The Ascension of Jesus will be celebrated next Sunday. As the Easter Season moves towards its second climax at Pentecost, we take heed of the Lord’s final words to his disciples, and look forward to the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Church.
A New Pope Committed to Synodality On 8 May, the Church welcomed Pope Leo XIV, whose Urbi et Orbimessage from the balcony of St Peter’s made an immediate and moving call to journey…
Western People 13.5.2025 What an extraordinary time the last few weeks have been for the overwhelmingly positive media coverage the Catholic Church has enjoyed. The illness and death of Pope…
Coming Events: A seminar entitled Personal and Ancestral Healing will be held in Lady’s Island Community Centre on Saturday31st May from 10am to 4pm. Cost €40 with refreshments included. Facilitators…
Austen Ivereigh 15 May 2025, The Tablet Link: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/a-pope-of-communion-leo-xiv-and-the-francis-legacy/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Tablet%20newsletter%2015%20May&utm_content=The%20Tablet%20newsletter%2015%20May+CID_fb146b469f3a22d878e7c96285baf616&utm_source=SxTabNews_v1&utm_term=Austen%20Ivereigh The first pope from the United States has made it clear he will build on the ‘precious legacy’ he inherited from Francis…
Matthew Dunch May 15, 2025 Link: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/05/15/pope-leo-rerum-novarum-artificial-intelligence-250689?utm_source=piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2928&pnespid=5qU6VSkZZb9L2PzBrTflE8mNtRX1DZB0IvXhwuJlvgJmevtC4kOWG4ptUu4AF.0yvG9guCNI Pope Leo XIV meets the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican on May 10, 2025. In his remarks…
‘Glory’ 5th Sunday Easter Year C 2025
My paintings/images of the Earth are not framed but ‘boxed’. In this way I want to show that the Earth is a gift we receive, a ‘present’ from the Creator…
By Phyliss Zagano Link to ncronline: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/will-pope-leo-xiv-make-call-women-deacons Yes, our new pope said something about women deacons. He said it is under study. Anyone looking for a quick answer from Pope…
We gather to praise God who raised his son Jesus from the dead. We celebrate this victory over sin and death, and pray for enthusiasm as we try to pass on the Good News.
Taken from Religión Digital this is a letter from a religious sister to Leo our new Pope. Click on the English translation within the link: https://www.religiondigital.org/vaticano/Carta-Papa-Leon-XIV-nuevamente-mujeres-iglesia_0_2778622120.html
Greetings to you all. Hoping you are experiencing these reflections as food for the soul. By passing them on to others they don’t stop with you but take on a life of their…
Novelist Sue Monk Kidd describes why cultivating an image of the Sacred Feminine is so important, particularly for women raised within Christianity: Taken from the website of Richard Rohr: https://cac.org/daily-meditations/why-she-matters/ A…
Mary McAleese is reported as saying the exclusion of women from ordination is based on “fake theology”. Ireland’s former President has formal qualifications in both Civil and Canon Law but…
Saturday, 10 May 2025 Thank you very much, Your Eminence. Before taking our seats, let us begin with a prayer, asking the Lord to continue to accompany this College, and…
Fourth Sunday of Easter – prayers of the faithful Introduction (by the Presider) As Rome welcomes its new bishop, we pray a blessing on the Church and the whole world:…
Fourth Sunday of Easter – prayers of the faithful Introduction (by the Presider) As the people of God welcomes a new pope, we pray a blessing on the Church and the whole…
Prior to his election as Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. Here is the biography of the 267th Bishop of Rome. By…
Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-05/pope-leo-xvi-peace-be-with-you-first-words.html Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful and the world invoking peace and pledging to work for a united Church faithful to Jesus and to the Gospel. Pope…
The phone rang. The White Smoke had appeared. I turned on the TV. My immediate assumption was that one of the more prominent characters would now be named as Pope….
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