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The ACP Leadership would like to extend sincere sympathy to our colleague Mattie Long, PP, Louisburgh, on the death of his brother, Peter, RIP. The death has occurred of Peter…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu 7 Oct 1931 – 26 Dec 2021 From Anglican Communion News Service The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion has said Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has died at…

The Most Rev Eamon Martin, the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, celebrates Mass to ring in Christmas at the Church of St James in Grange, Co. Louth with PP, Fr Malachy…

CHRISTMAS – NOLLAG – 2021 The ACP Leadership Team would like to thank you most sincerely for your ongoing support and wishes you a happy and peaceful Christmas. OICHE NOLLAG…

The Tablet reports: The newly appointed Archbishop of Tuam has said he is “very conscious” of the declining number of clergy in the Irish Church and the “dramatic decline” in…

A season to reawaken our childhood wonder Western People 21.12.2021 As we said last year, Christmas won’t be a ‘normal’ Christmas this year. As if we need to be reminded!…

 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…