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Tue 12th March – Happiness While beginning to write some postings on the subject of happiness I feel that the term is misleading and we need to define what we…

Press Release 12 March 2024 Pope Francis’ course of reform must continue We Are Church on the 11th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis on 13 March 2024 On…

Knock: We had a splendid turnout for our second round of training on Friday and Saturday at Knock Shrine. Once again, we were blessed with a great mix of representatives…

NEW LEAF A priest from the Redemp’trists gave us the School Retreat  at the beginning of Lent. Hell or Heaven for starters, then the limitless mercy of God… Frank Muldoon…

Epiphany’s Challenge 2024 Dear Bishops of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, I am sending you a current letter to Pope Francis and one to the members of his Council of…

Today, on the second day of the Spring General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Maynooth, bishops call for an urgent and complete ceasefire in Gaza, and an…

Press Release – Tuesday 5 March 2024, Feast of Saint KieranEmbargoed until 11.00am: Newsdesks, Photodesks and Religious Affairs CorrespondentsPope Francis appoints Father Donal Roche as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin…

Please note: The Seminar on Healing the Family Tree scheduled for Sat March 23rd in OLI is now fully booked and there is a waiting list. Another event will be…

Seán Walsh writes: A short scene from my new drama, Pilate under Pressure, a two hander in several scenes, a rehearsed reading open to the public on Tuesday, March 26,…

Austin Ivereigh is a great friend of Pope Francis – having written his two Biographies. He has also just written a new book entitle First Belong to God – On Retreat…

Western People 27.2.2024 It would be gratuitous not to congratulate Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Féin (SF) and Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on their day in the…

    A Russian funeral            Alexei Navalny March 1, 2024 “You were not afraid. We are not afraid.” At the closed gates of the church -the Ikon of the Mother…

SPRINGTIME: One of our schools (St Malachy’s) comes across for Mass on the First Fridays. It is both surprising and lovely to have them. (At their request). Today (1st March)…

Reflection from Pádraig MacCarthy The weight of a snowflake “Tell me the weight of a snowflake,” a robin asked a wild dove. “Nothing more than nothing,” was the answer. “In…

A note from Seán Walsh about his latest publication… Seán Walsh writes: Just now published on  ebook or paperback… Did I say book? More like a booklet… Two readers/actors, two…

from Julieann Moran Dear Representative, It has been brought to my attention that YouTube is, unfortunately, playing adverts half way through some of our video content. I was aware that…

ACI Zoom: Rewilding Faith   Creating New Spaces for Faith Workshop Thurs 14th March – 8.00 p.m. With Patricia Higgins A workshop to equip and encourage lay people to take leadership…

BY MARY MCALEESE, 29 Feb 2024 The strict hierarchical governance structure of the Catholic Church has the dubious advantage of simplicity and clarity along with increasing implausibility. Divine authority is…

Vatican News report An Instruction published in 2000 by the then-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith distinguished between rituals inserted into liturgical books and pastoral or…

Irish Independent article. Link to full article: https://m.independent.ie/regionals/waterford/sport/bishop-cullinane-warns-of-possible-closure-of-churches-in-waterford-due-to-crisis-in-vocations/a1449147778.html Eoin Kelleher A public meeting is to be held next week to address the crisis in vocations to the priesthood in Waterford,…