Keep the date free! Tues 6 Oct @ 7.00pm The Church in Germany A Zoom presentation for ACP members by Fr Bernd Hagenkord SJ Meeting registration details will be posted…
Open House published an article in the June/July edition by theologian Angela Hanley on The Challenge of Same-Sex Unions. Open House was founded in Dundee in 1990 as an independent…
“THE DAY’S DISASTERS IN HIS MORNING FACE” (Goldsmith) The Whales in Tasmania: I don’t know why it appeals to me as a symbol, but the story of the beached/stranded whales…
VATICAN CITY — The head of the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal congregation Sept. 22 defended his office’s request that an Irish priest sign four strict oaths of fidelity to Catholic teachings,…
An encyclical for all brothers and sisters While waiting to know the contents of the document, there has been some discussion about the title and how to translate it inclusively….
God’s ways are not our ways. God’s love and generosity are beyond our understanding. We acknowledge all God has done for us, and ask for the grace to grow into God’s likeness.
One of world’s most influential cardinals recently admitted that he is “open” to the idea of ordaining women to the Catholic priesthood. “I am not saying that women have to…
John Henry Newman Following Conscience on our Journey in Faith Chris McDonnell CT September 18th 2020 The recently canonized John Henry Newman concluded a long Note on Conscience addressed to…
If we only have love (Jacques Brel). The love of an old couple: The sun has appeared. It is rather brazen after deserting us for the summer. We treasure…
Demands have been made to Tony Flannery to “submit” to “doctrinal propositions given by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” before they deem him fit to return to ministry.
A Question of Faith, Fr Liam Power’s Fortnightly Column AT a Sunday Mass in one of our local churches recently, the presiding priest reiterated the health and safety protocols designed…
Catholic Herald reports: The Archbishop of San Francisco has called Catholics to participate in Eucharistic processions across the city on September 20, which will join together and walk past city hall…
An interesting read from Michael Carter in The Tablet… Relics of the Holy Blood were (indeed, still are) venerated across Europe. They proliferated in the 12th and 13th centuries, a time…
The Director of Caritas Hellas talks about the situation on the ground in Lesbos after Europe’s largest refugee camp burnt to the ground and calls for the shared responsibility of…
Forgiveness is one of the great qualities of Christianity. We are challenged to forgive each other as readily as God forgives us. We celebrate God’s mercy, and ask for the grace to pass it on to those who hurt us.
Fr Mychal Judge, the first recorded casualty of 9/11 Early in September, New York City Chris McDonnell CT September 11 2020 It was a clear, blue-skied September Tuesday morning in…
Tír na nÓg The 7th son of the 7th son: The Doc has died. He was the seventh son of the seventh son. He was one of the characters of…
Francis wants bishops who are pastors first Western People, Sept 8th 2020 Maureen Kelly, a native of Ballycastle, is a Mercy Sister, in Lima, Peru. She spent most of her…
GENDER IMBALANCE – SICK CHURCH One hundred years since brave women won the vote, Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels rightly attempts to achieve gender balance in the College of…
The German diocese of Osnabrück has prepared a special Women Preaching event (13-17 September 2020). The diocese has prepared a series of videos to help prepare women to preach. The…
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