Presider’s Page for 6 November (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
At this time of remembrance, our dead are often in our minds. Today’s readings challenge us to believe in eternal life after death. We worship God who sustains us in…
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Gerry O’Connor on Cork 96fm
Gerry O’Connor CSsR on Cork 96fm this morning commenting about Fr. Sheehy’s controversial comments in Kerry. You can hear the interview on the link below beginning at 23.10 minutes into…
Association of Catholics in Ireland Zoom: Dr Tom O’Loughlin – Pitfalls in the Terminology of Sacrifice
Pitfalls in the Terminology of SacrificeDr Tom O’LoughlinZoom: Thursday Nov 3rd 2022at 8.00 PMAccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the sacrament of the Mass – the Eucharist – is called…
Matt Moran: The Theology of Integral Human Development
Carol Nolan TD launched “The Theology of Integral Human Development” – a book, written by Matt Moran, which explores the role of faith in international development and public affairs. The…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘There was never a scene, when I had it out with myself. The loss of faith occurred off stage.’ (Heaney – A Found Poem)
Larry the cat: For a country that supposedly loves animals, it was disgraceful. Larry the cat, emerged with dignity from the debacle of prime ministerial musical chairs. (UK). Larry had…
Presider’s Page for Wednesday 2 November (All Souls Day)
On All Saints Day and today, we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today…
Tony Flannery: Synodality – an offer
Synodality – an offer I have followed the process of Pope Francis’ Synodal movement from the beginning. I regard it as an extremely interesting development in our Church, certainly the…
Synod latest…
#newsletter n.20 – 10/2022 – Available also in FR – PT – ES – ITShareTweetForwardShareGood morning everyone! The week just gone was marked by the publication of the Working Document for the Continental Stage. In order for “this stage to…
Presider’s Page for Tuesday 1 November (All Saints Day)
Today and tomorrow we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today’s feast celebrates the…
Presider’s Page for 30 October (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Zacchaeus is the star of today’s Gospel, the man who has been called ‘everybody’s favourite underdog’. Zacchaeus took Jesus at his word and changed his life. We worship God, whose…
Bishops congratulate Bishop-elect Niall Coll on his appointment by Pope Francis to the Diocese of Ossory
Source: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/10/28/bishops-congratulate-bishop-elect-niall-coll-on-his-appointment-by-pope-francis-to-the-diocese-of-ossory/ This morning in Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, in the Diocese of Ossory, Monsignor Julien Kaboré, Chargé d’Affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature in Ireland announced that his Holiness Pope…
Synod Latest: WORKING DOCUMENT FOR THE CONTINENTAL STAGE
Rome: Addresses of the Press Conference (27. 10.2022) At 12:15 p.m. today, the Press Conference for the presentation of the Document for the Continental Stage of the Synod: “For a…
Priest or Presbyter? Tom O’Loughlin looks to the future for the Catholic Church.
We Are Church Ireland Zoom: Priest or Presbyter? Tom O’Loughlin looks to the future for the Catholic Church. Thu, 27 October 2022, 19:30 – 21:00 IST Tom O’Loughlin is Emeritus Professor of…
Irish Independent: Crisis in priest numbers as a quarter to retire over next 15 years
Sarah Mac Donald A quarter of all priests currently serving in the Irish church are set to retire over the next 15 years according to the Association of Catholic Priests…
ACP AGM 2022 Overview – audio, script and Power Point presentation
Download and open this file to see a Power Point presentation of the AGM 2022, compiled and presented by Gerry O’Connor CSsR. It includes Tim Hazelwood’s Care of Priests presentation…
Charles Rue – Dreaming of a Revised Catholic Lectionary: Proposing a Way Forward
From Australasian Catholic Record 99/3 (2022): 321-332
Brendan Hoban: Latin aficionados leave UK in a sorry place
Western People 18.10.2022 It was, I think, Taoiseach Seán Lemass (1959-66), who popularised the practice of juggling ministerial appointments to ensure that competence or training wasn’t aligned with departmental responsibility….
Presider’s Page for 23 October (30th Sunday – Mission Sunday)
The Gospel story of the Pharisee and the tax collector is read on this year’s Mission Sunday. Those who are humble before God make the best witnesses to the Gospel:…
Patsy Fitzsimons: Assisted Decision-Making
Members of the clergy will be able to act as witnesses to the signing of decision-making assistance agreements, so it would be important that this is drawn to their attention…
Seán McDonagh: Will COP27 confront the current global climate crisis in Egypt?
Will COP27 confront the current global climate crisis in Egypt? Fr. Seán McDonagh The first Conference of the Parties to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took…
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