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  • Séamus Ahearne: EX CATHEDRA

    May 27 2023
    Paddy Ferry

    "....you’ll be happy on the sidelines, letting the scribblers get on with their scribble or scrabble." Eddie, the recent, major problem on this site has been that there are so few scribblers, in co

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  • Séamus Ahearne: EX CATHEDRA

    May 27 2023
    Eddie Finnegan

    Ah Paddy, even a dentist's chair is a kathédra - even if not the most comfortable. Séamus's reflections from Algarve, whether from chair or sandy walk, are a treat as always. But Paddy, welcome to t

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  • Séamus Ahearne: EX CATHEDRA

    May 27 2023
    Paddy Ferry

    Séamus, what a beautiful piece! I, too, am uneducated as far as birds are concerned which is shameful for a country boy. I remember, of course, hearing the corncrake at home in Donegal and, I think

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  • 28 May 2023 – Pentecost Sunday

    May 28 2023
    Thara Benedicta

    Key Message: Ask and Receive the Holy Spirit!! Homily: After the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, what would have been the mind of the disciples? Their Lord had a

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  • 28 May 2023 – Pentecost Sunday

    May 28 2023
    Joe O'Leary

    One in the Spirit 1. St Philip Neri (1515-1595), whose feastday was last Friday, May 26, was uniquely devoted to the Holy Spirit. “In the year 1544, shortly before Pentecost, he wa

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  • 21 May 2023 – The Ascension of the Lord, (A)

    May 21 2023
    Thara Benedicta

    Key Message: Ascend from the feeling of hopelessness and live a victorious life. Homily: In the forty days between Resurrection and Ascension our Lord Jesus kept giv

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  • 14 May 2023 – 6th Sunday of Easter, (A)

    May 14 2023
    Sean O’Conaill

    It was certainly worthwhile to click that last YouTube link, Joe - to hear Gregorian chant as delivered by that group. A new dimension in sensitivity, gentleness sympathy and empathy. Come Holy Spirit

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  • 14 May 2023 – 6th Sunday of Easter, (A)

    May 14 2023
    Thara Benedicta

    Key Message: Develop a close friendship with the Holy Spirit. Homily: Our Lord Jesus Christ promises a special gift to those who love Him. “If you love me, you wil

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  • Inviting Debate on the Year of Vocations – The Editor, Letters, ACP

    May 6 2023
    Peadar O Callaghan

    12 May 2023. Dear Rev Editor, Paddy Ferry commended my “honesty” in my letter (6 May), and I thank him for this generous compliment. My first parents (and later Ananias and Sapphira) had great d

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  • Brendan Hoban: America’s friends have reasons to be worried   

    May 12 2023
    Sean O'Conaill

    Does anyone recall a time when Americans were bewildered by the polarised 'tribalism' of our society here in Northern Ireland, to the extent of thinking that the flying of teenagers off to Indiana or

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