The Bard of Listowel (plus): I associate Listowel with Writers’ Week and the characters of literature there – John B Keane (everything), Bryan MacMahon (The Master, especially), Brendan Kennelly (his…
Date and time Thu, 17 November 2022, 19:30 – 21:00 GMT Location Mercy International Centre, 64A Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2 Free Event Link for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/synodality-and-the-ordination-of-women-what-would-jesus-do-donal-dorr-tickets-448209886837 Donal Dorr is a…
Bidding Prayers 13 Nov 2022 (33rd Sunday) BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass Introduction (by the Presider) My friends, let us make our prayers known to God who rules the earth, who saves…
The readings this Sunday focus on the end of the world, though we are also reassured that people of faith have nothing to fear. (Today is also World Day of…
Western People 1.11.22 When I entered Maynooth College to study for the priesthood in 1966, coincidentally it was the year after the Second Vatican Council (1962-5) concluded. That ‘sacred council’,…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR on Cork 96fm this morning commenting about Fr. Sheehy’s controversial comments in Kerry. You can hear the interview on the link below beginning at 23.10 minutes into…
Pitfalls in the Terminology of SacrificeDr Tom O’LoughlinZoom: Thursday Nov 3rd 2022at 8.00 PMAccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the sacrament of the Mass – the Eucharist – is called…
Carol Nolan TD launched “The Theology of Integral Human Development” – a book, written by Matt Moran, which explores the role of faith in international development and public affairs. The…
Larry the cat: For a country that supposedly loves animals, it was disgraceful. Larry the cat, emerged with dignity from the debacle of prime ministerial musical chairs. (UK). Larry had…
On All Saints Day and today, we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today…
Synodality – an offer I have followed the process of Pope Francis’ Synodal movement from the beginning. I regard it as an extremely interesting development in our Church, certainly the…
#newsletter n.20 – 10/2022 – Available also in FR – PT – ES – ITShareTweetForwardShareGood morning everyone! The week just gone was marked by the publication of the Working Document for the Continental Stage. In order for “this stage to…
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…
Zacchaeus is the star of today’s Gospel, the man who has been called ‘everybody’s favourite underdog’. Zacchaeus took Jesus at his word and changed his life. We worship God, whose…
Source: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/10/28/bishops-congratulate-bishop-elect-niall-coll-on-his-appointment-by-pope-francis-to-the-diocese-of-ossory/ This morning in Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, in the Diocese of Ossory, Monsignor Julien Kaboré, Chargé d’Affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature in Ireland announced that his Holiness Pope…
Rome: Addresses of the Press Conference (27. 10.2022) At 12:15 p.m. today, the Press Conference for the presentation of the Document for the Continental Stage of the Synod: “For a…
We Are Church Ireland Zoom: Priest or Presbyter? Tom O’Loughlin looks to the future for the Catholic Church. Thu, 27 October 2022, 19:30 – 21:00 IST Tom O’Loughlin is Emeritus Professor of…
Sarah Mac Donald A quarter of all priests currently serving in the Irish church are set to retire over the next 15 years according to the Association of Catholic Priests…
Download and open this file to see a Power Point presentation of the AGM 2022, compiled and presented by Gerry O’Connor CSsR. It includes Tim Hazelwood’s Care of Priests presentation…
From Australasian Catholic Record 99/3 (2022): 321-332
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