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Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 23rd April – Mon 29th April
Note: The seminar on Healing the Family Tree scheduled for Friday May 17th in Lady’s Island is fully booked with a waiting list. Another is planned for Saturday June 15th…
Catholic Herald: New Catholic Lectionary for British churches arriving this Advent following approval by Vatican
The Catholic Herald Link: https://catholicherald.co.uk/new-catholic-lectionary-for-british-churches-approved-by-vatican/?swcfpc=1 April 18, 2024 at 8:30 am A new Lectionary will come into use in parishes in England, Wales and Scotland from Advent 2024. The Vatican’s…
Chris McDonnell: April, come she will
The names of the months of the year are in themselves evocative of mood, climate, event and experience. Yet depending on where you live on our planet, the same month…
Seán Walsh: Pen Pal
Pen Pal I lived a lot in my head, as a lad. Like, I was the last in the – brothers and sisters well ahead of me. They were stretching…
Vatican News: “Conversations in the Spirit” for women in a synodal Church
Around 1,400 people from all over the world are expected to gather online to put synodal methodology into practice, with a focus on the participation of women in a synodal…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.’ (Thomas Gray).
DEMOCRACY MATTERS: On Tuesday 9th April 2024, the Dáil assembled to elect a new Taoiseach. There were many speeches. Leo Varadkar spoke in his farewell words as Taoiseach and did…
Irish Independent: Article by Sarah Mac Donald on a former Opus Dei member who spoke about her experience…
Link to full article: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-came-out-suicidal-the-women-speaking-out-after-leaving-opus-dei/a576273725.html
Julieann Moran: Synodal Pathway Update – Reminder to Pre-register for the Online Meeting on 29 April at 7pm
Dear Representatives, Thank you to all those who made a submission in response to the next stage of the Universal Synod. The writing group from the Irish Synodal Pathway spent…
America Magazine: Roundtable: On gender, the Vatican and academics are talking past each otherAmerica Magazine:
On April 8, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a highly anticipated declaration on the theme of human dignity. To help make sense of this new…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 16th April – Mon 22nd April
Note: On Sat 4th May a Wood You Believe seminar with a focus on Healing the Family Tree will be held in Tallaght Retreat Centre from 10am to 4pm. Bookings…
Position Available: Mercy International Association
While the ACP website does not normally advertise ‘vacant positions’, a request to post the following details was received from a Sister of Mercy. Position Available: Head of Communications with…
Brendan Hoban: Varadkar was different from most politicians
Western People, 2.4.2024 On a recent Faith Alive! programme on Mid-West Radio, in the wake of Leo Varadkar’s resignation as Taoiseach, I made the comment that I thought the response…
Edinburgh Newman Association meeting
The next meeting of our Edinburgh Newman Association is on Monday evening next, April 15th at 7.30pm at our usual venue, Mayfield/Salisbury Church of Scotland, 18 West Mayield, Edinburgh EH9…
Western Dioceses – announcement by the Papal Nuncio
At the end of Mass with Western Bishops in Tuam this morning the Papal Nuncio announced changes to the diocesan make-up in the West of Ireland. They include: The Archbishop…
New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity
Vatican News reports: The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new document ‘Dignitas infinita’ took five years to complete, and builds on the papal magisterium of the last decade:…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 9th April to Mon 15th April 2024
Note: Next seminar on Personal and Family Tree Healing is in Tallaght Priory Retreat Centre on Sat next 13th April from 10-4pm. Contact there for bookings. Tue 9th April –…
Joe O’Leary: The Nicene Creed in interreligious perspective
Joe O’Leary is giving a talk based on his article on the Nicene Creed in the Japan Mission Journal, abbreviated to 12 points. (Post updated 8 April 2024.) THE NICENE CREED IN INTERRELIGIOUS…
Synodal Pathway Update: Irish Synod prepares “vision of renewal” for national submission ahead of universal assembly
From CatholicNews.ie – News service for the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference – link to article: https://catholicnews.ie/irish-synod-prepares-vision-of-renewal-for-national-submission-ahead-of-universal-assembly/?fbclid=IwAR0quyOYGg9XZxU5beHU74h8hnrKrkr_EWawFiT6mKzIW0GLVzDIna7wsi4 The Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland has invited submissions from dioceses…
Tony Flannery writing in the latest edition of The Tablet – When Father Lets Go
While the synodal process is starting to transform the Church in Ireland, priests are often those most resistant to change. FROM THE START of his pontificate, it has been evident that…
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