Christmas Blessings 2025

Christmas Greetings from the ACP

The ACP Leadership – Tim Hazelwood, Roy Donovan and Gerry O’Connor – would like to extend Christmas Blessings to all members, contributors and visitors to our website. Sincere thanks to all for the continued support, which is much appreciated. We shall continue to work on your behalf during 2026, DV.

Cuireadh do Mhuire

Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910 – 1988)

An eol duit, a Mhuire,
Cá rachair i mbliana
Ag iarraidh foscaidh
Dod leanbh Naofa,
Tráth bhfuil gach doras
Dúnta ina éadan
Ag fuath is uabhar
An chine daonna?

Deonaigh glacadh
Le cuireadh uaimse
Go hoileán mara
San iarthar chianda:
Beidh coinnle geala
I ngach fuinneoig lasta
Is tine mhóna
Ar theallach adhanta.
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An Invitation to Mary

Do you know, O Mary,
Where you will go this year
To look for shelter

For your Holy Infant,
At a time when every door
Is shut in his face
By the hate and the pride
Of human kind?

Be pleased to accept
An invitation from me
To an island in the sea
Far away in the west:
There will be bright candles
Lighting in every window
And a turf fire.

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This is the link for the ACP AGM 2025 Overview in November:

ACP AGM 2025 – Power Point Presentation: Full Agenda

The following link is for the AGM 2025 Audio, including our guest speakers’ presentations, Martin Whelan and Martin Delaney, alongside Brendan Hoban, Gerry O’Hanlon and Tim Hazelwood:

ACP AGM 5 Nov 2025 – audio

This is the link for Membership Renewal:

Association Membership

Thanks for your ongoing support.

May you be blessed with the Joy of the Christmas Season.

Nollaig Shona.

PS Please advise us if you have updated your email contact details: sec@associationofcatholicpriests.ie

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