The music of hurling: It has been years since I watched a game on TV. That changed last Sunday. I was enthralled by the All-Ireland Hurling Final with Cork…
All priests interested in assisting on Reek Sunday are asked to contact Fr John Kenny, Adm, on 098-28871. BRIEFING FOR PILGRIMS ISSUED JULY 2024 Croagh Patrick is an iconic feature…
Eugene Duffy is a priest of the Diocese of Achonry and Episcopal Vicar for Pastoral Renewal and Development. On April 10th of this year, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop…
Information: For web-cam live services and recordings – ourladysisland.ie Website for ordering books, psychotherapy and other details – jimcogley.com Email: frjimcogley@gmail.com Tue 23rd July – The Need for Approval Occasionally…
Western People 16.7.2024 Joe Biden, most recently the toast of Ballina and the great hope of the Democratic party in America in the upcoming presidential election, now finds himself in…
“I HAD GOD ON MY SIDE.” Leo Varadkar is 45. Simon Coveney is 52. Both are stepping out of frontline politics. Donald Trump is 78. Joe Biden is 81. Both…
Sometime in 1997, browsing the Tablet, I came upon a review of recent book-length interview with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. When I read that the cardinal had expressed some puzzlement over…
Information: For web-cam live services and recordings – ourladysisland.ie Website for ordering books, psychotherapy and other details – jimcogley.com Email: frjimcogley@gmail.com Tue 16th July – Father Issues Writing about father…
Many dramatic media images with accompanying captions from events of this weekend coming not only from Gaza, the Holy Land, but the U.S. will shock people once again. The images…
Western People 9.7.2024 The word is that sadness is making a comeback. For years we’ve dismissed any display of tears as a sign of weakness or a form of posturing….
Association of Catholic Priests Statement On Refusing the Eucharist to a Public Representative 14 July 2024 The refusal of the Eucharist to a public representative in the Diocese of Cloyne…
The Instrumentum Laboris for the Second Session of the Synod in October talks about the different perspectives from which the mission of the Synod is to be progressed. Among these…
The inaugural St Thérèse International Day at Knock Shrine will be held on Sunday 14th July 2024. A film on St Thérèse will run on a loop from 10am –…
By John Lavenburg, 9 July 2024, National Correspondent Link to article: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2024/07/left-leaning-priests-association-says-they-cant-participate-in-national-eucharistic-congress NEW YORK – An association of American Catholic priests claims that its offer to participate in the upcoming…
XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS How to be a missionary synodal Church Instrumentum laboris for the Second Session (October 2024) Link to full details: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/07/09/0560/01156.html#en Link from…
God has blessed us in very many ways: God has showered grace upon us. During today’s gathering, we give thanks to the Lord for all we have received.
Western People 2.7.2024 Three weeks ago in this space I wrote about the organised attempt by extreme traditionalists in the Catholic Church to undermine the reforms that Pope Francis is…
An insider piece: set in a friary in Dublin, Ireland, in the late 60’s.A play centred on friars living in community – in poverty, chastity and obedience – in the…
Belief was more than blank decision. And this heart was silly with the joy of Christ. His light was everywhere: along untarred roads by spread of gorse, In meadows overspilling…
Tuesday July 9th– Mother Relationship We all have one, and to her we owe our very existence. Throughout life she remains that hugely influential relationship in our lives, whether she…
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