Presider’s Page for 24 December (‘Night Mass’)
Opening Comment In the dark of this winter night, we proclaim the new light that has shone on the world: Jesus Christ is born! With the angels, we worship God…
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Beannachtaí na Nollag….
Wishing you a blessed Christmas and peaceful New Year Unto Us… Past the inn with ne’er a vacancy, raucous revelry, receding… Around the back to the stables. Animals stirring……
Séamus Ahearne, Patrick Kavanagh and Christmas
Stray thoughts – A Reflection for the Season Paddy Kavanagh, wrote often and beautifully about the meaning of Christmas and the presence of God in our lives. For Kavanagh, childhood,…
Vatican: Coronavirus vaccines ‘morally acceptable’ for Catholics
National Catholic Reporter – by Joshua McElwee ROME — The Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a note Dec. 21 saying it is “morally acceptable” for Catholics to take vaccines against the…
Roy Donovan: A response to the Incarnation
“Christianity’s true and unique story line has always been incarnation. That means that the spirit nature of reality (the spiritual, the immaterial, the formless) and the material nature of reality…
Presider’s Page for 20 December (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Advent is drawing to a close; we have just a few days left to prepare for the birth of Christ. On this Sunday, we’re invited to follow Mary’s example and imitate her faith.
Brendan Hoban: For Mayo GAA is about more than just sport
For Mayo GAA is about more than just sport Western People 15.12.2020 As we slide towards the end of a nightmare year and long for the optimism (if not hope)…
Chris McDonnell – ‘It’s time we were gone…’
Listen! Chris Mc Donnell CT December 18 2020 In these days before Christmas, share these few words with your children and grandchildren, the story of the Jesus Child. Listen,…
Mattie Long: ‘We Remember Maynooth’ – The College that Never Knew my Name – A sort-of book review
We Remember Maynooth The College that Never Knew my Name – A sort-of book review Martin is the name that appears on my birth cert, and as a consequence now…
Audio: Tina Beattie on the Church in Britain
Click on the link below to bring you to the audio of Tina Beattie‘s Zoom presentation on Tues Dec 15th 2020 on the Church in Britain. This is part of…
Séamus Ahearne: A disappointed Déise man, Edna O’Brien, Indi and more…
Portraits of the Artist…… Sporting Heroes: It is a sad and sobering morning. Clashmore-man Tadgh de Búrca is seeing the medics. Some of us – as Waterford dreamers, can delude…
Brendan Hoban: Reopening churches is not the wisest move…
Reopening churches is not the wisest move Western People 8.12.2020 As I write I’m aware that those who read these words will know if Mayo will be…
Gentle reminder… Tina Beattie/ACP Zoom presentation Tues 15th Dec at 7.00pm
Association of Catholic Priests cordially invites you to a members Zoom presentation What can the Irish Church learn from Britain? with British academic, writer and theologian Tina Beattie on Tuesday…
Presider’s Page for 13 December (Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday)
We’re midway through the season of Advent. Traditionally, today is called Gaudete Sunday, which means ‘a day for rejoicing.’ The reason for celebration is that the day of the Lord’s coming is very near.
Séamus Ahearne: An Invitation and a Proposal
An Invitation and Proposal: Brendan Hoban has written a book – A Priest’s Diary. It is now into its second printing. Many have bought the book and presumably some have read…
Liam Power: Remembering Jean Donovan on the 40th Anniversary of her Martyrdom
Jean Donovan ‘They Don’t Shoot Blond, Blue-Eyed Americans’: Remembering Jean Donovan on the 40th Anniversary of her Martyrdom. by Fr Liam Power, Waterford News & Star I was watching…
Chris McDonnell on Thomas Merton – ‘truly a man on an Advent journey of mystery and trust, confident in the Lord.’
A monk of our time Chris McDonnell CT December 11 2020 In September 2015, Pope Francis addressed the US Congress and chose to mention four great Americans, one of whom…
What can the Irish Church learn from Britain? – Tina Beattie/ACP Zoom presentation
Association of Catholic Priests cordially invites you to a members Zoom presentation What can the Irish Church learn from Britain? with British academic, writer and theologian Tina Beattie on Tuesday…
Séamus Ahearne’s weekly walk and thoughts…
More Rumours of Angels The delights of a frosty morning: These mornings seem eerie. The Tolka River holds its breath. I am suspicious of the quietness. The heron appears sometimes….
Presider’s Page for Tuesday 8 December (Immaculate Conception of the BVM)
This feast had its origin in the East as the “Conception of Mary by St Anne.” It spread through the West during the Middle Ages as the “Immaculate Conception” and was extended to the entire Western Church in the eighteenth century. The feast celebrates Mary, preserved from sin from the moment of conception; she is the first-fruits of her Son’s redemption and a prophetic model of what the Church is called to be.
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