By Michael Sean Winters Catholic social teaching is proverbially considered the church’s “best kept secret.” Why is that? And what can be done about it? These are among the questions…
In pastoral areas in our dioceses we have good-living pastoral agents, husbands and wives, rearing a family while also holding down a secular job and yet these couples find time…
Western People 20.02.2024 I remember very well the evening of Friday, November 3, 1995. How could I possibly forget it? For the first and last time, I was a guest…
Catholic Herald reports: ROME – As the German bishops meet this week to advance their national reform process, the Vatican has threatened canonical action if they refuse to comply with…
Last Few Spaces Available There is very limited availability left on the leadership programme taking place in Mallow this weekend. If you plan to attend and haven’t registered, then please do so. As this is…
Tue 20th Feb – Have A Purpose A poem that shaped my life from teenage years and etched itself on my brain was entitled, Have a Purpose. It’s now so…
Western People 13.2.2024 Archbishop Charles Scicluna is a busy man with three heavy responsibilities. His day-job is archbishop of Malta but he doubles as a secretary of the Vatican Dicastery…
Synodal Pathway Facilitative Leadership Training – A Pilot Programme From Julieann Moran, General Secretary, Synodal Pathway Our Facilitative Leadership Training Programme was launched at the beginning of this month. Dioceses and organisations…
Pope Francis establishes study groups to explore various themes that emerged from the Synod session in October 2023, and sets the dates for the second session of the 16th Ordinary…
Today is the Day of Prayer for survivors and victims of abuse.https://www.amri.ie/day-of-prayer-for-survivors-and-victims-of-abuse-friday-16-feb/ This year, the Day of Prayer for Survivors and Victims of Abuse will fall on 16 February, the…
Lent has begun and the great Paschal feast approaches. These passing days are spent in different ways by many people. Some give up something, others take on a new challenge,…
From now to Easter we have what might be considered the most dramatic season in the Liturgy. In my teens I knew of Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) as a writer…
Feb 14th is Valentine’s Day so all of this week’s postings are reflections on the nature of Love. They are taken mainly from many of the great minds down through…
Here’s the Thing! “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.” (Matt 6: 6) Unseen – but there for…
The Journal reports: https://www.thejournal.ie/religious-publiosher-veritas-to-begin-winding-down-6295340-Feb2024/#:~:text=It%20is%20Ireland’s%20leading%20religious,by%20the%20end%20of%202024%E2%80%B3. VERITAS HAS ANNOUNCED it is set to wind down its business operations and close its retail outlets. It is Ireland’s leading religious publisher and retailer of…
The journey so far… The Synodal Pathway General Secretary, Julieann Moran, takes a look back at the progress of both the Irish Synodal Pathway and the Universal Synod to date…
Western People 6.2.2024 John Henry Newman (1801-90) was a famous Anglican clergyman who converted to Catholicism in 1845, was made a cardinal in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII and was…
The latest Synodal Times newsletter from Ian Dunn has several links worth exploring. Hello Friend,For some months now, the Synod and its possibilities have been overshadowed by Fiducia Supplicans —…
From the Dominican Media Desk Father Gerard Francisco Timoner, O.P., eighty-seventh successor to St Dominic as Master of the Order of Preachers, will celebrate and will preach at Mass in…
May 1980. A phone call from Tom Walsh, my nephew, to say my mother was poorly and would I like to share the journey with him to Ennis to visit…
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