‘Accentuate the positive.’ (Bing Crosby) The talking Tolka: I’m confused. The Tolka River chats with me every morning. The heron doesn’t appear. The ducks must be sleeping. The Dawn Chorus…
This great Mayo team owe their fans nothing Western People 21.9.21 In the aftermath of the Mayo defeat, Adrian Langan wrote in these pages last week, ‘We need analysis…
Gerard O’Connell reports in America Magazine: When a Jesuit in Slovakia asked Pope Francis “How are you?”, the pope stunned them with his answer: “Still alive, even though some people…
Pax Christi International warmly invites you to celebrate our annual Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action. It is a time to observe how nonviolence connects all our work for justice and…
OUR ROOT & BRANCH Inclusive Lay-led Synod 5 – 12th Sept, 2021 Our deepest gratitude to our amazing speakers and panellists in an unparalleled week of offerings, talks and discussions. And…
We Are Church will host a Zoom with Bishop Paul Dempsey National Synodal Assembly Tues 12th October @ 7.30pm To Register €5 – details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/national-synodal-assembly-bishop-paul-dempsey-tickets-166954676933
The Deep End: A Journey with the Sunday Gospels in the Year of Luke by Tríona Doherty and Jane Mellett. Foreword by Dermot A. Lane Join us for an Online…
Discussion on ‘Faith Alive’ on Midwest Radio Sunday 19 Sept 2021 – Brendan Hoban and Monica Morley. https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/geraldine-flannery-rip-funeral-mass-mwr-19-sept-2021-brendan-hoban-monica-morley
We gather to remember the passion and death of Jesus, and to celebrate his resurrection with joy. He calls us to move beyond rivalry and conflict, to be true followers of the Christian way.
The Spirit in the Assembly Preparing for the Synod of Bishops’ gathering on synodality By Austen Ivereigh | United States The most far-reaching event in the Catholic Church in my…
A clip of President Higgins meeting Pope Francis in the Vatican today. https://youtu.be/fOZ70pr7upU
America Magazine reports: Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M.Conv., last month asked that diocesan employees working at the Catholic Center in the Diocese of Lexington, Ky., vaccinate themselves against Covid-19, extending a mandate that…
On consulting the faithful: one woman’s experience. The present appeal to the faithful to contribute at diocesan level to the Synod of Bishops has led me to reflect back and…
From Tony Flannery’s Blog on Sept 12: http://www.tonyflannery.com/geraldines-death-and-funeral/ Geraldine’s death and Funeral It is now two weeks since my sister Geraldine Flannery succumbed to the debilitating effects of a…
In our journey through life we walk the path Jesus walked, so it is hard for us to escape suffering, no more than he could. We remember his suffering and death, knowing that it brought him glory and that it will do the same for us.
Regular ACP online contributor Paddy Ferry has recommended the following article by Mike Harding in the Irish Times. Mike Harding is a folk musician, stand-up comic, broadcaster and poet who lives…
Link to Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html Links for speeches taken from https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/09/12.html [B0557] Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the…
Root and Branch Synod Bristol Friday September 10 at 2.00 pm Opening keynote address by Dr. Mary McAleese “No Synodality Without Freedom of Speech– Canon law must acknowledge the human…
Fr Bernárd Lynch was accused by person/persons unknown just as he was to receive an Award in 2019 from President Michael Higgins. Bernárd Lynch has not been charged with any…
Much ado about nothing The Fox and the Heron: I sometimes meet two herons at the Tolka River in the mornings. They are never together and maintain an appropriate distance…
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