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GREAT SPORT: Ronnie O’Sullivan did it twice in a row. He won the last two tournaments. One was described by Ken Doherty, as ‘snooker poetry.’ Ronnie came from way back…

Western People 16.1.2024 There’s a story told (and it’s true) about a visit the late Cardinal Conway paid to Enniscrone golf club many years ago. An avid golfer, Conway was…

Midnight deliveries as the storm abates. An observation is that when a storm comes slowly it lasts a long time and when it comes quickly it blows over fast. So,…

… words from Gaza 2023- 2024. Gaza This October Monday, October 16th 2023 Hour by hourcountlessmunitions fallin an exchangeof fearsome fire. Smoke eruptsfrom shatteredBuildings hangingthrough the orangeglow of flame. This…

Is God Calling You to be a Diocesan Priest? Come and See. Take the Risk for Christ.” This is what faces you when you click on the website of Ireland’s Catholic…

 MASTER CLASS   So long ago?.. ‘Seems like yesterday. Even now I close my eyes and re-live, re-call the noise, bustle, clamour, the sights, sounds , aromas, the stunning coloratura of…

Tues 16th Jan – Exploring Causes of Depression Because depression is such a widespread phenomenon we return again to this topic since it merits much wider exploration. So many who…

This is the link to RTÉ Player to watch the programme… https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-last-priests-and-nuns-in-ireland/10001910-00-0000?epguid=IP10001911-01-0001 Don’t forget Programme 2 – The Last Nuns in Ireland is on Tues 16 Jan at 10.15pm on…

I published a book, Keeping the Faith, in 2005. It was my effort at the time to highlight the areas that needed reform in the Catholic Church. In that book…

‘The Last Priests in Ireland’ and ‘The Last Nuns in Ireland’ Episode one, Monday 15th Jan 9.35pm and Episode two, Tuesday 16th Jan 10.15pm The statistics are stark. The average…

JOE WITH CHRISTY DIGNAM AND BONO: Joe McCrossan died. He was 57. He had been in St Michael’s House Santry (Shanowen). His mother Sadie had minded him until she was…

What happens if you point to apparent contradictions in ‘church teaching’ over time in an online artificial intelligence engine? Sean O’Conaill has had some fun in finding out. “The truth…

  Although these ‘Observations’ refer directly to experiences in Ireland and three African countries, they are also relevant to the church in Australia. Eleanor and Kevin. Tommy Hayden and Leo…

Taken from the Pro Terra Sancta website. giulia colaluce 5 January 2024 It was a Christmas without pilgrims in Bethlehem. The context of crisis due to the war has alienated…

Western People 10.1.2024 I’m not too sure who counted them (or how it was done) but apparently 60,000 swearwords were broadcast in Britain last year. It seems a lot but…

We Are Church Ireland is hosting a live webinar on Thursday, 25 January from 7pm until 8.30pm.  Sr. Denise Boyle will be in dialogue with Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ who…

Western People. 3.1.2024 For the first column of another new year, let’s take a subject of some importance: has religion a future? The doubters used to say that when science…

Printed in the last edition of Western Star, a Western People publication, edited by James Laffey. (After reading the original article, an ACP member suggested that other members might also…

John Hus was strong in his denunciation of the corruption of the clergy, which echoed the convictions of many devout men and women. He seemed to have had no desire…

Third Intercontinental Massive Online Course Please find the details of the next Intercontinental Massive Online Course (MOOC). This time the MOOC will address the theme Toward a Constitutively Synodal Church. All the…