Gerard O’Connell September 16, 2024 Hot-button issues like women deacons and ministry to L.G.B.T. Catholics are not on the agenda for the second and final session of the Synod on…
Tues 17th Sept – Growing Older – Living with Open Hands It seems to be true that ageing is not an option while growing old is. We can neither turn…
“Go and Tell” The Prophetic Voice of Womenin and to the Catholic Church Gráinne Doherty ZOOM – Thu 19th Sep. 2024 – 8.00 p.m. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82083102910?pwd=gAImUV4wQDF909H8aKNbstc3ukbuvx.1 Meeting ID: 820 8310 2910Passcode:…
September 6 2024 Link to Gerry’s homily for this Sunday, 24th Sunday of the Year (B):
Western People. 10.9.2024 A quarter of a century ago, at the turn of the millennium, the poet Aidan Mathews wrote a stark piece in the Irish Times, lamenting how our…
(Some changes simply to preserve the identity of the priest in question.) One anonymous person made a series of complaints against this priest, who worked in a parish and was…
Addressing government leaders, representatives of civil society, and diplomats, Pope Francis invites the Timorese people allow their principles, projects, and choices to be inspired by their faith. By Christopher Wells…
After the close of a busy but fruitful pilgrimage season last night, it’s now time for recuperation, to come apart and rest awhile. It was lovely to meet lots of people…
September 8. Mary’s birthday. Mary mother of Jesus. ‘Held him for the very first time in a stable… ‘Held him in her arms when he was lowered from a cross….
Western People 3.9.2024 Patsy McGarry, a proud native of Ballaghaderreen, has followed his recent retirement as the Religious Correspondent of the Irish Times, with a compelling retrospective account of his…
Link to Gerry’s homily for this Sunday, 23rd Sunday of the Year (B):
Coldplay and Oasis and Niall Horan and Taylor Swift: The Concert: Swooning. Overwhelmed. Magical. Those who could describe the experience used such words and for most times, were incapable of…
Dear Bishops of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, A while ago, I wrote to Cardinal Hollerich, enclosing an article from Crux (8/14) (Article printed in previous post on this site – Ed)…
Ngala Killian Chimtom Aug 14, 2024, Africa Correspondent YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg in South Africa is warning men will be held accountable for the abuses…
IN THE WINGS And here! Here’s one for you! Doesn’t one of the men Mammy lets into our pub of a Sunday write plays? PLAYS! I heard her tellin’ Fanny…
(Updated with link to Tony’s presentation) Last weekend I attended the conference organised by Root and Branch in Leeds, entitled Empowering Ourselves. In the past fifteen years I have attended…
After more than 13 hours aboard the papal flight, Pope Francis lands in Jakarta, as he sets forth upon his 45th Apostolic Journey abroad, and longest thus far of his…
Tues 3rd Sept – Celebrate Life This week’s postings are excerpts from the Celebrate Life Liturgy held in Our Lady’s Island on Sunday 1st September: In recent times we have…
Breaking with the customs of time It was the title of Edna O’Brien’s (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) fourth novel, August is a Wicked Month, first published in 1965…
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