Are Church Zoom on Thurs 2 Feb 2023 @ 19.30-21.00GMT with: Professor Claudia Nothelle is a Member of the German Synodal Path Assembly. She is Vice-President of the Central Committee…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander.’ (Thomas Merton)
The embarrassment of American Politics: Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House on the 15th vote. He was stupid and insensitive to then go out and thank Donald Trump…
Presider’s Page for 8 January 2023 (Baptism of the Lord)
This feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the last day of Christmas. At his baptism Jesus sees how much he is loved by God and is given the…
Presider’s page for Friday 6 January (Epiphany / “Nollaig na mBan”)
On this feast of the Epiphany we celebrate the revelation of who Christ is. The visit of the Magi from foreign lands reminds us that Jesus came as the Saviour…
Synodal Pathway Update…
The Synodal Pathway in Ireland…Synodal Sunday video reflection for The Baptism of the Lord, 8th January 2023 Director of the Living Church Office in Down and Connor and Deputy Chair of…
Brendan Hoban: Gratitude is the key to a life of happiness
Western People 29.12.2022 May you live in interesting times is a well-known wish. It has been called ‘the Chinese curse’ and though it presents as a blessing the opposite may…
Tony Flannery – Joseph Ratzinger; My memories.
The following article is taken from Tony Flannery’s website: http://www.tonyflannery.com/joseph-ratzinger-my-memories/ Joseph Ratzinger; My memories. JAN 01 As I sit down now to write my reflections on Benedict/Joseph Ratzinger, it is…
Presider’s Page for Sunday 1 January 2023 (Mary, Mother of God)
The Virgin Mary was already venerated as Mother of God when, in 431, the Council of Ephesus acclaimed her Theotokos (God-bearer). Her role in the mystery of the incarnation was…
Death of Benedict XVI announced…
Farewell to Benedict XVI: ‘Humble worker in vineyard of the Lord’ The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican’s…
Bidding Prayers for 1st January 2023 (Feast of Mary, Mother of God)
Bidding Prayers for 1st January 2023 (Feast of Mary, Mother of God) BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on New Year’s Day Introduction (by the Presider) God graciously blesses all of humanity, so…
Happy Christmas – Nollaig Shona – to all
With the divinest word the Virgin Made pregnant down the road comes walking if you’ll grant her A room in your abode.
Presider’s Page for Monday 26 December (St Stephen’s Day)
From the splendid robes of Christmas, the Church moves to the red vestments of the martyr on St Stephen’s Day, the feast of the first to give his life in…
Presider’s Page for 25 December (Christmas Day masses)
We celebrate today an amazing mystery — God is born in time. The eternal God has taken human flesh, has pitched his tent in the midst of humanity. With joy…
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