Jim Cogley: Reflections – Tues 12 Nov – Mon 18 Nov
Tue 12th Nov – Christianity – The Golden Period The golden period of Christianity was the first three hundred years before it became the official religion of the Roman Empire….
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Brendan Hoban: Old clerical habits die hard in the Vatican
Western People 5.11.2024 Cardinal William Conway (archbishop of Armagh and the leader of the Irish Catholic Church,1963-77) was known as ‘a cute man’ who had a talent for playing his…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR, Sunday Homily video for 32nd Sunday of the Year, 10 Nov 2024
ACP Leadership Team member, Gerry O’Connor CSsR, with his weekly Sunday video homily for Sunday 10 Nov 2024, 32nd Sunday of the Year – ‘Little Things’:
ACP AGM 2024 – Running Order and Audio…
AGM 2024 – Audio Running Order Timeline – approx. Recording 1 00’00” Gerry O’Connor CSsR, Chair, introduction 01’35” Intro prayer 05’30” Running Order of AGM 2024 06’44” Apologies 07’18” Minutes…
Séamus Ahearne: “Keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” ― Marilyn Monroe
Losing Confidence: I have lost confidence in myself. How could I misread the mind of so many? Why am I so stupid, in understanding how and why people behave in…
ACP AGM TODAY Wed 6 Nov – Details and Directions…
TODAY!!! ACP AGM Wed 6 Nov 2024 2.00-5.00pm Radisson Hotel, Athlone. Speakers: Michael Conway, Gerry O’Hanlon, Tim Hazelwood on Care of Priests and Synodality Tim Hazelwood: Care of Priests; Data…
Edinburgh Newman Association – details of next meeting
Edinburgh Newman Association The next meeting of our Edinburgh Newman Association is on Monday evening November 25th at 7.30pm. Our guest speaker will be Fr. Jock Dalrymple MA STL. Fr….
Presider’s Page for 10 November (Ordinary Time 32)
Gathering together in the Lord’s house, we bring simple gifts into God’s presence – our love, our care for each other, our worshipping hearts and voices. We ask for the grace to continue to show love through the coming week.
ACP AGM this Wed 6 Nov – Details and Directions…
ACP AGM Wed 6 Nov 2024 2.00-5.00pm Radisson Hotel, Athlone. Speakers: Michael Conway, Gerry O’Hanlon, Tim Hazelwood on Care of Priests and Synodality Tim Hazelwood: Care of Priests; Data Protection…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 5 Nov – Mon 11 Nov 2024
It has been a great privilege to provide these daily reflections from Our Lady’s Island since the onset of Covid. Hopefully they continue to shed some light on issues and…
Brendan Hoban: Religion forces us to think outside the box
Western People 29.10.24 One of my favourite writers, A. N. Wilson, has written yet another book: Goethe: His Faustian Life* – though I doubt (despite my own enthusiasm) that it…
Soline Humbert – Irish Times: Women are a problem for the Catholic Church, an institution with ingrained misogyny
Rite and Reason: Papal plámás is no substitute for an end to discrimination against women Link to article in the Irish Times The Catholic Church is bedevilled by sex ……
This Wednesday! ACP AGM Wed 6 Nov 2024
ACP AGM Wed 6 Nov 2024 Join us, all welcome, at the AGM in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone, Wed 6 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Is the Synodal process running into sand? Michael Conway and…
Brian Glennon: ‘God comes to us disguised as our life.’ – Exploring Belief through Spiritual Direction
A recently published book called “God comes to us disguised as our life” is an introduction to the ministry of spiritual direction. This ministry is intended to challenge gently those…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership Team weekly Sunday homily – 3 Nov 2024
Homily: ‘PERSONAL’ 31st Sunday Year B – 3 Nov 2024
Seán Walsh: Bartimaeus
Bartimaeus He sat by the roadside in squalor and darkness, a cloak about frail shoulders, empty bowl to hand… Just another blind beggar. ‘Sensed crowds gathering… caught snatches of chatter,…
Presider’s Page for Friday 1 November (All Saints)
Today and tomorrow we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today’s feast celebrates the saints in heaven, the holy men and women of every time and place: we hope some of our people are among them.
Next Week! ACP AGM Wed 6 Nov 2024
Next Week! ACP AGM Wed 6 Nov 2024 Join us, all welcome, at the AGM in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone, Wed 6 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Is the Synodal process running into sand?…
Brendan Hoban: Nothing is more unpredictable than politics
Western People 22.10.2024 A lot can happen in a very short time. Or as the former British prime minister, Harold Wilson, was reputed to have said during one of the…
Presider’s Page for 3 November (Ordinary Time 31)
What is asked of us is simple – to love God and our neighbour. But without God’s grace, even these simple demands can seem beyond our grasp.
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