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Blowin’ in the Wind (Dylan) Where are all the flowers gone? My cowslip (outside the door) is beginning to fade. I feel lonely. That beautiful flower is like a guard…

Chris McDonnell pens a tribute to Bob Dylan on his 80th Birthday. Drawing by Irish rock legend, Rory Gallagher. Copyright Strange Music Ltd. Dylan at 80 24 May 1941 We…

We Turn Around One Thing Unity is not the same as uniformity. Unity, in fact, is the reconciliation of differences, and those differences must be maintained. We must actually distinguish…

Pope Francis plans synodal shake-up by Christopher Lamb in The Tablet The next synod of bishops gathering in Rome has been postponed until 2023 so that an unprecedented consultation of Catholics can…

Earlier this week the ACP Leadership wrote to all the bishops calling for a conversation on the pastoral outreach to gay Catholics. The letter is attached:   Tuesday 18 May…

Prophecy in Our Time. Chris McDonnell CT May 21. 2021 To continue after a brief interruption… My absence from this column happened to coincide with the passing of the theologian…

Best Catholics in the World  Zoom meeting invitation with Derek Scally Friday 21 May 2021 at 8.00pm (Irish time) Zoom link: ‪https://zoom.us/j/97078974108?pwd=UndVbDlNYW9PbzlDK2lrM2svQy85QT09 Meeting-ID: ‪970 7897 4108 Password: bakRZ6 Links to articles…

Mark L. Strauss, Bethel Seminary San Diego writes: Why the English Standard Version (ESV) should not become the Standard English Version –  How to make a good translation much better…

    NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING The missing Muses: The Muses have deserted me. My fingers are lost. The feet haven’t taken me to the Tolka these past three…

Clerical grapevine flourishes as bishops retire Western people 11th May 2021 A priest-friend remarked the other day that now that Catholics were disappearing from churches and priests were disappearing from…

ACI Synodal Pathway Talk Series  Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) Zoom Events In preparation for Ireland’s five-year Synodal Pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland leading to a National Synodal Assembly,…

Peter Wilkinson & David Timbs “Australia’s Plenary Council” Followed by Q & A 11.00 – 12.30 pm Saturday 15th of May 2021 Online ZOOM event Peter Wilkinson and David Timbs…

            Join us for the launch of Maynooth College Reflects on COVID-19!  Messenger Publications in conjunction with St Patrick’s College, Maynooth invites you to join us for the  VIRTUAL BOOK…

You are cordially invited to a Zoom presentation with   Derek Scally   Author   ‘The Best Catholics in the World’   on   Friday May 21st at 8.00pm  …

Please click on the link for last evening’s ACP Zoom presentation by Massimo Faggioli on the Church in America – The Fight for Hegemony of and Within US Catholicism. Opening…

ACP Zoom Presentation Massimo Faggioli Theologian, Author and Columnist for Commonweal and La Croix International. The Fight for Hegemony of and Within US Catholicism on Wednesday 12 May 2021 at…

ACP Submission on a New Edition of the Lectionary In response to the Bishops request for submissions in relation to the proposed new edition of the Lectionary for Mass in…

Looking backward::Going forward  Loose words: Torrents of words have spewed out from the keyboard over the past 15 months. Everyone must be drenched. It was effluent from my fingers and…