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FIRST COMMUNION Here, I have it here! First Communion photo.Jenny looking out from ‘neath a veil:open-eyed… trusting… distrusting… unaware of what was out there, what lay ahead… in the world…

Two crucial post-Resurrection stories of Jesus are centred on the sharing of a meal, supper after the journey to Emmaus and breakfast by the lake of Tiberias . The offering…

The Leaving of Leo: Leo Varadkar was on The Late Late Show last evening. I never watch the Show but tuned in to see and hear, what Leo had to…

From this life to Life Eternal, 24.4.2024 Many will remember her as Ann Walsh. Friends, neighbours, family… A wife who saved her husband from himself, gave their Dad back to…

The next meeting of our Edinburgh Newman Association is on Monday evening next, May 6th. at 7.30pm at our usual venue, Mayfield/Salisbury Church of Scotland, 18 West Mayfield, Edinburgh EH9…

ROOT & BRANCH Community international grassroots community for an inclusive, just & safe Catholic Church.  hello@rootandbranchsynod.org                  www.rootandbranchsynod.orgNo. 119   26/04/2024 FLOURISH AND THRIVEDear friends,We’re delighted to be able to announce…

Western People 23.4.2024 If memory serves me right, the song ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread’ was issued as a single by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…