Brendan Hoban: Catholics Demand to be Treated as Adults
Catholics demand to be treated as adults Western People 6.4.2021 The news last week that the lockdown – despite a few cosmetic adjustments to ease the disappointment – would continue…
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Séamus Ahearne: From “Blowing in the Wind” to “The Times They Are A-Changin'”
Times They Are A-Changin’ Holy Week and Easter online: They (the online community) sat around the Table for Holy Thursday and felt at home. They Confessed and felt blessed and…
Irish Bishops Launch Synodal Pathway website support
The Link to the Irish Bishops Conference website on the Synodal Pathway: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/synod/
‘Who Walks With You?’ asks Chris McDonnell in his Catholic Times column
Who walks with you? Chris McDonnell CT April 9th 2021 There is something in the story of the Road to Emmaus that is very different from other Gospel narratives,…
Poem: WALKING HOME LATE FROM CHURCH FOLLOWING MASS OF EASTER VIGIL
Dear Friends, So many of our young people have long since given up on Church, attending only on special occasions like christenings, weddings and funerals. Pastoral opportunities? Maybe. Opportunities at…
Hans Küng RIP
The death has been announced of theologian Hans Kung, RIP. Patricia Lefevere from The National Catholic Reporter has more details: https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/hans-k-ng-celebrated-and-controversial-swiss-theologian-has-died
Alternative email for sending comments: liamymac@gmail.com
It appears that the email info@associationofcatholicpriests.ie is posing problems for some subscribers. An alternative email is liamymac@gmail.com – this may be used for postings, comments, etc. Liamy Mac Nally…
Extract from Fr Iggy O’Donovan’s Easter Sunday Homily
(Extract from homily of Iggy O Donovan, Fethard, Easter Sunday.) All will have noted the recent controversies on the pandemic lockdown and the fact that churches are closed again this…
Presider’s Page for 4 April (Easter Sunday)
This Easter morning we gather for a most unusual Easter celebration. Pandemic threatens to overwhelm, yet the Church insistently proclaims: Christ is risen! We still celebrate the central mystery of our faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He suffered on the cross and died for us, but now he has conquered death and fear! Filled with the spirit of Easter joy, let us proclaim the might and glory of God.
He Is Risen!
He is Risen Happy Easter
Chris McDonnell: Catholic Times column – Our Blue Watered Home
Our blue watered home Chris McDonnell CT April 02 2021 Seen from space our earth is largely covered by water, a blue film dotted with white cotton wool flowers…
Brendan Hoban: Is Pope Francis afraid of a Church schism?
Is Pope Francis afraid of a Church schism? Western People 30.3.2021 A week , we’re told, can be a long time in politics. In the Catholic Church too. Last week…
TRIDUUM – Chris McDonnell
Triduum ‘and high among the stars sweeps the white cloud of the Easter visitor’ I– Thursday Stripped to bare stone this empty place gathered the words of…
Good Friday Poem – I See His Blood
I See His Blood I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes, His body gleams amid eternal snows, His tears fall from…
Presider’s Page for 1 April (Holy Thursday)
The liturgy that begins this Thursday evening continues until we reach Easter. We are at the start of a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. We journey from the Last Supper to Gethsemane tonight, from there to Calvary tomorrow, and from the tomb to resurrection and new life at the Vigil of Easter Sunday.
Statement: ACP Supports Synodal Pathway (+ leagan Gaeilge)
Following ACP Leadership Team and Advisory Team meetings yesterday the following statement has been issued: Association of Catholic Priests Welcomes Irish Bishops Synodal Pathway Holy Thursday, 2021 The Association of…
Séamus Ahearne: Caught between the Suez and the Tolka…
‘Ever Given’ as a symbol There is trouble in Paradise: My body rhythms are confused. This Summer hour change, has knocked me out of kilter. It has affected others…
Presider’s Page for 28 March (Palm Sunday)
Today’s liturgy gives a preview of the events we will celebrate between Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday: the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. These events are also the focus of this and every Sunday celebration. We ask for God’s help in understanding their significance.
Tony Flannery – interview with Síle Seoige – podcast
Tony Flannery : Refusing to be Silenced – an interview with Síle Seoige This week my guest is Redemptorist priest and religious writer, Tony Flannery. Tony has gained a reputation…
Bishop Paul Dempsey:…The deeper problem arises in the sphere of language, at best it is experienced as cold and distant, at worst hurtful and offensive…
Reflection by Bishop Paul Dempsey to mark Pope Francis’ ‘Amoris Laetitia Family Year’ 26. MAR, 2021 On 19 March 2021, the Feast of Saint Joseph, the Church celebrated five years…
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