Brian Grogan SJ: “Pope Francis’ Gospel Centred Church”

We express our sympathies to Gerry O Connor, member of the ACP leadership team, and to his family on the death of his father Tom O’Connor.

Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column, says that our response to the corona virus pandemic “depends on how, as a people, we respond to the challenges facing us and whether our traditional ability to pull together to do what has to be done will serve us in the days and weeks and months ahead”

The Irish Examiner reports: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40924976.html Half of the priests currently serving in the archdiocese will be over the retirement age of 75 within five years, warns Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly. The…

Clericalism is a world wide problem in the church. But, are (we) priests in utter denial?
The Jesuit Institute of South Africa have published a challenging article on their website.
“There are, it seems, a growing number of us priests who would be better off heading-up dictatorial fiefdoms…… Priests have, for many people, become the weekly cross they bear.”

In just a few weeks, delegates from across Ireland will gather in Kilkenny for the Pre-Synodal Assembly taking place on 18th October 2025. This is an important step on our…

It’s only words and words are all I have (Maurice Gibb)  Kingfishers: I went down to the Tolka this morning (Sunday). No one else had ventured out. The park and…