Presider’s Page for 14 July (Ordinary Time 15)
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.
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Brendan Hoban: Separatist sideshow must not derail reform
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…
Seán Walsh: The Search for Xavier
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…
Séamus Ahearne: BACK THEN:
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…
Jim Cogley – Reflections Tues 9 July-Mon 15 July 2024
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…
Brendan Hoban: Church should rid itself of old sartorial habits
Western People 25.6.2024 One of my favourite columnists is Liz Dodd who writes for The Tablet, an English Catholic paper, and sometimes in The Sunday Times. Liz is a young…
Jim Cogley – Reflections: Tues 2 July – Mon 8 July 2024
Please note: Daily services are available at ourladysisland.ie The weekday Masses are at 10am and Sunday at 11am. This Wednesday the first of month at 3pm there is a Healing…
Tony Flannery documentary on TG4 to be shown again this Wednesday 3rd July 2024 @ 9.30pm
Tony Flannery documentary on TG4 to be shown again this Wednesday 3rd July 2024 @ 9.30pm There are two lines at the end of the documentary that say: Iarradh ar…
Seán Ó Conaill: René Girard: The Creed Overcomes the World
Sean Ó Conaill: Retired teacher of high school history and author. Now editing here (personal website) and on acireland.ie – and campaigning for immediate implementation of Article 37 of Vatican…
Seán Walsh: Storm Trooper
STORM TROOPER Ah, years ago, now. I checked into an inner city hospital: gaunt, red-bricked, Victorian. Creaking all the way from Main Entrance to X Ray, Reception to Theatre, Canteen…
Brendan Hoban: Vague promises don’t wash with Irish voters
Western People 18.6.2024 In the end the results of the local and European elections were all about trust. Trust – and the lack of it. A sub-text is how sophisticated Irish…
Dr Paddy Ferry: Remembering Eunan O’Donnell
Eunan O’Donnell founded a secondary school in Dungloe back in 1956, which gave many young boys and girls the chance of a continued education which they otherwise would never have…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 25th June – Mon 1st July 2024
This weeks reflections about dealing with difficult emotions are a compilation of writings taken from several sources, one of them being Richard Rohr, combined with much of my own material…
Bishops’ statement on end of life care: Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes
Statement from the Irish Bishops Conference on proposed legislation on assisted suicide and euthanasia. Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes: “Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in…
Séamus Ahearne: I HAVE SPENT MY DAYS STRINGING AND UNSTRINGING MY INSTRUMENT, WHILE THE SONG I CAME TO SING REMAINS UNSUNG. (Tagore)
WHAT A HERO! Aidan O’Brien – was celebrated during the week (again). He achieved his 400th Grade One winners, at Ascot with Auguste Rodin. He then won the Gold Cup with Kyprios on Thursday. Afterwards, he was his own…
Presider’s Page 7 July (Ordinary Time 14)
As weak and sinful people, we gather to ask the Lord’s mercy. We know his grace is sufficient for us. Together, we praise and thank our God for the constant care we receive.
Presider’s Page 30 June (Ordinary Time 13)
As summer takes hold, we give thanks to God for all the gifts we enjoy. We rejoice in God’s saving power: death itself is in his hand and all the living depend on God alone.
Brendan Hoban: Pope Francis’ opponents keep pushing back
Western People 11th June 2024 Pope Francis gives interviews all the time. Generally on informal occasions he tends to favour delivering a few off-the-cuff remarks. Even when his words are misinterpreted…
Commonweal Magazine: More than Welcome
LGBTQ+ Catholics can transform the Church—if the Synod would listen. Nick Fagnant June 19, 2024 Last February, a sixteen-year-old nonbinary student named Nex Benedict died after an altercation with three…
Chris McDonnell: Is the cost too high?
The attack by Hamas on the state of Israel is less than a year distant, but the havoc of those weeks and months is immense. Tens of thousands of Palestinians…
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