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We, in the Association of Catholic Priests, are very disappointed at the choice of Trump’s course in Doonbeg, Co Clare, for next year’s Irish Open Golf tournament. Given the excitement…

We are inviting you to a WAC International ZOOM meeting on Synodality in our church. Our three speakers will present initiatives which make Synodality real: This Free ZOOM meeting will take…

HEALING  AND  AWARENESS,  A  SPIRITUALITY  OF  INTEGRATION  AND  WHOLENESS. This  will be the theme for the Resurrexit retreat in Ballyvalloo Conference Centre, Co. Wexford, which will be led by Fr….

Western People 2.9.2025 In the 45 or so years since I started writing a weekly column in the Western People, I think this is the first time I’ve returned to…

From RTÉ News Online: https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2025/0906/1532169-vatican-lgbtq/ In a first for the Vatican, more than a thousand LGBTQ Catholics and their supporters are this weekend holding a pilgrimage, in what they are…

Addressing over eighty thousand faithful filling Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday for the Mass with the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, Pope Leo XIV says the examples…

John Main Seminar 2025 – Integral Christianity: The Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century* *Dublin & Online | 6–9 November 2025* DUBLIN John Main Seminar…

23rd Sunday Year C 2025 – theme: ‘Discipline’ Link:

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Two young lads made an impression last week in the Premiership. Max Dowman for Arsenal (15 years old) and Rio Ngumoha for Liverpool (16 years old). By way of contrast…

HEALING  AND  AWARENESS,  A  SPIRITUALITY  OF  INTEGRATION  AND  WHOLENESS. This  will be the theme for a  retreat in Ballyvalloo Conference Centre, Co. Wexford, which will be led by Fr. Jim…

Western People  26.8.2025 As I write, the news headlines on the radio remind me that Amnesty International has accused Israel of “the crime of genocide in Gaza by killing Palestinian…

A letter from John Sheridan on the effects of inheritance tax in Ireland on childless citizens … I am writing to you to bring to your attention a matter of…

22nd Sunday of the Year (C) – 31st August 2025 Theme is Intention. Link to video:

Mary mother of God and my mother… Please tell your Son: I’m sorry… And guess what?… She smiled: Tell Him yourself…

This is an article by Cyril O’Regan about Irish poet John F Deane. It was recommended by an ACP member. Link to article: https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/john-f-deanes-poetry-of-praise/?utm_campaign=CLJ_Weekly%20Subscriber%20Email_19-0507&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Yg_yUz6JqVov8E0V_LsSOSuQNCk_JuaF7zADNvopYCk01jLRVNp8JMfV8_FlIbsXjv1kbOuuoV_n7U08o-cFLDQZ-jzRzogNEcaxjyzB3W0_c4P4&_hsmi=377608416&utm_content=377608416&utm_source=hs_email Excerpt from Poetry International on John…

HEALING  AND  AWARENESS,  A  SPIRITUALITY  OF  INTEGRATION  AND  WHOLENESS This  will be the theme for the Resurrexit  retreat in Ballyvalloo Conference Centre, Co. Wexford, which will be led by Fr….