Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 9 Jan – Mon 15 Jan 2024
Tue 9th Jan – Homelessness One of the speakers at our Annual pilgrimage in Our Lady’s Island a few seasons back was Fr Peter Mc Verry, the founder of the…
Tue 9th Jan – Homelessness One of the speakers at our Annual pilgrimage in Our Lady’s Island a few seasons back was Fr Peter Mc Verry, the founder of the…
05 January 2024 The following is the English text of a statement released on Thursday, 4 January, by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that clarifies the application…
Wise men – or fools?! I would see for myself – and about time, too!There, standing at the entrance, all quiet within.Family… Indeed, you might say, a holy family –the…
They’re gone – left the stable at first light, urgently. …
SUNDOWN SERVICE: Yesterday afternoon (31st December), we had our Sundown Service. It was a Goodbye to 2023 and a welcome to 2024. It is always a very reflective occasion. We…
Belated New Year Greetings to you all and best wishes. Just a few ‘serious’ questions to begin 2024 and thank you for your kindness in passing them on. I get so…
This webpage presents resources that take steps towards developing Catholicism in Numbers. The Catholic Record Society seeks to develop this project in collaboration with researchers and others who wish to share…
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests 31 Dec 2023 The reality of the war in Gaza continuing right through Christmas must have been somewhere in the minds of most…
No room at the inn Then plenty of straw. And contented stock. A woman in blue a man leaning on a staff, well-lit, neat and tidy with a baby wrapped…
DELIRIUM: There is something mysterious and delightful about Stephen’s Day. Boxing Day. The old phrase from the distant past comes back: It is a ‘Dies Non.’ In the usual hurly…
A Liturgy of Lament (full transcript below) Link to Rev Munther Isaac’s sermon: We are angry… We are broken… This should have been a time of joy; instead, we are…
Greetings to you all and hope you had a lovely Christmas. In response to some emails requests received for a copy of the Christmas Homily I have edited it slightly in order…
FROM THE ACP LEADERSHIP TEAM With the divinest word, the VirginMade pregnant, down the roadComes walking, if you’ll grant herA room in your abode.John of the Cross Thank you for…
(Pádraig Daly – Glimpsing More) Christmas is busy; is full of memories; is childlike; is friendship-shared; is a bridging feast in winter; is nostalgic; is a packed church; is a…
19.12.2023 Christmas is, well, Christmas. It demands our attention. It insists that we defer – even if only once a year – to liturgies, religious and personal, that we sense…
There was a time when the Parish Priest oversaw/ ran all activities that had the name “Parish” in their titles. Pastorally-minded priests recognised that church, a COMMUNITY of faith, involved…
As the days and weeks roll by and the television images seem to repeat themselves, it is all too easy for our senses to become numb. From the first hours…
Press Release 22 Dec 2023 The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) warmly welcomes the recent Vatican declaration, Fiducia Supplicans, from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, allowing priests…
Mini Incarnations of Christ Franciscan sister Ilia Delio focuses on the theology of the incarnation and the universal nature of the Christ mystery: The Christian message is that God has…
Select a category in the sidebar for more posts
Select a category in the sidebar for more posts