Here is the ZOOM link for tonights “Synod and National Synodal Pathway” with Dr. Nicola Brady: Topic: Synod and The National Synodal Pathway Time: Mar 28, 2022 07:30 PM Irish Time…
The danger of keeping silent Cardinal Mario Grech Homily at the opening mass of the conference on Synodality Campion Hall, 23 March 2022. There is ‘a time to keep silence,…
IN MEMORY OF PAT O’BRIEN: PASTOR, THEOLOGIAN, POET There is heart missing from the world, As soft as God’s, Arms that drew waif and wretched home. He was…
Pope to Bishops: Consecration of Russia and Ukraine ‘to implore peace’ Pope Francis sends a letter to all Catholic Bishops ahead of the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the…
Human Rights and the Challenges for the Church LINDA HOGAN More than ever, the intersection between human rights and religious traditions and their importance in a global context remains…
A cold coming we had of it TS Eliot Journey of the Magi Chris McDonnell MARCH 18 2022 “A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of…
REVELATIONS THE BURNING BUSH I was walking along on Sunday morning, by the Tolka, trying to disentangle my unruly mind. The wonder of the transfiguration was dangling before me. The…
Pope Francis promulgates Apostolic Constitution on Roman Curia ‘Praedicate Evangelium’ Pope Francis promulgates the text of the Apostolic Constitution ‘Praedicate Evangelium’, which gives a more missionary structure to the Roman…
Bishop Denis Nulty affirms that listening to people’s experience of faith and Church at local level is a key first step on the Synodal pathway… An invitation to get involved….
Sooner or later, Putin must be confronted. Western People 15.3.2022 ‘Not too many people know that’ is a phrase attributed to the film actor, Michael Caine. Applying it to a…
The Pope’s Prayer for Ukraine – in English and Italian Pope Francis prays for Ukraine From America Magazine via Pádraig McCarthy, also with Italian original. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/03/16/pope-francis-prayer-ukraine-242607 VATICAN CITY (CNS) —…
Croagh Patrick with Westport in the foreground Lá Fhéile Pádraig – Happy St Patrick’s Day St Patrick’s Breastplate I bind unto myself today the strong name of the Trinity by…
Pope Francis holds a video call with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to discuss the war in Ukraine, and calls on Church leaders to use the language of Jesus, not that…
America Magazine reports: BERLIN (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen has become the first in Germany to allow women to perform baptisms, citing a lack of priests. The…
It’s only words and words are all I have (Maurice Gibb) Kingfishers: I went down to the Tolka this morning (Sunday). No one else had ventured out. The park and…
The stark choice before us Chris McDonnell March 12th 2022 La Croix International Tanks in the city streets. Blocks of flats on fire. Wrecked and burnt-out trucks, twisted metal and…
The ACP has written to every bishop about a proposal to set up an Arbitration Panel for each province to assist with dealing with difficult issues between a priest and…
Sophie’s Choice Brendan Hoban – Western People ‘May you live in interesting times’ is an English expression that’s claimed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Like it…
A Listening Heart/Vincentian Ministry to Priests Zoom Lenten Time of Reflection for Clergy Tuesday March 8th, 15.00pm – 17.15.pm Speaker: Fr. Niall Ahern, Elphin Diocese 15.00. Opening…
Our Lenten pilgrimage from Covid to War Tolka Park and whitewash: (1) This Saturday morning is brighter. The horizon seems to be shrugging off the night somewhat sluggishly but is…
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