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 In a time of preparation: The Great Antiphons of Advent Chris McDonnell La Croix December 18 2021 The Season of Advent moves on apace, with the last full week arriving,…

Review of John Wijngaards’ book, Ten Commandments for Church Reform. Tony Flannery Book Review: Ten Commandments for Church Reform; Memoirs of a Catholic Priest, by John Wijngaards The sub-title of…

It’s back to the drawing board on Covid-19 Western people 14.12.2021 With COVID-19, as the Barbara Streisand song has it, ‘There are lessons to be learned’. The demon of self-centredness…

Paschal Sheehy, RTÉ Southern Editor reports: The Catholic Church in Ireland is facing huge change, as an effective pause on retirements in response to the pandemic comes to an end….

SOME TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS Christmas is Christmas because of one event – the Birth of Christ. There is a comprehensive list of Advent and Christmas customs in a booklet by…

America Magazine reports: Remembering Donald Cozzens, the priest who saw the sex abuse crisis coming—and worked to change the priesthood By Edward P. Hahnenberg I first met Donald Cozzens on…

A new insight into the life of John McGahern       Western People 7.12.21 A favourite writer – of mine as of so many others – is the late novelist, John…

A Tribute to Frank Callanan Frank Callanan, a highly regarded Senior Counsel, has died at the relatively young age of sixty-five. I had the privilege of knowing Frank, and of…

Wandering words around the Parish of Rivermount in Finglas I passed down by the Annunciation  today (Finglas West). Most of the Church is demolished. It is quite emotional to see…

Paul Corcoran writes in America Magazine: In his lifetime, Patrick Kavanagh considered it a dubious honour to be reckoned the best Irish poet since William Butler Yeats; he took it to…

Ten Commandments for Church Reform by John Wijngaards. I read the book. John writes easily and clearly. It is a very refreshing reflection. Many of the characters who appear, were…

Kevin McHugh, MSSC, recently retired to Dalgan Park, Navan, writes: BACKGROUND I am Kevin McHugh, Columban Missionary, recently retired to Dalgan Park. After almost 40 years working in the Southern…

Reposting this from June 2021:  In honouring women and men from the LGBTQ+ community during June (Pride Month), research from the Wijngaards Institute is presented again: Authors, contributors, and signatories…

The Oireachtas Health Committee is hosting a  review into abortion legislation. It will hear from ‘service users, providers and the public.’ An independent chair is expected to be appointed in…

Dangerous Synodal Process? Some commentators see very serious dangers in the upcoming synodal process. They distrusts the wisdom of majority voting in the synodal process and appear to believe that…

Church without clergyDr Harald Prinz From WE ARE CHURCH Austrian newspaper, translated by Colm Holmes  There are situations in which history overtakes itself and developments unfold a dynamic that was…

Synodal Conversation Understanding the Theology of Synodality Tuesday 18th January 2022 @ 7.00pm on Zoom Companion – Rafael Luciani Rafael is a Lay Venezuelan theologian, appointed as Expert of the…

Audio of the ACP Zoom Presentation “Papal Teaching on Same-Sex Relationships: A Battle Against Reality” with Luca Badini Confalonieri on Monday 6th December 2021. Link to Audio: (Luca starts at…

ACP Zoom Presentation “Papal Teaching on Same-Sex Relationships: A Battle Against Reality” With Luca Badini Confalonieri On Monday 6th December 7.00pm   Zoom Meeting ID: 847 2449 8870 Passcode: 054304…

Breaking News The music of everyday: Stephen Sondheim has died. His mentor and inspiration was Oscar Hammerstein. They have left us a rich musical legacy. Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) said: “The…