Recycling and patching up the old wineskins won't do for the new wine...
If the Church was 200 years behind the times in 2012, to quote the late cardinal Martini of Milan, has it moved yet into the 21
Key Message:
Always His way should be our ONLY way!!
Homily:
In today's Gospel reading our Lord Jesus Christ individually calls His disciples to follow Him. Then He
Paddy@6, Sean O Conaill's latest article on the ACI forum, "2024: Irish Catholic Vocations Office Mired in Clericalism", is probably as comprehensive a comment on the whole 'vocations' schemozzle as o
Hi, Paddy, I penned a comment but did not send it: ‘Jan 18 2024 The good thing about the “last priests” programme was the human voices, all engaging and attractive. 45 years ago I exclaimed, ha
The fact is we live in time where individuals think more for themselves. Plus the many scandals, abuses, hypocrisy of religion are not pushed under the carpet.
Also the unnatural demands of sexless l
Thank you, Martin. What a mentor you have proved to be down the years. Not just mentor-friend. In a few days from now I shall be 92. Time to step down from the ambo in Corpus Christi and Gardiner stre
Wonderful and inspiring to watch in the past two nights young and not so young priests, religious and lay People of God bearing witness before TV audiences to the radical nature of celibacy in the Rom
A beautiful piece. A wonderful evocation of Rome seventy years ago, and of a discovery that shaped the author’s literary endeavours in the following decades. I am familiar with the author’s plays
Tony, I read in last week’s Tablet how the great Yves Conger referred to the CDF during his traumata with them as Vatican Stalinism.
I was disappointed that neither you nor Brendan or any of our
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Sean O’Conaill: “Take the Risk for Christ” and the National Vocations Office
January 19 2024Recycling and patching up the old wineskins won't do for the new wine... If the Church was 200 years behind the times in 2012, to quote the late cardinal Martini of Milan, has it moved yet into the 21
21 Jan 24 – 3rd Sunday (Year B)
January 21 2024Key Message: Always His way should be our ONLY way!! Homily: In today's Gospel reading our Lord Jesus Christ individually calls His disciples to follow Him. Then He
THIS EVENING!!! RTÉ television documentaries: ‘The Last Priests in Ireland’ (features the ACP’s Roy Donovan) and ‘The Last Nuns in Ireland’
January 15 2024Paddy@6, Sean O Conaill's latest article on the ACI forum, "2024: Irish Catholic Vocations Office Mired in Clericalism", is probably as comprehensive a comment on the whole 'vocations' schemozzle as o
THIS EVENING!!! RTÉ television documentaries: ‘The Last Priests in Ireland’ (features the ACP’s Roy Donovan) and ‘The Last Nuns in Ireland’
January 15 2024Hi, Paddy, I penned a comment but did not send it: ‘Jan 18 2024 The good thing about the “last priests” programme was the human voices, all engaging and attractive. 45 years ago I exclaimed, ha
THIS EVENING!!! RTÉ television documentaries: ‘The Last Priests in Ireland’ (features the ACP’s Roy Donovan) and ‘The Last Nuns in Ireland’
January 15 2024After those two programs looking in depth at the decline of our church in Ireland, I am more than surprised by the paucity of comment.
THIS EVENING!!! RTÉ television documentaries: ‘The Last Priests in Ireland’ (features the ACP’s Roy Donovan) and ‘The Last Nuns in Ireland’
January 15 2024The fact is we live in time where individuals think more for themselves. Plus the many scandals, abuses, hypocrisy of religion are not pushed under the carpet. Also the unnatural demands of sexless l
Seán Walsh: Master Class
January 16 2024Thank you, Martin. What a mentor you have proved to be down the years. Not just mentor-friend. In a few days from now I shall be 92. Time to step down from the ambo in Corpus Christi and Gardiner stre
In case you missed it…RTÉ television documentary The Last Priests in Ireland…
January 15 2024Wonderful and inspiring to watch in the past two nights young and not so young priests, religious and lay People of God bearing witness before TV audiences to the radical nature of celibacy in the Rom
Seán Walsh: Master Class
January 16 2024A beautiful piece. A wonderful evocation of Rome seventy years ago, and of a discovery that shaped the author’s literary endeavours in the following decades. I am familiar with the author’s plays
Lest we forget…taken from Tony Flannery’s Blog:
January 15 2024Tony, I read in last week’s Tablet how the great Yves Conger referred to the CDF during his traumata with them as Vatican Stalinism. I was disappointed that neither you nor Brendan or any of our
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