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The Word of God is the focus this Sunday, read by Ezra the priest in the Old Testament reading, and by Jesus in the Gospel. By his Word, God reassures…

The 2nd  Sunday Ordinary Time. The title is ‘Stretched’:  

With the backdrop of recent environmental crises like flooding in Spain and fires in Los Angeles, what does care for creation mean for parish communities in Ireland?  How can faith…

Western People 7.1. 2025 When America sets a headline (the wisdom goes) in jig-time Europe tends to follow. Not in everything, thank God. While the United States looks forward to…

Pope Francis’ widely-anticipated autobiography ‘Hope’ hits bookshelves in 80 countries this Jubilee, and includes narrated memories, anecdotes, photos, and elements offered personally to readers. By Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis’…

Taken from Conversations, vol. 2, no. 1, January-February 2025. Used with permission. www.dominicanpublications.com

Each service is recorded and available on ourladysisland.ie or Church Services. A seminar entitled:  Getting the Past out of the Present – Healing our Damaged Emotions facilitated by Jim Cogley…

For two centuries, after the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, the Irish people were persecuted for their loyalty to Catholicism as the British State converted to various forms of Protestantism….

Irish Mail Fri 10 Jan 2025 Tony Flannery on RTÉ’s Drivetime Thurs 9 Jan 2025: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22479408 The Tablet magazine: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/nuns-vilified-but-afraid-to-challenge-unjust-portrayal-say-irish-priests Tony Flannery on Radio Kerry https://www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/kerry-today/are-nuns-unfairly-vilified-january-9th-2025-416515

Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership – Sunday homily on the Baptism of the Lord, 2025 – ‘Leaven’. Link:

John (Hans) Wijngaards, (30 September 1935 – 2 January 2025) Check link for tribute: https://mailchi.mp/9e8bf7cb69d8/sad-news?e=3c5cccd6ee

Association of Catholic Priests The ACP critical of the way Nuns are being portrayed 8 January 2025 For the past two centuries nuns (sisters) educated people in their schools, and…

The ACP wishes to bring to your notice that Marie Keenan is standing in the forthcoming Irish Seanad elections, one of twelve candidates in the NUI constituency. Full list: https://www.nui.ie/elections/seanadelection2025/candidatesprofiles_2025.asp Marie…

Pope Francis appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla, an Italian-born religious sister from the Consolata Missionaries, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, along…

Is a word searching for somewhere to be used! Or someone to be used about. That word fits neatly into yesterday. I shouldn’t take pleasure in such events, or in…

Happy New Year and every good wish for 2025.! Apologies for not getting to send out my columns over the past few weeks. Christmas is that kind of time! But attached now are…

McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will lead an archdiocese still bruised by a sexual abuse and mismanagement scandal. By Michelle Boorstein, Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli The…

Hi everyone, In response to a huge interest in the area of regression that was sent out some months ago the following reflections were written. I hope you find them insightful…