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From the Mayo News: Second Reading Fr Kevin Hegarty ONE hundred and fifty years ago, an ecclesiastical conflict was raging in Callan in Co Kilkenny. Fr Robert O’Keefe was the…

Yes to women deacons and priests – prominent churchmen show solidarity with women. With Sr Philippa Rath Burkhart Rose Friday 18 February 5.00pm (CET) (That’s 4.00pm in Ireland!) In the…

Taken from La Croix International 31 Jan 2022 Synodality Virtues: avoid confusing language If we are to listen to one another in a synodal Church, then we will have to…

Mercy Sisters Embrace the World of Podcasting Six Mercy Sisters from the Western Province, Ireland have embraced the world of Podcasting. Drawing from their various life experiences as Teachers, Social…

Born in at Faughart, near Dundalk, County Louth, in the middle of the 5th century, probably in the latter years of Saint Patrick’s ministry in Ireland, Brigid refused several offers…

Interview on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme by Brendan Hoban with Church of Ireland Bishop Michael Burrows, Bishop Elect for Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/church-of-ireland-bishop-michael-burrows-on-faith-alive-sun-30-jan-2022?si=a331dd8a6c1e4ab28a1c71e800850c6b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing    

Two lost voices Chris McDonnell 28 January 28 2022 Jim Forest November 1941 – January 2022 Thich Nhat Hanh October 1926 – January 2022 Within a few days of each…

Misogyny is embedded in Ireland’s history.  Western People 25.1.22 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus is the title of a famous book by John Gray. It’s easier to…

Poem written by Chris McDonnell in 1972 Birthday   What sense can be made of hunched bone huddled by a wall, face flagged by a tied handkerchief fearful of poisoned…

A medley of disparate flavours! Rhubarb: ‘Total rhubarb.’ This was Boris Johnson’s exclamation and exasperation at the very idea that he might be involved in clearing the evacuation of the…

Celebrating the Eucharist with my wife In recent weeks a number of articles in the newspapers have spoken about the declining number of active priests in Ireland and that today…

Almost 170 people tuned into the joint ACI/ACP Zoom presentation from Seán McDonagh last evening on Synodality, the Parish and Climate Change. Link to audio on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/sean-mcdonagh-synodality-the-parish-and-climate-change-thurs-27-jan-2022?si=a4c1ee2cc04f4e249838156ef23c0d4b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Link to video…

We Are Church Press Release Call on Pope Francis to open files of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) 26 January 2022 A decade ago in Ireland state…

National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration 2022 The National Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration takes place in Dublin every year on the Sunday nearest to the 27 of January, in the Mansion…

Synodality, the Parish and Climate Change Seán McDonagh SSC   Supported by  The Association of Catholic Priests  Zoom – Jan 27th 2022 – 8.00 p.m. As the global climate crisis deepens, so does…

A nice tribute to the work of priests and religious like Fr Jason Murphy in the Seanad today. It follows an RTÉ Prime Time programme on suicide. Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/O0y9chPZcfo

Pope calls for a day of prayer for peace over Ukraine situation Expressing concern over the increasing tensions that threaten peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis calls for Wednesday 26 January…

125 German Catholic priests, religious and lay employees publicly come out as L.G.B.T. America Magazine reports BERLIN (AP) — More than 120 employees of the Catholic Church in Germany publicly outed…

HARBOUR TEAM (press release) New group set up to provide clergy with a “safe space”  A small group of experienced clergy from various denominations have been formed and taken the…

While this is a genuine invitation due to the magic of Zoom and You Tube, it is also reassurance that the quest for Christian Unity is alive and well and…