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Faith is a hinterland of wonder Spring and Easter (1) Easter and nature coordinate and complement each other beautifully. (In this part of the world). The flourishing of Spring. The…

At a recent symposium on synodality in Oxford University, a 70-year-old man exclaimed enthusiastically, “It’s the first time in my [church] life that I’ve been asked for my opinion!” So…

The ACI invites you to Zoom Synodal Gathering Thursday 5th May, at 8.00 p.m. “The synodal process is a time for speech. A time to let the voice of the…

  A time of greeting, a time of wonder Chris McDonnell April 22.2022 The days that follow Easter and the Resurrection share a common characteristic, they are days of wonder…

Integrity is at the heart of good leadership Western People 19.4.22   No one can be in any doubt but that the Tony Holohan secondment (or appointment) to Trinity College…

Monsignor John Kennedy, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin has been appointed by Pope Francis as one of two Secretaries to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith….

This article was written for The Irish Mail on Sunday by Bishop Paul Dempsey, Bishop of Achonry. It is reprinted with his kind permission. The Diocese of Achonry has twenty-three…

‘Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, And through curtains, call on us?’ (John Donne) The music of nature: Does nature know it is Easter? There…

We Are Church Zoom events: WAC Synod ZOOM Listening Session: Wednesday 20.April 2022 7.30pm Our Church is in need of reform! At this session all issues are on the table….

He is Risen! Happy Easter.   The One Green, blue, yellow and red- God is down in the swamps and marshes Sensational as April and almost incred- ible the flowering…

Painting by Deirdre Walsh   O King of the Friday whose limbs were stretched on the cross, O Lord who did suffer the bruises, the wounds, the loss, we stretch…

Loving Service Thought for the day (from Fr. Kieran O’Mahony) There is much more to the washing of the feet than an example of humble service. The act of loving…

Hope is essential in these troubles times Western People 5.4.2022 Security is always a difficult sweet to suck on, even though most of us spend most of our lives doing…

A DECLARATION ON THE “RUSSIAN WORLD” (RUSSKII MIR) TEACHING “For the peace of the whole world, for the stability of the holy churches of God, and for the unity of…

‘God is down in the swamps and the marshes, sensational as April.’           (THE ONE.  Paddy Kavanagh) Attention seekers: It was the cowslips peering out of the ground; it…

Pope Francis holds a Ukrainian national flag from Bucha during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican April 6, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) NCR online reports: https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/pope-blood-ukrainian-massacre-victims-cries-out-heaven…

Audio for ACP Zoom with Dr Michael Conway Wed 6 April 2022 Church, Institution, and Synodality in Contemporary Culture Link to audio: https://soundcloud.com/user-211747038/mike-conway-church-institution-and-synodality-in-contemporary-culture-wed-6-april-2022?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

ACP Zoom Dr Michael Conway Professor in Faith and Culture, Maynooth College Church, Institution, and Synodality in Contemporary Culture on Wed 6 April @ 7.00pm   All welcome   Join…

Records show that John Paul II could have intervened in abuse crisis – but didn’t There is a request to make this article from 25 April 2014, available. It is…