"It is not my personal experience. It is not the version of faith I observed in my parents, nor in my teachers in the Christian Brothers’ School in Synge Street in Dublin, nor from priests in the pa
“I believe that John F Deane has done a great service to many of us, myself included, who have tried to rid ourselves of the baggage of guilt and fear which, unfortunately was part of the traditiona
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Our faith directly pulls in our Lord Jesus also into our battle!!
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Noah built the ark for 110 years when it had never rained at all. Even thoug
Sinéad’s death was so sad, and yet there was almost an inevitability about it that meant it didn’t come as a huge shock or surprise. A beautiful singer. There was much in the commentary around he
#4 What's wrong in my view is fundamentally the incoherence of the 'Good News' as received from classical Christendom theology - the theology that attributes the Crucifixion to the dissatisfaction of
Seamus, I enjoy a lot of your writings, but I find your calling Sinead O'Connor a girl patronising and demeaning. She was a woman in her 50s. I also wonder why choose to describe her as an Islamist an
#2 Sean O’Connell asks why I think there are not enough good lay religious teachers in our schools and where they would come from.
First let me say that I am in full agreement with you as regards a
“Down through the centuries the beautiful house of Christ had been slowly but surely swallowed up by all the scaffolding the church, as institution, had been building up around it, and that we had s
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A priest writes: John F Deane helped rid me of the guilt of Irish Catholicism
August 14 2023"It is not my personal experience. It is not the version of faith I observed in my parents, nor in my teachers in the Christian Brothers’ School in Synge Street in Dublin, nor from priests in the pa
A priest writes: John F Deane helped rid me of the guilt of Irish Catholicism
August 14 2023“I believe that John F Deane has done a great service to many of us, myself included, who have tried to rid ourselves of the baggage of guilt and fear which, unfortunately was part of the traditiona
20 Aug 2023 – 20th Sunday, (A)
August 20 2023Key Message: Our faith directly pulls in our Lord Jesus also into our battle!! Homily: Noah built the ark for 110 years when it had never rained at all. Even thoug
Séamus Ahearne: ‘I look; morning to night, I am never done looking. Looking I mean, not just standing around, but standing around, as though with your arms open.’ (Mary Oliver – Where does the Temple begin?)
August 18 2023Sinéad’s death was so sad, and yet there was almost an inevitability about it that meant it didn’t come as a huge shock or surprise. A beautiful singer. There was much in the commentary around he
Brendan Hoban: People-led parishes are the only way forward
August 7 2023#4 What's wrong in my view is fundamentally the incoherence of the 'Good News' as received from classical Christendom theology - the theology that attributes the Crucifixion to the dissatisfaction of
Séamus Ahearne: ‘I look; morning to night, I am never done looking. Looking I mean, not just standing around, but standing around, as though with your arms open.’ (Mary Oliver – Where does the Temple begin?)
August 18 2023Seamus, I enjoy a lot of your writings, but I find your calling Sinead O'Connor a girl patronising and demeaning. She was a woman in her 50s. I also wonder why choose to describe her as an Islamist an
Brendan Hoban: People-led parishes are the only way forward
August 7 2023#2 Sean O’Connell asks why I think there are not enough good lay religious teachers in our schools and where they would come from. First let me say that I am in full agreement with you as regards a
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 15 Aug – Mon 21 Aug 23
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15 August 2023 – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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A priest writes: John F Deane helped rid me of the guilt of Irish Catholicism
August 14 2023“Down through the centuries the beautiful house of Christ had been slowly but surely swallowed up by all the scaffolding the church, as institution, had been building up around it, and that we had s
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