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Tues 18th June – Call and Empowerment On the 22nd of June 1980 I was ordained in St Patrick’s Church, Rosslare Harbour. Now forty-four years later I look back on…

Taken from the Irish Bishops Conference Website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2024/06/12/statement-of-the-summer-2024-general-meeting-of-the-irish-catholic-bishops-conference Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Summer 2024 General Meeting.  The…

PR- STV It is an intriguing and exasperating system. But it is quite impressive. It is not just the suspense but rather the respect for the representative aspect of an…

Western People 4.6.2024   For political eggheads the prospect of three elections – local, EU and general – is manna from heaven but for those who at best tolerate elections, not…

HERMITAGE              There is a stillness and solitude in the hour before dawn. In that darkness there is a time when we can open ourselves to listening to the Lord. No…

THOMAS REESE 10 June 2024 Areport from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on diocesan discussions about the Synod on Synodality released May 28 made clear how many issues are…

Note: Following some cancellations a few spaces have become available for the Wood You Believe Retreat that will focus on healing both at a personal and ancestral level scheduled for…

Western people 28.5.2024 As a young man, the spiritual writer, Henri Nouwen was travelling around Ireland. In Donegal, he witnessed an ‘Irish’ burial, watching it over a stone wall. What…

How does the pope’s “No” to women deacons fit with the role of women on the agenda of the October Synod May 31, 2024 • For immediate releasePriests’ association asks…

Who is not familiar with the problem of male clericalism in the Catholic Church!? It is repeatedly mentioned by Pope Francis and never missed in any document that reflects the sensus…

Pentecost 2024 Dear President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), In this interim time of the working Synodal Assembly of Bishops, millions of Catholics have…

Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) will host Adult Faith Development for the 21st Century Diarmuid O’Murchú ZOOM – Thu June 13th – 8.00 pm Although formal religion seems to…

There are a few lines in one of Eliot’s Four Quartets, The Dry Salvages, where he refers to the edge between land and sea. Link to The Dry Savages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dry_Salvages “…….

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Please note: The Wood You Believe Retreat scheduled for July 16 to 19th in Slí an Chroí Retreat Centre in St Patrick’s College Kiltegan is now fully booked as is…

DONALD TRUMP:  I didn’t think it possible that twelve people could agree, but they did. It happened rather quickly. Donald Trump was found guilty last evening. One of my female…

For anyone interested in a Wood You Believe Retreat that will focus on healing both at a personal and ancestral level there is one scheduled for July 16 to 19in…

From the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference Website: Caption (L-R) Bishop Donal Roche and Bishop Paul Dempsey, new Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Dublin, pictured during Trinity Sunday Mass for…

Vatican News reports The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, tells reporters that Pope Francis is “aware” of the articles about a closed-door conversation with Italian Bishops,…

EGRETS AND MAN U: The Dutch man was very happy this morning. I met him as I walked back from the beach. He was happy for Erik ten Hag. (I even…